Solo And Small Firm Lawyers - We ARE The Future

Five Thoughts on the Future for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers - Attorney at Work - Attorney at Work. I agree with the points made in this article by Jim Calloway, and his interviewee, Professor William Henderson. Success in the future for solo and small firm lawyers depends upon effective use of technology, efficient ability to provide access to everyone, increased efficiency in operations of the office, effective delegation, and asset control. However, why not look beyond the solo and small firm outward to the world. What is the future for the legal profession? As technology makes many of the above goals achievable by the individual lawyer, his dependence on a group of lawyers lessens. Too many large law firms become institutions, and amorphous collections of personalities and fiefdoms. The practice of law is a one to one relationship between attorney and client, and the solo can best nurture that relationship. In the past, large organizations were required to provide the administrative, technological, and other support to allow the solo to do her job. Today, if you want to do it all, you can do it with the power of the Internet, computers, and other tech. John Donne was right that no man is an island. However, with the right technology, I can do pretty well on my island.