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You Wanted CLE. You Got It!

2010 June 1
by Susan Cartier Liebel

You wanted Solo Practice University to offer CLE. Starting June 1, 2010, you got it! Check this out….


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Why Raising Legal Fees Is Not The Answer to A Bad Business Plan

2010 August 30
by Susan Cartier Liebel

There are times to raise legal fees, decrease legal fees or leave legal fees alone while revamping how services are delivered.  The U.S. Post Office is an example of what NOT to do.
Nearly two months ago, this article on the financial crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service caught my eye (and do the read the [...]


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The Virtual Law Office Debate…Really?

2010 August 23
by Susan Cartier Liebel

Carolyn Elefant at MyShingle.com has taken Lee Rosen of Divorce Discourse to task in her new post ‘The Virtual Law Office Debate’. Why?  Because he has written a provocative post called ‘What the Virtual Law Office Advocates Are Not Telling You. Whenever change is inevitable, before it becomes mainstream, it is framed as a debate.  [...]


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Got Clients? How Did THAT Happen?

2010 August 19
by Susan Cartier Liebel

In the spirit of Solo Practice University, many expert voices teaching you how to build and grow your solo practice, I am very pleased to announce that Build A Solo Practice @ SPU has a new monthly columnist, Debra Bruce. She will be providing you excellent practice-building advice the third Thursday of every month like [...]


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What is ‘Technology Etiquette?’ You’d Better Learn.

2010 August 16
by Susan Cartier Liebel

An old post/column I wrote -  e-mail etiquette (or lack thereof) and the impact on clients – led me to check out other technologies which, without policies regarding their use, offend clients and people in general.  There was a great archived article in Missed Manners which discusses the impact of poor etiquette [...]


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Are You Really Ready For the Changing Work World? Hold On.

2010 August 9
by Susan Cartier Liebel

The workplace is becoming more and more virtual, with meetings occurring across time zones and organizations and with participants who barely know each other, working on swarms attacking rapidly emerging problems. But the employee will still have a “place” where they work. Many will have neither [...]


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Are You Suffering From Brain Drain?

2010 August 9
by Susan Cartier Liebel

This vintage post from Men with Pens addresses a very big issue solo practitioners face; too many things to do, not enough time.  The end result, lost time, brain drain and at a significant cost to your business and personal life:

Seven Ways to Battle Productivity Brain Drain
Too many ideas
at once dig into your mental and [...]


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When Large Law Firms Underestimate Lower Cost Rivals You Win!

2010 August 3
by Susan Cartier Liebel

Complacency and arrogance produce blind spots that delay a response and leave incumbents vulnerable.
I was reading a recent McKinsey report which I wanted to share with you in part because it is totally applicable to Big Law/Organizations and Solos.  And if you really think about it, it’s playing out as we speak.  You connect the [...]


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Read These 10 Secrets To…..

2010 August 2
by Susan Cartier Liebel

Did that headline get your attention?  Shame on you.  This means you are reading this post to either learn some deep dark secret to growing ‘your multi-million dollar solo practice working just one day a month’ OR you were going to read it to mock me.  The point is these stupid headlines have the power [...]


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The ABA: Friend, Foe or…Simply Irrelevant for the Solo?

2010 July 26
by Susan Cartier Liebel

Wow.  I go away for a vacation and all hell breaks loose! (only kidding) But during my vacation week when my big and little guys were asleep after an exhausting day at the beach I learned of Carolyn Elefant’s post on MyShingle.com letting loose on the ABA as an ‘organization’ (not it’s volunteers or staff).  [...]


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Oh, The Places You’ll Go….

2010 July 19
by Susan Cartier Liebel

You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you will be the guy who’ll decide where you’ll go. Oh the places you‘ll go. … Dr. Seuss from ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Go..’
If you are a reader of my blog or new to Build a Solo Practice @ SPU, you have [...]


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