In November, we announced that 2 books were up for grabs: «
Solo by Choice, How to be the Lawyer You've Always Wanted...
But from what I've read around the web, the general consensus for the best place for advice regarding going solo is Carolyn Elefant's book,
Solo By Choice (and her accompanying website, myshingle.com).
In addition (and somewhat obviously, I would think), Carolyn Elefant receives financial benefits in the form of royalties from her books,
Solo by Choice and Social Media for Lawyers that are promoted at the site.
In her new book,
Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be, Carolyn Elefant of the MyShingle weblog writes that technological advances have made it easier and cheaper to open a law office than ever before.
Well clearly it was not «
Solo by Choice» but «Solo by Necessity» if she wanted to be a Lawyer, as no «Big Law» firms in the US thought she was good enough to hold down a position as an Attorney in their establishments, she had to go it alone, I suppose that is the route most of these US Solo's have had to take when «Big Law» kicks their arse out the door.
During this 60 - minute webinar, Carolyn Elefant, Esq., successful solo attorney, author of
Solo by Choice, and publisher of the popular MyShingle blog for solo lawyers, will cover the nuts and bolts of starting up and growing your own successful solo law practice.
First, there's the recently updated «
Solo by Choice, How to be the Lawyer You've Always Wanted to Be» written by (and the winning copy with be signed by) solo goddess and guru Carolyn Elefant, a lawyer and prolific author.
The book's preface is written by Carolyn Elefant, who, as founder of MyShingle.com and author of the book
Solo by Choice, has demonstrated that she knows a thing or two about building a law practice.
Years ago I started with
Solo by Choice, and everyone was reading the one everyone reads, and I thought «Yeah, but this is not for today.
Kim Bennett: One of the books that I started off as a business... I'm trying to think if she was as a business... But I love
Solo by Choice.
Carolyn Elefant's
Solo By Choice offers legal solo practitioners insight, inspiration & step - by - step instructions for their new enterprises.
She has distilled much of this in her recently published book, «
Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.»
I can attest that there is no need for the newly minted solo to beware her book,
Solo by Choice.
She is about to release her first book,
Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.
First, there are 3 copies up for grabs of «The Companion Guide» to «
Solo by Choice, How to be the Lawyer You've Always Wanted to Be» written by solo guru Carolyn Elefant, a lawyer and prolific author.
Elefant, author of the blog MyShingle.com, is releasing her new book this month,
Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted -LSB-...]
In her article — which is adapted from her book, «
Solo by Choice» — Elefant offers tips on how to leave a firm gracefully, whether your departure is your decision or the firm's.
Carolyn Elefant, author of
Solo by Choice: How to be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be is hosting a webinar on September 6th about retainer agreements.
Elefant, author of the blog MyShingle.com, is releasing her new book this month,
Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.
Luckily for the curious and enthusiastic, Carolyn Elefant's two new books,
Solo By Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be (2011 - 2012) and
Solo By Choice: The Companion Guide (34 Questions that could transform Your Legal Career) can connect you to an army of solo advisors and mentors, and it may reinforce your desire to launch a new enterprise.
Legal Blog Watch alumna Carolyn Elefant is the author of «
Solo By Choice» and creator of MyShingle.com, a blog for and about solos and small law firms.
Solo by Choice is quickly become the new standard book for setting up a law practice.
For a limited time only, Rocket Matter customers can purchase
Solo by Choice by My Shingle author Carolyn Elefant for $ 35 plus free shipping!
According to Carolyn Elefant, author of
Solo by Choice, by their second year in solo practice «a solo is likely to be close to matching their previous salary, and, by the third year, most solos will exceed what they earned before leaving a law firm or government position.»
Not exact matches
Her
solo show 30 % Chance of Hailey was named Critic's
Choice by the Chicago Reader and heralded as «one of the best, most inventive
solo productions in years.»
The Hudson Valley resident writes about what motivated her to start... I use the term «
Solo Mom» because our site serves women who parent alone,
by choice or
by circumstance, for a variety of reasons, such as divorce or the death,...
Nothing in this film is as daring as those
choices — as played
by Harrison Ford,
Solo was a borderline antihero and the only major character in the original trilogy who had a dangerous edge, albeit one that Lucas and company immediately began sanding down — and as young
Solo, Alden Ehrenriech doesn't convince as a cocky young pilot and smuggler who's been prematurely soured
by a hard - knock life.
Variety is reporting that Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) is the top
choice by Marvel Studios and Sony to play Aunt May for the new Spider - Man
solo film which is set for release in 2017.
• Gameplay Modes Add to the Fun — The
choice is yours: play
solo in single player mode, compete with a friend or family member in battle mode, sing a duet in cooperative mode, or connect with the SingStar ™ community
by sending score challenges to your friends on both PS3 and PS4.
Not all
solo travellers travel alone
by choice.
Awarded «Best Cruise Line for
Solo Travelers» by Porthole Magazine in 2012; Norwegian Epic is the ship of choice that was specifically designed and priced for the solo trave
Solo Travelers»
by Porthole Magazine in 2012; Norwegian Epic is the ship of
choice that was specifically designed and priced for the
solo trave
solo traveler.
The stylish two - storey bar and club is found
by the side of Chaweng Beach Road, at the start of Soi Bar
Solo, and is a popular
choice for kick - starting the night.
Mario kart is a game where you race with a character of your
choice (You start out with 12) in a kart or bike of your
choice in a stadium of your
choice (you start out with 16) you are scored
by the number of points you earn in the three lap race (or 3 if you don't change the lap number in the settings) you do a team race where everybody's points on a team are added up from the four races or you can play
solo where it adds up all your scores from the four races.
On the occasion of her second
solo show at Deli Gallery in LIC, «When Men are Fairy Tales in Books Written
By Rabbits,» Two Coats of Paint invited Josephs to do an interview with the fellow painter of her
choice, and she selected Austin Lee.
Interview with artist Kellen Chasuk following the opening of her
solo show «Plastic Flowers» t Stephanie Chefas Projects to better know her and her work
by discussed her art experiences, the content or her work and the
choices she made in displaying it, as well as her creative practice and what she has coming up.
Her recent and upcoming
solo and duo exhibitions include: upcoming
solo show, Koppe Astner, Glasgow (2017); upcoming duo exhibition together with Merike Estna, curated
by Thomas Cuckle, Tallinn, Vienna and Berlin (2017); CONDO collaborative exhibition, Kendall Koppe at Southard Reid, London (2017); «Afternoon Tear Drinker», curated by Hemma Schmutz, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt (2016); «Beauty and the Beast», (together with Tiit Pääsuke), curated by Tamara Luuk, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (2016); «Blood Knot Step By Step», Bunshitu Gallery, Tokyo (2015); «Fine With Afterlife», Ferdinand Bauman Gallery, Prague (2015); «Lord Got To Keep On Groovin», Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2013); «Top Sinner», Pro Choice, Vienna (2012); «Evian Desert», Tanja Wagner gallery, Berlin (2012); and «Being Together» (together with Edith Karlson), Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2012
by Thomas Cuckle, Tallinn, Vienna and Berlin (2017); CONDO collaborative exhibition, Kendall Koppe at Southard Reid, London (2017); «Afternoon Tear Drinker», curated
by Hemma Schmutz, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt (2016); «Beauty and the Beast», (together with Tiit Pääsuke), curated by Tamara Luuk, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (2016); «Blood Knot Step By Step», Bunshitu Gallery, Tokyo (2015); «Fine With Afterlife», Ferdinand Bauman Gallery, Prague (2015); «Lord Got To Keep On Groovin», Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2013); «Top Sinner», Pro Choice, Vienna (2012); «Evian Desert», Tanja Wagner gallery, Berlin (2012); and «Being Together» (together with Edith Karlson), Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2012
by Hemma Schmutz, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt (2016); «Beauty and the Beast», (together with Tiit Pääsuke), curated
by Tamara Luuk, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (2016); «Blood Knot Step By Step», Bunshitu Gallery, Tokyo (2015); «Fine With Afterlife», Ferdinand Bauman Gallery, Prague (2015); «Lord Got To Keep On Groovin», Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2013); «Top Sinner», Pro Choice, Vienna (2012); «Evian Desert», Tanja Wagner gallery, Berlin (2012); and «Being Together» (together with Edith Karlson), Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2012
by Tamara Luuk, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (2016); «Blood Knot Step
By Step», Bunshitu Gallery, Tokyo (2015); «Fine With Afterlife», Ferdinand Bauman Gallery, Prague (2015); «Lord Got To Keep On Groovin», Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2013); «Top Sinner», Pro Choice, Vienna (2012); «Evian Desert», Tanja Wagner gallery, Berlin (2012); and «Being Together» (together with Edith Karlson), Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2012
By Step», Bunshitu Gallery, Tokyo (2015); «Fine With Afterlife», Ferdinand Bauman Gallery, Prague (2015); «Lord Got To Keep On Groovin», Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2013); «Top Sinner», Pro
Choice, Vienna (2012); «Evian Desert», Tanja Wagner gallery, Berlin (2012); and «Being Together» (together with Edith Karlson), Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn (2012).
Pace's
choice to present work solely
by Sonnier at Frieze might be a two - pronged strategy: to keep the momentous interest in the artist's work, following his recent
solo exhibitions at Tate Modern, Galerie Forseblom in Finland and at Pace's own Midtown space; and to serve as a conversation starter about the gallery's recently - opened show
by Leo Villareal, also working with the medium of light.
The exhibition is accompanied
by two awards: the John & Joyce Price Award of Excellence, selected
by curatorial staff and accompanied
by a $ 5,000 cash prize, plus the opportunity of a future
solo exhibition at BAM, as well as the Samuel & Patricia Smith People's
Choice Award, selected
by Museum visitors and recognized with a $ 5,000 cash prize.
«Mais que nada» (More Than Nothing), a
solo outing
by an artist little known in the country of his birth — he was raised in Austria, where he now lives — was a timely
choice to end the gallery's local exhibition calendar.
Superficially, Violette seems a natural
choice for the space as religious themes resonate with previous bodies of work
by the artist including his 2005 Whitney Museum of American Art
solo show.
Chris Wiley, b. 1981, lives in New York Since his inclusion in MoMA PS1's «Taster's
Choice» exhibition in March — that spotlighted three emerging artists and one artist collective — the Goldsmiths grad has continued to crop up throughout the year, most notably when his
solo show opened at Nicelle Beauchene, featuring close - up photographs inspired
by housing in Southern California.
The
Choice Is Yours A review of R. Luke DuBois» show at bitforms
by Dillon Petito Artist and composer R. Luke DuBois»
solo exhibition The
Choice Is Yours at bitforms gallery historicizes and repurposes voting technologies from the mid-twentieth century.
«With the current
solo show «Inside the Artist's Studio» at Cristin Tierney Gallery in Chelsea and an eponymously titled book, recently published
by Princeton Architectural Press, Joe Fig was a natural
choice for the Art Talks at the 92nd Street Y.
Whether created
by choice or
by necessity, the number of new
solos is climbing.
My practice does live and breathe on my
choices, but I became a
solo because I had confidence in them, and thought that
by making them I could improve outcomes for my clients (and myself).»
Will you become what I call a «not
by choice»
solo practitioner?
This Friday's gift is brought to you
by Carolyn Elefant: Inspired
by the life
choices of the late Brendon Wen, a young attorney and
solo criminal practitioner, Elefant offers up a list of questions designed to help you lead an examined life.
This may be one resolution that many
solo practitioners have long ago fulfilled, but whether you entered into
solo practice
by choice or
by necessity, it is time to embrace your role and what you have to offer as a
solo practitioner.
In fact,
by 2020, we will see President's
Choice Law or Wal - Mart Law where
solos will be able to plug into third - party infrastructure that provides full administrative support, knowledge management, marketing, paralegals, and other lawyers to assist with larger files yet continue to remain independent, similar to gunnercooke in the U.K. or Clearspire in the U.S. Heavily enabled
by technology, these models were not possible 10 or even five years ago;
by 2020, they will be de rigueur.