Lawyerist
"The lawyering survival guide, featuring posts on blogging, careers, ethics, marketing, going paperless, practice management, starting a law firm, and technology." The blawg also produces an occasional newsletter, Lawyerist Insider.
Author: Sam Glover is Lawyerist's editor-in-chief and a solo practitioner in Minneapolis. He also authors Caveat Emptor. Aaron Street is Lawyerist's publisher and the advisory board chair of the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota. Guest-bloggers are also actively solicited and regularly featured.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Legal Technology • Legal Ethics • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Lawyerist
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Top Lawyerist Posts: Week of November 8
In case you missed any of them, here are our most popular posts from the past week: Beware the Post-Bar-Exam Blues: When the busy schedules and constant pressure of law school and the bar exam…
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Optimize Google Voice
If you can get your hands on a Google Voice account—do it. Google Voice can save you money, save you time, and you never have to give out your personal cell phone number again if…
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Thanks to Our Lawyerist Advertisers!
We would like to thank our current Lawyerist advertisers: Chrometa: Automated time tracking software Conroy Consults: Law firm website design and creative marketing development ExpertHub: Get found on Google for only $300 per year LegalPPC:…
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Law School Exam Tips All Next Week
Law school finals are quickly approaching. Most of you law students (especially 1Ls) have either started studying or will begin in the next couple of weeks. We are here to help. All next week, we…
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Confessions of a Dinosaur Going Paperless
Guest post by Thomas Gallagher. It sounds good, doesn’t it? Lawyering without papering. Ahhh! A few years ago, I dreamed about it. I heard about it. But I was a dinosaur, tech-wise. Now, after a…
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Important Contract Elements for the Freelance Legal Writer
Many successful attorneys make extra money by drafting briefs for other attorneys. It can be a great way to get your name out there and net some nice cash, but there are a couple clauses…
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The One Secret to Online Legal Marketing
Too many law firm web pages are designed like business cards or thick brochures. They often either have too little information (just a single page with the firm name and contact information) or are loaded…
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Finals Are Approaching. Do Not Panic!
Finals suck, but you have plenty of time of time to learn the material before you need to prove it. Even if you understand only 10% of the class now, the learning curve is steep…
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Join the Twitterverse in 5 Steps
There are an endless amount of articles about why you should tweet, and about Twitter’s value to a small business. Instead, this article is about how to tweet and what you might accomplish if you…
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Affordable Online Meetings
GoToMeeting is an intriguing, relatively cheap way to conduct online meetings. The service allows users to do more than just conduct online videoconferences, users can see the moderator’s computer screen. The moderator can also allow…