Solo Lawyer by Design: A Plan for Success in Any Practice

Solo Lawyer by Design: A Plan for Success in Any Practice

Gary P. Bauer
$59.95
Publication Date: March 7th, 2018
Publisher:
American Bar Association
ISBN:
9781634258005
Pages:
256

Description

Author Gary P. Bauer been committed to helping students and graduates succeed in the business of law. Solo Lawyer by Design: A Design for Financial Success in Any Practice is the culmination of his efforts and a ready reference to tap into his extensive experience. It will become a resource that enables the reader to better understand the opportunities and obstacles that may be encountered as a lawyer explores becoming established as a solo practitioner. This book is not designed to sell the idea of solo practice. In fact, it may offer valuable information that makes one decide that solo practice is not the right choice. Throughout the book, the author incorporates true stories to help demonstrate certain concepts.

About the Author

Professor Gary P. Bauer, of Lansing, MI., has been a member of the full-time faculty at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School since 1998. He has worked as a criminal defense attorney and as litigation director for the school's Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic, and is now a professor teaching estate planning to third-year law students and a directed study class he created called Solo by Design. He was appointed to the chairmanship of the General Practice Solo Concentration in 1999 and to the executive committee of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in 2015. In January 2015, Professor Bauer began his blog, sololawyerbydesign.com, to provide law students, recent solo practitioners, and seasoned professionals who wish to go solo with information and resources to be successful in the legal business.