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Allowing Who You Are to Define How You Practice
If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed. — Hugh...
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Paying it Forward Pays Off (A Muchas Gracias to Bob Ambrogi)
I met Bob Ambrogi in the Virgin Islands in 2007. He was presenting at a CLE and I was a wee young law clerk for a judge on the island of St. Croix. I won a contest at the CLE and was awarded a copy of...
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How to Find Potential Freelance Lawyers
The single best way for a solo or small firm practitioner to find local freelance lawyers is by referral from another attorney you know and trust. If you do know a good freelance lawyer who is not...
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Win a Free Copy of The Freelance Lawyering Manual!
The Solo Practice University Facebook page is running a contest to give away a copy of my book, The Freelance Lawyering Manual: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About the New Temporary Attorney Market....
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Disclosing the Use of Freelance Lawyers to Clients
One of the first questions hiring attorneys ask me is whether they have to disclose the use of a freelance lawyer to their clients. The short answer shouldn’t surprise them — it depends. If a hiring...
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What Should Hiring Attorneys Bill the Client for a Freelance Lawyer’s Time?
The total fee charged to the client for the freelance lawyer’s services must be reasonable for the work provided. ABA Formal Op. 08-451, Lawyer’s Obligations When Outsourcing Legal and Nonlegal Support...
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What is the Scope of Work that a Freelance Lawyer Can Perform?
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has addressed this question in Formal Opinion 08-451. In this Opinion, the Committee explains that attorneys may engage other...
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Using Record-Keeping to Avoid Freelance Lawyering Conflicts
The ethical rules pertaining to conflicts apply to freelance lawyers as well as hiring attorneys. Although the non-attorney client does not directly hire the freelance lawyer, the ethical obligations...
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Finding Freelance Attorney Right
Many hiring attorneys bring on freelance lawyers to increase their efficiency. Hiring the wrong freelance lawyer, however, can have the opposite effect. By carefully screening for a freelance lawyer...
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Performing Background Checks When Hiring a Freelance Lawyer
Hiring attorneys should complete background checks of all potential freelance attorneys to make sure that confidential information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Checking references and completing...
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