Spring Meeting

We had a great time at our joint meeting with the Young Lawyers Division in Miami! Among the highlights were:

• An incredible evening of drinks, dinner and dancing at the Vizcaya museum;
• Well-attended CLE programming at the Solo Day Road Show; and,
• Free access to after-parties at some of Miami's hottest nightclubs.

See the pictures from Spring Meeting.

Annual Meeting
August 4-6
Chicago, IL

Chicago, our kind of town, your kind of meeting! We have some great CLE planned including:

• Historical Trials: Haymarket Riots;
• Clients -- Finding Them, Keeping Them and Serving Their Needs; and,
• Bankruptcy 2005: Ethical Obligation in the Bankruptcy Court.

We also have two momentous military events scheduled:

• Keithe E. Nelson Memorial Military Law Committee Luncheon; and,
• The Military Dining Out.

To find out more about these events and more, please visit our Annual meeting pages.

Fall Meeting
September 29 - October 2
Boston, MA

Fast on the heels of the Annual Meeting is GP|Solo's Fall Meeting. Our hotel is the Seaport and we have arranged a room rate of $149 for a single or double when you mention "ABA General Practice Fall Meeting" before August 29.

Call 877.732.7678 for your reservations today.

GP|Solo author, Joan Burda, won a Benjamin Franklin Award for her best selling book, Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples.

See pictures from the award ceremony and find out more about the book.

Joan will also be presenting a CLE course "Estate Planning for Lesbian and Gay Couples" at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 6.

Solosez, the ABA's busiest email list, is a forum for over 1,400 solo and small firm attorneys. Each month, Solosez moderator extraordinaire, jennifer rose selects Popular Threads to post on the Solosez website. This month:

• Capping Hourly Fee?
• Esquire v. Attorney v. Lawyer
• Fonts, Points And So Many Choices
• Postage- Stamps Or Metered?
• Timematters, Outside Consultants and Your Own Time

Also, in this month's Technology eReport, jennifer rose begins a new column - Surviving Email. The inaugural article focuses on using Gmail to manage high-volume email lists like Solosez.

Last month, we mentioned that one of the active leaders of our Section, Captain William Brown, was stationed in Iraq. We offered to collect messages from you to send to him.

Captain Brown has received your messages and asked that we post the following message back to you:

I extend my deepest gratitude to my GP/Solo family and supporters.  I am humbled by the that fact that so many would be kind and gracious enough to send such encouraging thoughts and sentiments.  Thanks to all for your support and consideration.

Contract attorneys and temporary lawyers thrive in a rapidly changing business climate that craves flexibility. But, as the demand for these services increases, and technology makes them easier to provide, how do we monitor the downside? Just what is the downside?

$85 GP|Solo Members
$125 ABA Members
$150 All Other Registrants

Find out more and register online

More CLE

GP|Solo and WestLegalEd presents online CLE programs available to you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from the convenience of your home or office computer. Remember, GPSolo Section Members receive a discount of 33% on all GPSolo Online CLE.

Win a copy of the exciting new eBook, How to Build a Law Firm Brand.

Your brand isn’t just your logo: it’s the personality of your firm—from the substantive focus of your practice to the way you treat your existing clients. If you want to capture and keep clients, then this step-by-step resource provides the information you need!

Enter to win!

Congratulations to GP|Solo member Jamie Allen, who won a copy Preparing Witnesses by participating in our contest in the April issue of The Buzz.

We would love to know what you think about The Buzz. Please email us your comments, compliments and criticisms.