Law Librarian Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
When Carolyn Elefant's Solo by Choice was published in 2008, the employment market for lawyers was still is relatively good shape. The book was dedicated to showing firm lawyers that going solo was not career suicide. Times have changed. If...
Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... for "covering the legal marketing profession like a beat." Also in this category is Carolyn Elefant 's My Shingle , notable because "Elefant’s personal experience—running a successful practice while building a family—shines through in keen observations on the life and law practice of solo and small-firm lawyers, and the legal industry in general."...
Robert Ambrogi's LawSites (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The ABA Journal has released its Third Annual Blawg 100 , its listing of the best legal blogs as selected by the Journal's editors. I am proud to say that three projects in which I am involved made the list: Legal Blog Watch , which I co-author with Bruce Carton of Securities Docket and formerly with Carolyn Elefant of MyShingle.com . Of Legal Blog Watch, the Blawg 100 said it "is...
Technola (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... amount of ink has been used to analyze the impact on LexisNexis and West. Over at My Shingle, Carolyn Elefant's post Free Legal Research by Google & What It Means looks at this issue. Is It Any Good? Most agree that it's a good start for Google. But how does it compare? People are trying to find out, including Greg Lambert and Toby Brown at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog. They want use...
Above the Law (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... students and lawyers of the younger generation (and tech-savvy elders as well)." But Carolyn Elefant says Google is unlikely to replace Wexis for some time to come. "Even as free services launch, the premium legal services still continue to improve," she writes. "So the gap still remains between legal research haves and have-nots." We checked in with LexisNexis...
My Shingle (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... there's a link to the Slideshare format at the end. The Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be from Carolyn Elefant on Vimeo . Slideshare link
Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Great posts today; one of my favorite has Michele O'Neil highling an interesting and, based on her insight, extremely useful for divorced couples with children. Also, Jay O'Keeffe has a warning for trial lawyers about judges who offer gifts and Carolyn Elefant has insight on Google providing free legal research. The Growing Controversy Involving Cylapril, The "New Age Solution For...
Legal Talk Network (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In this edition of The Un-Billable Hour, host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Director of the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program, will talk about the keys to operating a successful solo practice. Rodney welcomes Attorney Carolyn Elefant, a solo and small firm attorney, blogger and author of the book, “Solo by Choice, ” to discuss the [...]
New York Personal Injury Law Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... takes in information from the consumer and then spits out a name. For more on that, you can read Carolyn Elefant ( in defense of the five ), Scott Greenfield (calling the search service a cancer in the legal profession ), Mark Bennett ( suggesting disbarment, not saving ), Josh King ( the rules are unconstitutional ), Larry Bodine (looking at the attorney who filed such complaints...
Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... and the five Connecticut lawyers who stand to face disciplinary action, including Larry Bodine , Carolyn Elefant , and Avvo’s Josh King . Bob Ambrogi has been following this story as well, pointing out that “these complaints point to the lack of clarity and consistency in the rules of conduct governing lawyers.” Kevin Chern responded to the initial charge in a blog...
Infamy or Praise (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... country. This matter was one of the more hotly-debated topics this week in the legal blogosphere. Carolyn Elefant was the most vocal defender of the accused attorneys. She was highly critical of the Connecticut Bar which has been slow to react to the changes in the marketplace — particularly the rise of internet-based marketing and consumers' growing reliance on "per click"...
Legal Blog Watch (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
As I noted here last week, Connecticut's attorney grievance committee begins its hearings Thursday into the cases of five attorneys accused of violating state ethics rules by participating in the Web site TotalBankruptcy.com. As I wrote then, my former Legal Blog Watch colleague Carolyn Elefant, writing at her blog MyShingle, wondered why so many in the legal community were letting the...
Defending People (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Carolyn Elefant details the defense of three of the “persecuted” Connecticut Total Bankruptcy lawyers. I don’t know that “persecuted” is the right word to use to describe people who face possible punishment for something they did—let’s be blunt—out of avarice. But okay.Carolyn is impressed by the lawyers’ defense that Total...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Ocean Energy Advocates Testify to Senate Subcommittee Carolyn Elefant, legal counsel for the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, urged lawmakers to establish a federal agency to develop and oversee policy for renewable energy technologies offshore. Visit the original post at: Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
E-Commerce Law (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Mark Britton , the founder and CEO of Avvo, Conrad Saam, Avvo's Senior Marketing Manager; and Carolyn Elefant , a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C. You can register for the Washington, D.C. here .
