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SmallLaw: Excerpts From "How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times"

By Ross Kodner

 Originally published on August 31, 2009 in our free SmallLaw newsletter. "May you live in interesting times." Thanks Confucius, we now get it. As we approach a full year of living in a tanked economy, the old rules no longer seem to apply to this new legal world. The ABA Journal recently reported that 39% of 14,000 lawyers polled said they expected layoffs at their firm in 2009. Nearly 20% of the respondents expected to lose their own job. Welcome to the new normal. How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times After decades of lawyers calling the shots, everything has changed. But not necessarily for the worse. Open-minded small law firms that welcome change and equate "challenges" with "opportunities" may experience a renaissance of sorts provided they know the answer to this question: How can good lawyers survive bad times? Hot off the press, the ABA Law Practice Management Section's new book, How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times, is here to help...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).