GPSOLO - Table of Contents
Volume 23, Number 3
April/May 2006
Features
Staying on Top of Your
Game
Nelson Thomas
It may seem difficult to keep pace with lawyers at large
firms, but you can do it. Start by talking shop with clients and
colleagues, presenting at CLE programs, and maintaining a work
product file.
How to Think Like Your
Client
Anne Segrest McCulloch, Joanne Schehl, and Roxanne Esch
You have expertise in an area of law. Now it’s time to
gain expertise in your client’s world.
Courtroom as Classroom
Robin Page West
It’s not mental firepower that decides a case, but
rather skill in educating the other players—clients,
judges, experts, witnesses, and the jury.
Back to School: Education
Law
Diane E. Millett
If you know your boundaries and line up resources for
assistance, you can develop a niche practice in school
law.
Who’s Reading
Johnny’s School Records?
Winona W. Zimberlin
The FERPA statute provides parents with a valuable right of
access to their children’s educational records and keeps
schools from sharing those records without permission.
Expert
Expectations
Robert A. Zupkus
The expert witness has important expectations of the
attorney—and the attorney must be aware of them.
Lessons on the Road to Law
School
Nikki Clark
Law school teaches the rigid constructs on which the law is
based, but lawyers need insights into human interactions and
motivations to be truly effective.
Learning to Listen, Learning
to Be Heard
Donna F. Howard
When clients believe they are truly being heard, they will
reward your practice of “active listening
skills.”
Old Docs, New Tricks: Knowledge
Databases Made Easy
Darrell G. Stewart
If you maintain your work product in an organized system
that’s easy to access, clients will receive prompt service
and you will save time that can be used to generate additional
revenue.
How to Admit You Don’t
Know
Joseph M. Hartley
The level of certainty that many clients expect is
unrealistic in today’s legal climate. Don’t be afraid
to tell them you don’t know an answer but can find
out.
Columns
From the Editor
jennifer j. rose
Paying Attention; or, If I Only Had a Brain
The Chair’s Corner
Dwight L. Smith
Justice for All: Promise or Reality?
General Practice, Solo and Small
Firm Division News
Goal IX Honor Rolls; Upcoming Diversity Conferences; Solosez
Supreme Court Swearing In; Member Achievements
Ready Resources
Ready Resources in the Law of Learning
In the Solution
Ellen M. Jernigan
Solos and Isolation
Being Solo
David Leffler
What I Learned from Redecorating My Office
Product Review
Lisa Solomon
Internet Law Researcher
GP Mentor
Sandra Rachel Baker
Litigation
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