LawBiz Blog
LawBiz Blog bills itself as "your practical guide to profit." Topics include running a law firm as well as profitably exiting by selling a law practice. It contains advice on law practice management and technology, linking to relevant articles and podcasts. Some of the podcasts are interviews done by blawg author Ed Poll.
Author: Ed Poll is the principal of LawBiz Management in Venice, Calif. He is a coach, law firm management consultant and author. He is also a regular columnist for the Association of Legal Administrator’s Legal Management, the ABA’s Law Practice Today and the Canadian Bar Association's PracticeLink eNews.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Legal Technology • Outsourcing • Solos/Small Firms • Consultant • Podcaster • Podcast
Recent Posts from LawBiz Blog
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Press coverage is good
My father, when I first started my law practice, gave me sage advice: Be by the phone when a customer calls.' The same advice is true for when the press calls for they have deadlines…
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Civil Gideon statute - Are we ready for this?
California now has the nation's first "Civil Gideon" statute, which provides a lawyer to people who cannot afford one in civil cases related to critical basic human needs.
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Is the cloud ready for prime time?
Some folks are now advising the implementation of a hosted exchange server. They appear to have become more stable and reliable. Is this true? Is the "cloud" now being effectively seeded by qualified and capable…
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There is no "I" in Team
Yesterday, a jury rendered a unanimous verdict in a very much watched criminal trial in Los Angeles Superior Court. This wasn't so spectacular as the O.J. Simpson trial, but to those involved, it was equally…
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Apprenticeship for Lawyers
It’s always gratifying when one’s opinions receive outside support. Sometime ago, I wrote that law schools really don’t teach the day-to-day aspects of being a lawyer – interacting with clients and running a practice –…
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Competency of lawyers - Solo and otherwise
It has been suggested that I was a bit harsh in asserting that sole practitioners are not competent. Far from that! Many sole practitioners are the leading experts in their practice area. In fact, most…
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Recalibration of law practice economics
NALP survey suggests that 2% of 2008 graduates opened a solo practice within 9 months of graduation! That's a lot of folks who will be representing clients without prior experience either in the management of…
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Knowledge management is the difference between thriving and failing.
Today, I talked with a solicitor from London who is studying knowledge management and its implementation in UK firms to increase profits. Since much of their work is based on fixed fees, any improvement in…
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Billable hour - Almost dead?
There's much talk about the end of the billable hour. Because it's easy to administer, it will be stay around so long as clients accept it. This highlights the difference between the large firms and…
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Layoff summary
A recent quote from Associated Press: "The economic downturn has meant less work for law firms, fewer experienced attorneys leaving jobs and thousands of lawyers laid off. From August 2008 to August 2009, total law…