The Small Firm Roadmap: A Survival Guide to the Future of Your Law Practice *eBook
Let’s be honest: traditional small law firm practice isn’t working.Too many solo practice and small firm lawyers struggle to generate enough cashflow, get clients, meet expectations, hire the right team members, or use technology. Some small firm and solo lawyers even struggle with mental health issues or substance abuse.It doesn’t have to be that way.What if you could own and manage the law firm of your dreams without the 80-hour workweeks?There’s a demand for the services provided by small firm lawyers, but your law firm business plan and solo law practice strategy should align with what clients need.In The Small Firm Roadmap, the innovative team at Lawyerist.com, Aaron Street, Sam Glover, Stephanie Everett, and Marshall Lichty offer a proven path in this practical guide to help you:Gain clarity around your law career and success in solo practice or small firm management through vision-castingShift into a future-oriented law firm focused on value and client engagementCreate roles and hire for the right cultural and functional fitMatch your strategies and process with how clients make decisions todayDevelop pricing models that attract and convert your ideal clientsMaster all three personal roles in your firm as entrepreneur, firm manager, and lawyer technicianThe Small Firm Roadmap is your guide to the future of law practice with a client-centric law firm management model.Isn’t it time to get what you want from your small law firm? Read more
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Why Must Read The Small Firm Roadmap: A Survival Guide to the Future of Your Law Practice?
This is a great resource for anyone planning to start a firm or rethink their existing practice. There's a lot of actionable steps for lawyers to take that will, one hopes, lead to more creative and satisfying work lives for many of us. I think it will be particularly useful to any lawyers without any background in business who find themselves overwhelmed by the business side of running a firm. That said, I'm giving the book five stars because I think it's excellent and worth reading, but as always there's room for improvement. For a "roadmap" I expected something a little more... map like. I understand that circumstances will vary from practice area to practice area, firm to firm, and lawyer to lawyer, and that the next steps for one firm may not always be the next steps for another firm, but a clear list of action items for each chapter would be useful generally, I think. Additionally, it's mentioned throughout the book that additional resources are available online at the Lawyerist website, but they're hard to find and connect to the relevant sections of the book. In one case when I managed to find the page for the relevant resource, the page said it was being retooled to better fit with the book and would be available in 2020. That was a bit of a let down after I finished the chapter excited to use the material! Again, I don't want the paragraph of (hopefully) constructive criticism to dissuade anyone from buying the book as it is absolutely worth your time. I'm just hoping the team of authors will continue to iterate in subsequent editions and deliver even more value.
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