Law Practice Management Resources

• Practice Management
• Setting up a new law firm
• Marketing your firm during a changing economy
• Finding New Clients
• Seminars and Events

Practice Management

• Free legal research from Fastcase​
• ALA/WALA: The State Bar of Wisconsin, the Association of Legal Administrators, and the Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators have joined together to provide the Legal Management Resource Center which includes dozens of white papers and resources on law office administration, marketing, human resource management, and other topics.
• Lending Library: The LOMAP Lending Library has over 100 materials on practice management including:
  • "Beyond Price: Differentiate Your Company in Ways that Really Matter"
  • "How to Capture and Keep Clients"
  • "How to Start and Build a Law Practice"
  • "Lifescripts: What to Say to Get What you Want in Life's Toughest Situations"
  • "The Legal Career Guide from Law Student to Lawyer"
• Practice411 E-List: Network with colleagues on office space sharing and equipment to purchase, sell or trade, plus get valuable information on all aspects of practice management including technology, client relations, human resources, and much, much more.
• Practice Management Articles from Wisconsin Lawyer
• Finding some silver in the Financial Clouds: Technology by David Bilinsky and Laura Calloway
• 2018 Predictions for the Legal Industry
• Low-cost Computer Fixes for Tough Times by Joseph Kashi

Setting up a new law firm

• Law Practice Today: Suddenly Solo
• Starting a New Law Firm: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid, and Top 10 Tips for Success
• Resources on Starting a Firm from the ABA
• Solo Practitioner Websites:
  • My Shingle
  • SoloSez.net
• Wisconsin Lawyer Articles on New Lawyers

Marketing your firm during a changing economy

• Articles from Wisconsin Lawyer:
  • Marketing Your Firm During an Economic Decline by Jennifer King
  • Surpassing the Gold Standard: Differentiate Your Practice in Ways that Really Matter by Kay Plantes
  • Other Wisconsin Lawyer Articles on Practice Management
• Other Articles / Links on Marketing:
  • Solos Have Unique Advantages During Harsh Economic Times by Susan Cartier Liebel
  • How much money do you need to start a law firm? by Eric Mazzone
  • Six do's and don’ts for thriving in tough economic times (January 2009 WisBar)
  • Practicing in a recession: Scenes from Janesville (Feb. 4, 2009, WisBar InsideTrack)
  • Do you have the personality to manage your own small-firm practice? (Feb. 4, 2009, WisBar InsideTrack)
  • Health of Wisconsin job market measured by law student prospects (Feb. 18, 2009, WisBar InsideTrack)

Finding New Clients

• Lawyer Referral Programs
• Court Appointed Work
  • State Public Defender
  • Federal Defender Services
  • GAL (minor and adult)
• Modest Means Program: Opportunity to participate in community service, while being referred clients with a prescreened ability to pay reduced legal fees
• Ethics Advice

Seminars and Events

• Institutes and Conferences
• All Educational Programs​