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Home of SoloSez, the discussion list for solo & small firm lawyers
The ABA Solo Center is the Web resource for all solo attorneys, including the SoloSez email discussion list. Although SoloSez is sponsored by the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, anyone can join, you don't even need to be a member of the ABA.
Before you start using the list, please read the vaunted Administrivia.
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SoloSez in the News »
Sezzer Reports From Afghanistan »
Navy Reserve officer Sterling DeRamus was featured in the April issue of the ABA Journal for the work he is doing with the U.S. military in the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan. The site also features photos and dispatches from Sterling himself. More
Solo’s Niche: Turning Supreme Court Bar Admission into an Event »
The March issue of the Daily Record (Maryland), spotlights Sezzer Terry A. Berger, a Westminster solo practitioner, has started a business coordinating in-person Supreme Court bar admissions for lawyer organizations across the country. More
SoloSez Featured on Law.com »
In an article by Immediate Past Chair of the General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Keith McLennan, Law.com takes an in-depth look at the SoloSez listserve. More
SoloSez Events
SoloSez Members: List your local meetings on the SoloSez website by filling out the event submission form.
MD/DC/VA Monthly Lunch
Atlanta SoloSez Networking Events
Tenth Anniversary for the SoloSez™ Supreme Court Group Admission
- Columbus Day Weekend, October 12–14, 2009
- Contact: TerryBerger@ResidentAgentInfo.com.
This is an advance notice for the upcoming the Tenth Annual Solosez Supreme Court Group Admission. The event is being held on Columbus Day Weekend, October 12–14, 2009.
Our group will consist of a maximum of 24 attorneys to be admitted. The Supreme Court limits us to 12 attorneys per day, so our group will be divided into a Tuesday and Wednesday admission group. The dinner on Monday, however, is for all! More
Solo & Small Firm Conferences
SoloSez Members: List conferences on the SoloSez website by filling out the conference submission form.
2009 ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Fall Meeting
- October 15-17, 2009
- Los Angeles, California
Illinois Solo & Small Firm Conference
- October 22-24, 2009
- President Abraham Lincoln Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, IL
- Contact: Janet Sosin jsosin@isba.org 312.726.8775
- It s the only conference in Illinois dedicated to meet the needs of the solo and small firm lawyer and it only happens once a year. Come learn how to excel in your practice and find inspiration in the same town where Abraham Lincoln practiced law.
- Earn up to 18 hours of MCLE credit, including all 4 hours of the required PMCLE credit.
- Choose from 3 tracks of programming: substantive law, legal technology, and effective and ethical practice.
- We’ll also address how to practice law in tough economic times.
- Highlights include
- pre-conference sessions on Illinois new Rules of Professional Conduct;
- training on Fastcase (ISBA s free online legal research member benefit);
- plenary program on improving your memory and courtroom confidence by Paul Mellor;
- legal tech programs by Nerino Petro, Bryan Sims and Catherine Sanders Reach;
- and a special program at the Old State Capitol regarding lesson s learned from Lincoln s law practice.
Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference
- Oct. 29-31, 2009
- Kalahari Resort
- Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Contact: Julie Ehtridge jethridge@wisbar.org 608.250.6014
- Wisconsin’s premier event for solo and small firm practitioners.
- Pre-conference featuring Dustin Cole with key notes by Jim Calloway and Redit Trautz. Special appearance by Jay Foonberg.
- Over 32 educational sessions will await you at this practice-saving event at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, voted Best Hotel for Business Meetings by the readers of Corporate Report Wisconsin magazine.
Indiana State Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Conference
- June 3-5, 2010
- Radisson Hotel
- Merrillville, Indiana
- Contact: Maryann Williams mwilliams@inbar.org
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