By: Susan Cartier Liebel
Annie, What a great story about developing your practice online so you don’t lose it wherever you may land! Can’t wait to hear more.
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It’s true. Much of this turns on the nature of your practice area and the demands of your clientele. What practice area?
View ArticleBy: Kelli
Hi Susan. Great post! I have had a ‘solo as a side dish’ practice for almost 2 years now. It’s probably not exactly like you envision as my full-time job title is ‘mom’. After practicing corporate law...
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Kelli, Congratulations! You have more company than you realize. Many consider ‘Mom’ a fulltime job and solo as a side dish, just made to feel guilty for doing so. This should never be the case and...
View ArticleBy: Chris
I know this is a few months behind, but I felt the need to comment. I have started a part-time practice – a side dish – as I work in a non-legal capacity full time for the local government. My...
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Chris, Be sure to follow our columnist Jeff Ruttledge who started his solo practice and then got a job offer with a large corporation. He is both maintaining and building his ‘side dish’ solo practice...
View ArticleBy: Mary
I know this article is older, but it keeps appearing at the top of my various searches. I am a 3L. When I graduate, I will return to my job as an airline pilot and hopefully, have a side dish. What...
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Mary, Please keep us posted on how you do. Would love to know, with your non-traditional schedule, what practice area you do and how it works out for you. Of course, at SPU, we’re here to guide you all...
View ArticleBy: Nick
Sorry for coming late to the conversation. I am graduating this May and my goal was to go solo from the start, but it’s just not economically possible (yet). I have flexibility in my full-time gig, and...
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Nick, depending upon what your full-time gig is, generally transactional work such as trusts & estates, helping startups with their businesses, brief-writing for other attorneys. If it involves...
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