In a world where lawyers are being displaced by technology, data scientists and policy experts, law schools are searching for ways to train lawyers to make them more relevant in today’s world.   After all, law schools’ survival depends on placing students in jobs, so they need to teach them skills to make them marketable. Hence,the development of the  Delta Model, a new competency model for the 21st-century lawyer.  The brain child of…

In honor of Veteran’s Day, today’s Make Money Mondays salutes a unique niche practice area: veterans’ owned businesses.  According to the recent surveys, there are 2.52 million veteran majority-owned businesses in the United States that collectively generated $1.14 trillion in revenues last year. Most vet businesses are small with 54 percent having 1-4 employees, and only 9 percent with 20 or more employees.  And if you’re wondering, the top five states for veteran-owned businesses are…

Via Bob Ambrogi’s  Law Sites blog, I learned of the launch of Modern Attorney, a new legal directory intended to serve the needs of today’s millennials. Developed by Next Chapter  which was recently acquired by Fastcase, Modern Attorney includes the types of information believed to be important to millennial in choosing a lawyer – such as whether a firm accepts Venmo or Bitcoin as payments, offers unbundled services or virtual or coffeeshop…

Yesterday, law practice management company Clio released its popular and widely read 2019 Clio Trends Report. The Clio Report is  unique because in contrast to traditional surveys which rely on responses from humans, Clio culls through millions of pieces of anonymized user data generated through its platform to identify trends related to solo and small firm practice – such as hourly billing rates, factors driving law firm growth (more billable hours, duh! and responsiveness…

Recently, I’ve been listening to life coach and web-TV sensation Marie Forleo’s new book, Everything is Figure-outable. Though life coaches aren’t generally my cup of tea, Forleo’s work piques my interest because she was one of the first women in the online space who found a way to make bank online — in her case, through a steady stream of uplifting, commonsense content.  For me, one of the important takeaways from the book was…

As I explained in my Marketing By the Numbers video, 80 percent of people fail to follow up with contacts and leads from conferences. That’s unfortunate considering the time and expense that many conferences entail.  So I was excited to stumble upon a free resource from Hub Spot —14 FREE email templates  that you can use to follow up with prospects after the conference. The templates address a variety of scenarios ranging from a…