MyShingle.com
"Dedicated to the demands and desires of solos and small law firms, the clients we serve and others in the legal profession who use our services or dream of going out on their own." This blog was started to help students and lawyers at firms who want to create unconventional practices and to provide a place for solos to trade advice and tout their successes.
Author: Carolyn Elefant is a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C., who also authors Offshore Renewable Energy Law Blog and Nolo's Legal Marekting Blawg and Lawyer Avenue. She is also author of the e-book Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Solos/Small Firms • Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from MyShingle.com
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Free Legal Research by Google & What It Means
What do I think about Google's recent launch of a free, online legal research tool as part of Google Scholar? (disclosure: my husband works for Google, but isn't involved with the legal research project) …
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The Page Between Biglaw and Solo Practice, Between Life and Death
Even though I reside in Bethesda, Maryland and practice appellate law in Washington D.C. just like appellate lawyer Mark Levy, the former Kilpatrick Stockton attorney who took his life after his firm downsized, our paths…
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Your Blog On Social Media
This is a quick video that my daughter, Elana helped me put together (don't you love the blog in the frying pan?) that demonstrates how social media can be used to amplify blogging efforts. That's…
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LEXIS Responds To Earlier Post
A representative from LEXIS responded to my earlier post,LEXIS, You Could Have Had Us Solos At Hello Unfortunately, I have been experiencing some serious problems with the comments feature of my blog and as a…
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Second Chance Solo
What would you do if you were exonerated after spending twelve years in prison for a crime you didn't commit? Would you spend the rest of your days justifiably bitter, complaining about the injustice of…
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Persecuted Connecticut Lawyers Totally Well Represented on Ethics Charges by Pullman & Comley; Total Attorneys, Not So Much
[NOTE: POST UPDATED 11/8/09 at 2:30 pm. Jump to end of post for updates] Turns out that at least three of the five Connecticut lawyers who are the subject of a disciplinary proceeding for their participation…
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Come Meet Me At Avvo's DC and Baltimore Events
I've made no secret of the fact that I'm a fan of Avvo.com, which launched back in 2007. Though now Avvo has plenty of copycats, when it launched, it was the first service to provide…
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Why Isn't Anyone Speaking for the Five Solos Targeted by the Connecticut Disciplinary Counsel's Attack on So-Called Referral Services?
So, let's say that a typical consumer - we'll call her Jane Consumer - in Connecticut finds herself hounded by creditors and deeply in debt. Jane's heard that bankruptcy might help but she doesn't know…
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The Front Row
This morning, I'll take a seat in the front row in a place where I can't look back. I've occupied the front row dozens of times over the course of my career, at trials,…
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LEXIS, You Could Have Had Us Solos at Hello
On the surface, this article about Lawyers.com's upcoming television ad campaign, which is intended to attract more consumers to its site, seems like nothing more than business as usual in a down economy. But there's far more to…