Practice Management So Your Client Wants to Sell Contaminated Property Rebecca Wright Pritchett Brownfield transactions don’t have to be overly stressful if you help clients understand their options and limit their liability.
Practice Management How to Green Your Law Practice Alan J. Klevan A “green plan” with a focus on conservation and efficiency will lead to long-term sustainability and profitability.
Practice Management Hydraulic Fracturing: Contracts, Courts, and Compromise Hannah J. Wiseman Balancing the benefits and negative impacts of oil and gas development isn’t easy, but attorneys play a key role in advising clients of their options.
Practice Management Preparing Clients for Climate Change Michael B. Gerrard Lawyers must help clients identify, reduce, and allocate the risks associated with climate change.
Practice Management Environmental Sustainability: What Businesses and Their Lawyers Need to Know Understanding the business case for environmental sustainability is critical for U.S. companies and the lawyers who represent them.
Practice Management Decommissioning Coal Power Plants Retiring coal-based plants requires consideration and coordination to address community, customer, environmental, and reliability concerns.
Practice Management Environmental Justice Lawyers have a critical role to play in ensuring that low-income communities are free from disproportionate impacts of pollution.
Practice Management A Wetland by Any Other Name: Where Does Federal Jurisdiction Apply? Michelle R. McKown The question for practitioners is when is a wetland not just a wetland but also a “water of the United States” to trigger legal requirements.
Practice Management Ten Technology Mistakes that Keep Solos from Looking Professional Adam T. Sherwin Many solo and small firm lawyers make mistakes that leave them looking unprofessional, but all of them are easy to fix if you know how.
Practice Management Cyber Insurance for Law Firms Jeffrey A. Franklin Take action today to protect your clients, your firm, and yourself from cyber-threats to your pocketbook, privacy, and reputation.
Practice Management How New Solos Can Achieve Work-Life Balance (Without Support Staff) Elizabeth Cuccinello Follow these steps to better manage your practice and still make sure you have time for yourself and your family.
Practice Management ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & RESOURCES LAW: Balancing Species Conservation and Energy Extraction To some, the Endangered Species Act is perceived as the “pit bull” of environmental litigation.
Practice Management REAL PROPERTY, TRUST & ESTATE LAW: Perspectives on Abandoned Houses in a Time of Dystopia Kermit J. Lind Different stakeholders see different things when they look at houses and buildings abandoned during the mortgage crisis.
Practice Management DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Public Policy Mediation: Best Practices As the United States grows more polarized, policy mediation is likely to be embraced by the general public.
Practice Management TAX LAW: The Altered State of American Drug Taxes Jeremy M. Vaida States continue to experiment with new and retooled drug taxes as they wrestle with rapid changes in the nation’s drug policy.
Practice Management THE SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST: Using Video to Connect with Your Target Audience Cynthia Sharp Welcome to our new column addressing the ways that solos and small firms can make the most of social media. Our first topic: how to use video to attract more business to your law firm.
Practice Management ROAD WARRIOR: Life with Less Paper Jeffrey Allen Changing to an electronic storage system for your files can save your firm money—and can make it easier for you to work on the road.
Practice Management GP MENTOR: What I Wish I Had Known about Environmental Law Colin Kelly There are few fields that so readily allow attorneys to influence public policy and see the consequences of their influence as environmental law.
Practice Management RŌNIN REPORTS: Life Lessons I Share with Students Benjamin K. Sanchez It is never too late for a new beginning.
Practice Management THE CHAIR’S CORNER: All I Really Need to Know about the Environment . . . Stephen B. Rosales All I really need to know I learned from a TV commercial, a rock song, and Dr. Seuss.
Practice Management READY RESOURCES: Ready Resources in Environmental Law Check out these ABA books and web resources in environmental law.
Practice Management SOLO, SMALL FIRM AND GENERAL PRACTICE DIVISION NEWS: Congratulations to the Solo and Small Firm Award Winners Meet the recipients of the 2016 Solo and Small Firm Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2016 Solo and Small Firm Trainer Award.
