Carolyn Elefant
Carolyn Elefant has been blogging about solo and small firm practice at MyShingle.com since 2002 and operated her firm, the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant PLLC, even longer than that. She's also authored a bunch of books on topics like starting a law practice, social media, and 21st century lawyer representation agreements (affiliate links). If you're really that interested in learning more about Carolyn, just Google her. The Internet never lies, right? You can contact Carolyn by email at elefant@myshingle.com or follow her on Twitter at @carolynelefant.
Posts by Carolyn Elefant
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Small Law Firms
Should Your Law Firm Logo Include Scales Of Justice?
It turns out customers prefer and put their trust in descriptive logos, so feel free to add some stereotypical lawyer images to your own. -
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Make Money: Automating Marketing Tips
New tools lawyers can use to engage with consumers online, and some easy ways to implement them. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
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Killing Solo Softly: My 'Future Is Now' Talk
Ethics regulations once designed to either protect clients or preserve lawyers’ turf not only have outlived their usefulness, but hamper solo and small firm lawyers’ ability to compete in the digital age.
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Can Lawyers Innovate If They Don’t Own It?
When it comes to law, can innovation truly come from within? Or do you have to own it to change it? -
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We Don’t Have To Trash Law’s Past To Move Forward To The Future
It isn’t fair to blame rank and file solo and small firm lawyers for the high cost of legal services. -
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Make Money: Look Ahead Or Be Left Behind
There are plenty of ways that lawyers can leverage new legal self-help tools to capture clients. -
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AI Tools For Solo And Small Law Firms
One of the most exciting AI advancements has been its application to legal research. -
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Solos & Smalls: Time To Weigh In On Changes To California
Not surprisingly, California’s proposals have solo and small law firm attorneys running scared. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
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Starting A Law Firm = Life On The Wire
With or without a plan, starting your own law firm is risky and scary. -
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Make Money: Make It Mobile
Be sure that you when you set up your law firm website online and put all your systems in place that they’ll work on a mobile device. -
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Make Money: Marketing To Millionaires
How can solos and smalls target this desirable category? -
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Tikkun Olam: Repairing The Legal Profession One Small Act At A Time
What will you do to repair your corner of the world today? -
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Later In Life Law Firm Ownership
In the legal profession, much of the focus on starting a law firm rests on younger graduates just out of school. But there are plenty of examples of later in life law firm startups.
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Small Law Firms
Whose Legal Data Is It Anyway?
Can lawyers can use the non-public data that we come in contact with through our cases for other purposes than just representing clients? -
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Why Solo and Small-Firm Lawyers Own It: Freedom To Fight The System
There are plenty of ways to effect modest social change and legal reform as a lawyer. -
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Should Solo And Small Firm Lawyers Dress In Uniform?
The demise of formal business attire has complicated the question of what to wear for law firms and staff with too many choices and questions about appropriate attire. -
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Is Your Law Firm Delivering What Today’s Clients Want?
A recent study by Deloitte reveals what today’s consumers want -- and sad to say, it’s not anything that remotely resembles what today’s law firms offer. -
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Make Money Today: Security As A Selling Point (Part II)
Why not let clients know you're using modern tools safely so that they can choose your firm over one that hasn’t emerged from the stone ages? -
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Don’t Sell What You Do But What Your Clients Can Do If They Hire You
Selling legal services isn’t particularly sexy, but clients are interested in what your services can help them achieve. -
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Find Your Tribe: Solo & Small Firm MeetUp In Washington, D.C.
Hang out with other solos on Tuesday, May 14, from 6-8 p.m.