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The Pro Bono Roller Coaster

I finished up two pro bono cases this week.  One client received a great exemption result in a tax case. I wrapped up an overdue legal needs assessment for another, with the help of a Minnesota Justice Foundation volunteer law student. I’m on a pro bono high! At the end of the day, I left the …

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Top 10 Law Firm Website Mistakes

As I was preparing for a presentation on e-marketing I was giving at the Minnesota CLE Strategic Solutions for Solo & Small Firms, I came across many articles on websites. Here is what I learned. Now I just have to go back and work on my own site! 1. Lack of focus. Many people fail …

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What I Learned at SoloSmall 2011

I’m back in the office after attending Minnesota CLE‘s Strategic Solutions for Solo and Small Firms conference, more simply known as “SoloSmall.”  Our new Director of Practice Development at the MSBA, Bob Striker, also joined us this year. We’re happy he’s coming on board (and will do his inaugural blog post in the near future!). …

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Better Blog Posts

I love to read, love to write. For many years, I taught legal writing in Hamline’s undergraduate Legal Studies Department, and later, at William Mitchell College of Law. In the last couple of years, I’ve started reading blogs and writing posts. The upshot – I have some strong feelings on how to keep a reader …

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