FoonbergLaw.com - Part I: Getting Started

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Join the more than 300,000 lawyers who have used Mr. Foonberg's easily understood and used books and have attended his motivational seminars to improve their lives and their practices.

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Part I: Getting Started

Chapter 1 Why Has This Book Been Written? This book was written to save you time and money. Learn how and why it was written.
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Chapter 2 The History of This Book
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Chapter 3 Have Confidence-You Can Do It: An Historical Perspective New lawyers have been asking the same questions for hundreds of years. Learn what Abraham Lincoln wanted you to know.
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Chapter 4 Should You Start Your Own Practice? (You Can Do It) Most lawyers who start their own practice either want to or have to. Review some of the pluses and minuses of starting your own practice.
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Chapter 5 Am I Competent to Give Legal Advice? If you have any doubts or qualms about your competence to practice law, this chapter is a must.
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Chapter 6 Should You Work on a Job "for Experience" Before Starting Your Practice? Taking a job, "for experience," may be riskier in most cases than starting your own practice. Review the pitfalls in taking a job "for experience."
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Chapter 7 Being a Contract Lawyer to Get Experience and Money While Building Your Practice Doing hourly work for other lawyers while staring your practice can provide both money and experience. This chapter contains more than 20 issues which must be resolved before starting.
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Chapter 8 Earning a Living Between Graduation and Opening Your Practice You may have to defer opening your practice for any number of good reasons. This chapter suggests more than 20 different ways you might use your law degree to get a job until you can make the move
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Chapter 9 Should You Start with Another New Lawyer? Starting with another new lawyer has both pluses and minuses and can work if done correctly. Read about some things you and the other lawyer most both consider.
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Chapter 10 Practicing with Your Spouse Although I personally don't understand how spouses (or similarly connected people) can practice together, there seem to be many advantages to spouses working together in the same office.
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Chapter 11 Should You Practice Another Business or Profession While Starting Your Law Practice? Practicing another business or profession while starting your law practice can be either good or bad depending on how you do it. Tips on how to do it and traps to be avoided are given in this chapter.
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Chapter 12 Should You "Specialize"? Starting with specialty areas or a niche practice has both, problems and benefits. Some solutions and suggestions are offered.
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Chapter 13 Naming Your Law Firm What you will name your law firm should be considered before you start a practice. Some suggestions are offered.
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Chapter 14 Sole Practice v. Partnership v. Shared Office Sole practice vs. partnership vs. shared office. There are pluses in being alone and other pluses to being with others. Some considerations are offered.
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Chapter 15 The Written "Business Plan" The written business plan. You should not start your practice without a written business plan. There are dozens of free business plans available on the internet, and many are sold by consultants who want you as customers for their services and products. This over simplified plan is expressly designed for lawyers starting a practice who have never done a business plan in the past.
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Chapter 16 Managing Your Student Loan It is rare for a lawyer starting a practice not to have to worry about an unpaid student loan. The basic rules of handling your student loan are set forth.
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