This new third edition of Solo by Choice lands at a pivotal moment as the legal profession emerges from the shadow of the pandemic. Though solo practice has often been a tough sell, the legal community – from new grads to senior lawyers – is taking a fresh look at law firm ownership for numerous reasons: the elimination of many traditional legal jobs, more enlightened attitudes towards entrepreneurship, technology advances and the capabilities that have slashed startup costs. and a desire to control one's destiny and do work that matters. 
Whether you’re a lawyer evaluating the solo option, or you're ready to start your own firm -- or you're an existing solo looking to update your practice to take advantage of new opportunities -- here is some of what you’ll learn in Solo by Choice: 
* How to decide whether solo’ing and small firm practice might be right for you; 
* How to overcome your biggest fears about solo practice; 
* How to select a practice area that serves your interests, financial goals, and lifestyle; 
* How to assess your technology needs and choose a tech stack for your practice; 
* How newly emerging business models can create new opportunities for solos; 
* How to build strong client relationships and develop a solid retainer agreement; 
* How to outsource and automate to manage busy times and grow your practice 
* How to leverage digital marketing and social media 
* How to manage personal challenges and maintain balance while running a successful practice.

Solo by Choice: How to Start Your Own Law Firm, and Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be

Elefant, Carolyn

Legal Education

LawyerAvenue Press

Written by a lawyer for lawyers, Deborah Arron's book is a virtual encyclopedia for lawyers in transition, covering such topics as how to conduct a self-assessment and transferrable skills analysis, how to detect and prepare for layoff, how to establish a transitional financial plan, how to market your special talents, how to work with career consultants and headhunters, how to decide whether to stay in law or leave, how to avoid job-interview hell, how to handle compensation negotiations that work in your favor.

What Can You Do With a Law Degree?: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law

Business & Money

Arron, Deborah

Job Hunting & Careers

Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession

Are you making the right decision to get into--or remain--in law? Whether you're a prospective law student, a current law student, or even a practicing lawyer, the decision to enter--or remain--in law ranks among the biggest career decisions you'll ever make. From the latest research on decision-making, authors Deborah Schneider and Gary Belsky have written a unique career-building guide that will help you evaluate and answer the most basic question facing you now: Should you really be a lawyer?

Should You Really Be A Lawyer?: The Guide To Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School

Belsky, Gary

Schneider, Deborah

Rules & Procedures

This book is dedicated to every lawyer who ever wanted to run the show but worried that going solo was career suicide ... every lawyer who wanted to solo but didn’t know how to set up the office and make it work ... every lawyer who never set foot in a courtroom but dreamed of one day practicing law their way.

Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be

Should You Really Be a Lawyer?: The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School

Deborah Schneider

As the legal process becomes more complex and specialized – and as the need to generate firm income creates greater pressure to bill hours, settle cases, and do deals – the training of tomorrow’s trial lawyers is fading in importance. In response, veteran California trial lawyer Martin Grayson has written The View From the First Chair, a detailed and insightful work into the litigation process, and the legal and psychological art of the lawsuit.

The View from the First Chair: What Every Trial Lawyer Really Needs to Know

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Grayson, Martin L.

Mystery

Law graduates and junior associates face the tightest job market since the mid-1990s. But amid the gloom is a curious phenomenon: the percentage of those getting hired at small firms continues to rise at a significant rate. Why this is so -- and how it affects your job search -- is the subject of this comprehensive new law career guide, the newest and most comprehensive on the small firm market. No question about it, small-to-midsized law firms are the big legal employer, and Small Firms, Big Opportunity provides the practical steps to identify where jobs are, how to get hired, and how to succeed in the new legal economy. Whether you?re a law student, new grad, or junior associate, this book is a must-have.

Small Firms, Big Opportunity: How to Get Hired (and Succeed) in the New Legal Economy (The New Lawyer's Survival Guide, 2)

Hanson, Ms Linda Calvert

Williams, Ms. Samantha

In this new, 6th edition of a law career classic, lawyers are introduced to a unique, five-part model for career satisfaction. It is based on a well-established principle that the better the fit between your career identity and your job, the greater your long-term satisfaction. The five-part model developed by Larry Richard JD/Ph.D. will help identify your career identity so that you can find lifelong satisfaction in the traditional practice of law, or through alternative work arrangements, or career choices. This book contains career exercises, practical career-finding techniques, and a compendium of 800+ ways to use your law degree inside, outside or around the law.

The New What Can You Do with a Law Degree: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Satisfaction Inside, Outside & Around the Law

Larry Richard

Tanya Hanson

How To Litigate is a detailed, insightful – and readable – book on the civil litigation process: how it works, how it affects those involved, and how to affect that process. While it is a must-read for new law grads and associates, How to Litigate is also for anyone who has a business and negotiates contracts and leases, and who sues or gets sued. One reviewer, a NYC realtor, said anyone whoever has to give a deposition should read Grayson's book. The author's "How to Litigate" video series can be seen on YouTube.

How to Litigate: The Crash Course for Trial Counsel

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