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Ready Resources for Solos and Small Firm Lawyers

Searching for additional resources on learning or education law? Take a look at the ABA publications below, and check out the helpful links to website resources hosted by the GP|Solo Division, the ABA, and others. To order any of the books listed below, call the ABA Service Center at 800/285-2221 or visit our website at www.ababooks.org.

How to Capture and Keep Clients: Marketing Strategies for Lawyers
By jennifer j. rose (ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division and Section of Family Law; 2005; PC 5150403; $79.95; GP|Solo member price $64.95)
In this in-depth book, the best and most innovative solo and small firm lawyers give you their secrets, approaches, and strategies to that age-old puzzle of growing your law firm.
Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law, Second Edition
By Edward Poll (ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division; 2002; PC 5150286; $119.95; GP|Solo member price $99.95)
This classic guide simplifies the often-complex process of operating a law practice
Letters for Lawyers: Essential Communications for Clients, Prospects, and Others, Second Edition
By Thomas E. Kane (ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division; 2004; PC 5150290; $80; GP|Solo member price $65)
The second edition of this publication contains numerous communication tools, including business letters, announcement cards, invitations, survey forms, response cards, press releases, and thank-you notes.
How to Start and Build a Law Practice, Fifth Edition
By Jay G. Foonberg (ABA Law Practice Management Section and ABA Law Student Division; 2004; PC 5110508; $69.95)
If you have a question about starting and growing your own law practice, or improving your existing solo or small firm practice, Jay Foonberg has the answers in this power-packed, updated, and expanded new edition.
Flying Solo: A Survival Guide for the Solo and Small Firm Lawyer, Fourth Edition
By K. William Gibson (ABA Law Practice Management Section; 2005; PC 5110527; $99.95)
Practical information gathered from a wide range of contributors who share tips and advice that can be easily implemented in your solo or small firm practice.

GP|Solo Division Links

Resources for solo or small law firms:
www.abanet.org/genpractice/resources/startafirm.html

Links to useful state and local bar websites: www.abanet.org/genpractice/resources/statebars.html

Other Links from the ABA and Beyond

ABA Law Practice Management Section’s resource links for practice management issues: www.abanet.org/lpm/resources/management.shtml

Materials from the Indiana State Bar Association’s 2006 Solo and Small Firm Conference:
www.inbar.org/content/news/article.asp?art=401

Materials from the 2006 Missouri Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Conference: http://members.mobar.org/sasf2006

Materials from the First Virginia CLE Solo and Small Firm Institute (2006):
www.vacle.org/php-bin/ecomm4/products.php?product_id=1128

Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog:
http://jimcalloway.typepad.com

Nerino Petro’s Compujurist.com, covering legal technology and practice management: http://compujurist.com

Reid My Blog!, Reid Trautz’s blog on management, governance, and ethics: http://reidtrautz.typepad.com

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2007/08 Editorial Board

GPSOLO Magazine

Editor-in-Chief
Joan M. Burda   jmburda@mac.com

Assistant Editor
Judy Toyer

Editorial Board
Jeffrey M. Allen
Martha J. Church
Jane Kow
David Leffler
Karen Renzulli Lynch
John P. Macy
James P. Menton
Larry Ramirez
Laurie K. Redman
James Schwartz
Andrew C. Simpson
Bryan S. Spencer

Technology & Practice Guide Issue

Special Issue Editor
Jeffrey M. Allen   jallenlawtek@aol.com

Editorial Board
Wells H. Anderson
Daniel S. Coolidge
Bruce Dorner
D.A. Drouillard
Kimberly T. Lee
Alan Pearlman
Nerino J. Petro, Jr.
J. Anthony Vittal
Ex Officio: Ross Kodner

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Jennifer J. Ator    jenniferjator@gmail.com

Editorial Board
Lloyd D. Cohen
David Zachary Kaufman

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