Published By Jim Calloway
Lawyers opening up new law practices may hear from veteran lawyers that there is no need to spend time drafting a written business plan or budget for the first year. They may say that…
Michael P. Maslanka does a "Work Matters" summer reading list each summer for the Texas Lawyer. His selections are aimed for corporate general counsel. But, while his first suggestion is definitely corporate self-improvement, the others range from "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts," by…
David J. Bilinsky has entered the blogosphere with his new weblog, Thoughtful Legal Management. This brings up several questions. The most obvious is whether the term "thoughtful legal management" is an oxymoron. The second is why a very well respected gentleman who is already busy as a Practice Management Advisor and staff lawyer…
If you have a law office administrator, they are probably all over the upcoming postal rate increases. But if you are a small firm lawyer without a staff person who keeps track of such things, you simply have to read Are You Ready for the New Postal Regulations and a Whopping Increase in Costs? by…
I now find myself with a moral obligation to direct your attention to one of my least favorite law blogs in the entire blogosphere. The blog post I reference is the Graying Bar: let’s not forget the ethics. This blog post is a quite comprehensive academic treatment of issues relating to some senior…
Near the end of January two great magazines focusing on solo and small firm law practice showed up on my desk. Both magazines had several personal connections to me (and several friends and colleagues) along with lots of material I wanted to highlight for you. In my prior post I noted that the American Bar …
I’d love to point you to three great collections of materials for Solo and Small Firm lawyers, all from the American Bar Association. (Well, two graded great and one "needs improvement.") But, due to inconsistent ABA policies, the explanation of what is available, when and to whom, is a bit complex. So I’ll cover these…
The November issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal was a special Management and Technology-themed issue and I was the guest editor. As events unfolded, I ended up writing a lot of it myself.
A Lawyer’s Guide to Mobile Computer Security was co-authored by Ellen Freedman, Reid Trautz and myself. Did you know that a
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In my prior post I mentioned the ABA GP/Solo Division. The division sponsored a National Solo and Small Firm Conference last week. Ross Kodner and I co-chaired the event. Ponca City, Oklahoma attorney Brian Hermanson was a speaker. Ross and I spent a lot of time working on this and it was a pleasure.
The October issue of Law Practice Today has a brief article that should appeal to all of you time-challenged lawyers out there. It is called The Art of Delegating by Kathleen Brady. Lawyers are sometimes notoriously poor at delegation. This is a very informative article and I’d encourage everyone to read it, even a…