Lawyers Gone Ethical

There is so much to talk about from Clio Con 2019, including the Legal Trends Report. In this episode, Jack Newton stops by the Lawyers Gone Ethical recording booth.

Resources Mentioned:

Medium Article discussing Clio's History

2019 Legal Trends Report

Guest Info:

Jack Newton - Twitter

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LAWCLERK was started by three partners who saw a growth market in outsourced substantive legal work. Answers to ethics questions were critical to establishing a marketplace for lawyers seeking lawyer help on their substantive legal work. In this episode, Megan and guest Talitha Gray Kozlowski dive into the ethics issues facing lawyers who need some help on their client files.

Resources Mentioned:

LAWCLERK

Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success

Guest Info:

LAWCLERK on Twitter

LAWCLERK on Facebook

Shark on the Run on Instagram

Talitha's Email

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Megan was a true solo for a long time, then dabbled in having a bit of close-to-home help. A year ago, she took the leap of hiring a virtual team to help run her practice. After a year, she's learned some important lessons that she shares in this episode. Among them:

- Find the right fit

- Make tough calls when the fit is wrong

- Start small and grow

- Allow people to do what they're best at doing

- The best assistance finds new ways to help you

- Woman up!

Resources Mentioned:

FlexJobs

Hire My Mom

Lawyerist.com

My Original Job Posting

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While ADD and ADHD affect 4% of the general population, they impact 12% (or more) of lawyers. Marshall Lichty recently found out he is one of them, and he is on an exploratory mission to learn as much as he can about how lawyers can cope with ADD and ADHD and be successful. He is bringing a message of hope to lawyers struggling with ADD and ADHD, and shares with Megan on this episode coping mechanisms and tools, and also highlights the superpowers that come with ADD and ADHD.

Resources Mentioned:

Intro to ADHD for lawyers email series

The Small Firm Roadmap

ADDitude Mag

Guest Info:

Marshall's Website

Marshall on Twitter

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Lawyers travel frequently for business, be it conferences or client work or other professional development. As Megan gets ready to head to the California Lawyers Association annual meeting and the Clio Cloud Conference, she shares some of her tips for remaining ethically compliant while being productive on the road. Topics include:

- Securely using the internet while away from the office

- Where to hold client calls (and where not to)

- Utilizing downtime to move your practice forward

- Making the most of in-person time

Resources Mentioned:

Clio Cloud Conference

California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting

Carolyn Elefant's comments on ATILS

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Lawyers are given a script in law school for how their career is supposed to go. But what can be achieved if we go off-script, and we build innovative work around the life we want to lead? Tommy Griffith took some career risks from college through leaving Airbnb where he led the SEO team, and in this episode, he touches on SEO, and talks risk-taking, recovering from failure, and being rewarded for doing things differently. There are many lessons for solo lawyers!

Resources Mentioned:

The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris

Failurecamp at Vanderbilt University

ClickMinded - Tommy's Online Digital Marketing Course

Digital Marketing Strategy Guide

SEO Strategy Guide

SEO Checklist

Tommy's Burning the Boats Blog Post

Guest Info:

Tommy Griffith - Twitter

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Wisely chosen, legal conferences can be great opportunities for solo and small firm lawyers. Megan's top tips for making the most of your time at a conference include:

- Have a goal going in

- Meet targeted people

- Be open to meeting many new people

- Visit the vendor hall (even if you hate it)

- Go to wellness events

- Go out to the social events

- Choose sessions carefully (and don't be afraid to leave)

- Have fun

- Follow up when you get home

Resources Mentioned:

Clio Con, ABA Techshow, Lawyerist Lab Con

Jess Birken's article on Lawyerist

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Lawyer for lawyers and their firms, Jonathan Hawkins, joins Megan in this episode to talk about the business side of law firms. Partnerships and other firms should have operating agreements in place, because without them, the inevitable breakup is ugly and messy. This is a great companion episode to Episode 75 on succession planning with Dylan Hyatt.

Please bear with us on the audio in this episode. Download the transcript here.

Guest Info:

Jonathan's website

Jonathan's email is [email protected] . Be sure to shoot him an email to get a copy of a more in-depth article he wrote on this topic.

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Lawyerist is a community of forward-thinking lawyers, and its leadership team has written a book to help lawyers build their own small law firm of the future. In this episode, Megan sits down with co-author Stephanie Everett to talk about the book, why it was written, why change is coming to the legal profession, and how small firm lawyers can use the collective wisdom of Lawyerist to design their own firm that works for them, their clients, and their life.

Resources Mentioned:

Book discussed in this episode: The Small Firm Roadmap: A Survival Guide to the Future of Your Law Practice

Lawyerist Website About the Book

Guest Info:

Stephanie Everett - Email

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Estate planning lawyer Dylan Hyatt joins Megan on this episode to talk about how to protect a solo lawyer's biggest professional asset - their firm. Highlights include:

• What happens when a lawyer is suddenly incapacitated with no succession plan in place
• Why we need a succession plan, and it's not only for sudden incapacity or retirement
• What are the ethics concerns for lawyers without a plan
• What lawyers can be doing today, even many years from retirement, to plan for their firm

Guest Info:

Dylan Hyatt - email

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