Solo In Chicago…Grow Your Practice!

Here’s a piece from Minnesota Laywers Mutual’s quarterly newsletter re. the above. Really, who wants a basement full of old client files??

For those of us who like to spend time in the only topographically pleasant part of our state, this is good news. Good old Air Midwest!

Tom Kane over at the legalmarketing blog has an interesting post on niche marketing for lawyers. Take a read. I know this general concept is one of the 3-4 big questions I’ve grappled with since going solo some 1.5 years ago. How wide should you throw your net? Or, how deep do you dig in a specific area or in a couple limited areas?

Another related thought, in your attorney bios, include the titles of specific classes you’ve attended. This will show your audience exactly the things you’re up to date on. It’s more useful than just knowing you graduated X law school in 1997.

Ed’s piece on blogging here from Law.com.

Here’s a piece from today’s Daily Herald regarding young prosecutors and law school debt problems. Boy some of those debt amounts are mind-boggling. I thought my $40k in debt was bad. The gist of the piece is simply the difficulty in doing public sector work when law school debt is what it is. I didn’t know about the fact that public defenders were unioned whereas state’s attorneys were not…hmmm.

Broader discussion, why has there been such an increase in education costs (college and graduate) over say the last 20-30 years? How is it justified? It’s significantly out-strapped inflation or wage increases over that time.

As we near another election day, question, why do we hear ZERO discussion about substantive education issues or health care affordibility?? I battle the law school debt issue too and as a small firm lawyer, health costs are a battle. Why aren’t issues of substance dealt with in the public square? Maybe it’s time to throw my hat into the ring…