Building a New Solo or Small Law Firm
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Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from law school. With so many possibilities in front of you, we’re sure you have lots of options to consider. If you’re thinking about starting your own solo or small practice, you’ve come to the right place.
Below is a collection of articles from the LexisNexis® Small Law Blog that provides insights on what’s involved in building, growing and running a successful solo or small law firm.
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Starting Your Law Firm
From naming your firm to writing a business plan and mission statement — it’s all part of getting up and running when you’re building a law firm from scratch. This first set of articles provides the basics:
Five Tips for Starting Your Own Law Firm
How to Draft a Law Firm Business Plan
How to Choose the Best Name for Your Law Firm
The Best Advice for Small Law Firms Without a Big Law Staff Roster
Running Your Law Firm
Now that the name is on the door and you have your business cards in hand, it’s time to get busy with actually running your law practice.
Read on for practical advice, general know-how and tips, tricks and tactics to make daily law firm management more… manageable.
Client Management
Five Tips to Help Solo Practitioners Retain Clients
One Tough Customer: Discerning Between Challenging and Difficult Clients
Law Firm Subscription Models: A Potential Solution to an Age-Old Problem
How to Maximize the Quality (Not Quantity) of Client Communications
Choosing the Right Technology
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Five Ways Solo Practitioners and Small Firms Can Upgrade Their Legal Technology
The Unexpected Challenges to Adopting New Technology in Your Law Firm
Artificial Intelligence: The Not-So-Secret Weapon of the Small Firm Attorney
Growing Your Law Firm
Growth of a law practice can come about from a number of channels and strategies, including attracting more clients, adjusting practice rates, strategic marketing plans, longer hours and/or lower costs -- to name just a few.
Below is our round-up of advice on expanding your practice.
Marketing
Six Budget-Friendly Marketing Tips for the Small Law Firm
The Best Advice for Small Law Firms Without a Big Law Staff Roster
Attracting Clients
How Consumers Choose Lawyers Remains a Mystery
Four Ethical Ways to Attract an Already-Engaged Client
Should Attorneys Be Rethinking Free Consultation?
How Attorneys Can Make the Most of Online Reviews
Leaving Your Law Firm
No matter how long you practice law, eventually there will come a time when you decide to move on to the next stage of your career or life. The skills you learn in the legal world provide you a multitude of options for continuing your life in other directions, whether you’re going into business or politics, or taking a completely different path.
From the Bar to the Bench: Transitioning from Lawyer to Judge
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