Balancing Act

What will the present hold?  August 2020 Claire and Liz speculate what life will be like for Fall 2020 Claire and Liz.

Did Legally Blonde get it right?  Liz and Claire discuss the reality of practicing the law compared to their expectations.  

🎵 Employees! HUH! What are they good for?🎵

During Covid-19, what technology do you need to run a successful practice?

A continuation of Liz and Claire's conversation about bias.

Liz and Claire discuss bias in the legal system.

Claire and Liz discuss changes in bankruptcy law due to COVID-19.

Liz and Claire discuss changes in Family Law due to COVID-19.

Claire discusses her estate planning practice and how it has changed with Liz.

COVID-19 has changed everything, including the law.  Liz and Claire discuss how.

Liz and Claire check in about how they're doing and discuss strategies in this strange new world COVID-19 has brought us.

Liz and Claire discuss stress in different aspects of their lives.

Claire and Liz discuss the one universal constant besides death.  Taxes.

Liz and Claire discuss the art of getting paid.

Liz and Claire discuss valuable tools for helping clients.

Claire and Liz discuss how they keep their clients informed.

Claire and Liz discuss meeting with the client for the first time.

Liz and Claire discuss the hiring process.

Liz and Claire discuss how they decide how much to charge for their services.

Liz and Claire talk self-care as business owners.

Claire and Liz discuss changes they've made in their law practices.

Claire and Liz discuss how they handle their Continuing Legal Education.

How do you balance parenting with business ownership?

Claire and Liz discuss sharing personal information.

Claire and Liz discuss how they communicate with their clients.

Liz and Claire discuss how to professionally and effectively communicate with opposing counsel.

How do you talk to an opposing party if they don't have legal representation?  In this episode, Claire and Liz discuss communicating with Pro Se litigants.

You've opened your solo practice.  Now how do you get the word out?  Liz and Claire discuss different marketing strategies.

Claire and Liz fangirl about Michelle Obama.

Claire and Liz talk about keeping up with changes in the law.

Claire and Liz talk about how to keep work life and home life separate when you have your own solo practice.

Liz and Claire discuss the positives of owning a small business.

Liz and Claire talk about the surprises that come with running your own firm.  Debunking myths in the process.

Claire and Liz discuss the costs of opening and operating a solo practice.

Claire and Liz discuss options for offices.  Do you need a physical location?  What's a virtual office?

Liz and Claire discuss technology.  What does your business need to get started?

Claire and Liz talk nuts and bolts of getting a solo practice off the ground.

Liz and Claire discuss how and why they opened their solo practices.