Meet the Rebels in the Heartland Tour Guides
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So who are these innovative solos who'll be making their way through the Midwest to speak to and about solo and small firm lawyers as part of a unique SoloCorps project?
Carolyn Elefant is a solo practitioner focusing on energy law in Washington, D.C. She's an early adopter of technology for her law practice, having hand-coded her firm's website in 1995 and joining the first generation of lawyer bloggers in 2002. Elefant blogs prolifically at recently made over MyShingle and her latest book is Social Media For Lawyers: The Next Frontier. She's also the author of Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.
Lisa Solomon, a solo practitioner in Ardsley, NY, was one of the first lawyers to recognize and take advantage of the technological advances that make outsourcing legal research and writing services practical and profitable for law firms. Since 1996, Solomon has concentrated on assisting lawyers across the country with legal research and writing services. Through Legal Research & Writing Pro, she teaches other attorneys how to start and run practices as contract lawyers.
Elefant and Solomon teamed up for a live chat during last year's 24 Hours of Rebels event discussing "Law Practice Plus: Solos and Entrepreneurship."
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Posted by B. McLeod - 1 month, 1 week, 3 hours, 26 minutes ago
An interesting team (although I hope this will not be the only Rebels Tour this year). Do they have a talking vehicle?
Also, will they favor us with live video coverage, including possibly some spontaneous musical duets (thereby outshining even the ABA Tour crew in this respect, at least so far)? I have often wondered in there is any relationship of descent between Ms. Elefant and the famous, similarly named Carolina Oliphant (Baroness Nairn) who wrote/collected so many of the beautiful Scottish songs of the 18th-19th Centuries (including the well-known piece, “Rowan Tree”). Perhaps the Journal readership has lucked out this time.
Posted by Lisa Solomon - 1 month, 1 week, 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
Thanks for your comment, B.
One tip that the ABA Journal editors gave us based on their experience last year is that producing high-quality live video coverage can be a bit complicated. Plus, it requires a lot of bandwidth for an optimal viewer experience. For much of the trip, we’ll be relying on wifi via our cell phones for our internet connection, and connection speed won’t be ideal.
Count yourself lucky that spontaneous musical duets won’t be forthcoming: while I don’t know whether Carolyn is tunefully inclined, my singing talents are non-existent.