Description
Total Credits: 8.0 (Ethics 3.5, Professional Practice 4.5)
This program provides an overview of what it takes to own your own practice. From choosing a business entity to choosing office space and attracting new clients, get practical and useful tips for starting a practice in New York. Focusing on solo practice, program topics include: setting up bank accounts; general accounting information; tax concerns; setting up IOLA accounts; client retainer agreements and intake forms; collecting payments; leaving your old firm; handling referral business; the ethical issues of using the Internet to market your practice; social media considerations; increasing your list of contacts; and much more.
Includes segments on:
• Cutting-Edge Ethical Considerations for the Solo Practitioner
• Client Intake Letters of Engagement Retainers and IOLA
• Understanding Your Malpractice Insurance Policy
Materials
| Electronic Coursebook (6.2 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| DePietto - Human Resources Issues for the Solo or Small Law Practice (48 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ennico - Schoenefeld Decision (346.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ennico and Greenwald - Unauthorized Practice Of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice Of Law (20 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ennico and Greenwald - What is the Practice of Law in New York (144.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ennico and Greenwald PP - Cutting-Edge Ethical Issues for the Solo Practitioner (456.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ennico PP - What Type of Law Should I Practice (109.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Fiebert PP - Managing and Organizing Your Start Up Law Practice (121.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Giuliani - Creating and Financing Your Startup Law Practice (114.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Greenwald - NYS Rules of Professional Responsibility Advertising Rules (166.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Greenwald PP - Maximize Your Marketing (2.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Rice - Risk Management and Best Practices for Lawyers (5 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Rice PP - Risk Management and Best Practices (1.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Rivera - Lawyers Application (100.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Rivera - Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Coverage Considerations (1.6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Savic - Building a Sophisticated Litigation Practice (133.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||