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Solotions:Overcoming the Obstacles of Going and Being Solo in a Down EconomyDate: Tuesday, June 2, 2009Format: Teleconference and Live Audio WebcastDuration: 90 minutes
Part of the ABA Recession Recovery Teleconference Series |
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Sponsor: American Bar Association |
1:00 PM-2:30 PM Eastern |
12:00 PM-1:30 PM Central |
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Mountain |
10:00 AM-11:30 AM Pacific |
ABA Recession Recovery Teleconference Series
This program is part of the ABA Recession Recovery Teleconference Series.
How’s the recession affecting you? Need some insight on navigating these troubled economic times? Listen in to the ABA Recession Recovery Teleconference Series, free for ABA members. We hope you can join us for one of these four teleconferences, which feature expert faculty providing practical tips and strategies for succeeding in today’s career climate. Programs will focus on marketing yourself, succeeding as a solo practitioner, adapting to the new legal environment, and stabilizing your outlook in an unstable world.
Click here for more information on the series and to view additional series sessions.
Join a free local listening party at a participating bar association near you. Click here for a complete list of participating bar associations.
Program Description
Listen as both seasoned as well as new solo practitioners discuss the steps involved in setting-up shop as a first-time solo. This expert faculty will address some of the nuts and bolts of the practice such as: engagement letters, insurance issues, technology challenges, office logistics and the development of billing models. Additionally, they will share their strategy for building a client base as well collecting fees in a down economy.
Program Faculty
Anthony Butler is the managing principal at Butler & Associates in Baltimore, MD.
Carolyn Elefant is the creator of MyShingle.com, author of Solo by Choice:
How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be, and principal attorney
in the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, in Washington, DC.
Jay Foonberg is the author of How to Start and Build a Law Practice and is working on the book Getting Paid in Good Times and in Bad -Being Creative to Get Paid in Beverly Hills, CA.
Heather Rafter (Moderator) is a former in-house counsel who is starting a private practice in San Francisco, CA.
CLE Credit
1.5 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states/1.8 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states have been requested in states accrediting ABA teleconferences and live audio webcasts.*
NY-licensed attorneys: This non-transitional CLE program has been approved for experienced NY-licensed attorneys in accordance with the requirements of the New York State CLE Board for 1.5 total NY CLE credits.
The following states accept ABA teleconferences for CLE credit:
AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KY, LA, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA**, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.
*States currently not accrediting ABA teleconferences: DE, IN, PA, KS, OH
** Please note that this program is not eligable for credit in Virginia because the financial or business aspects of setting up or running a law office are not legal topics eligible for CLE credit
Registration Options
Tuition
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$19.95 General Public
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