Starting Out from CBA

The Canadian Bar Association has a wealth of guides for lawyers starting out and opening their own practices from their page Starting Out. Some of these titles would be of interest to others as well:

• Welcome to Reality: A New Lawyer’s Guide to Success
  Chapter 1 – How to Make Friends With Your Files
  Chapter 2 – Technology: Use It or Lose Out
  Chapter 3 – Let’s Get Personal About Practice Management
  Chapter 4 – Working With Your Assistant
  Chapter 5 – Communicating With Your Clients
  Chapter 6 – Money Matters
  Chapter 7 – Time Management



• Packing My Own ‘Chute
  Part I – The Decision
  Part II – Setting Up The Home Office
  Part III – In Search of the Perfect Laptop
  Part IV – Getting Focused: Developing a strategic plan and achieving work-life balance
  Part V – Chutzpah (Working the Room)
  Part VI – After the Conference
  Part VII – The Crash
  



• What You Didn’t Learn in Law School: Top Tips for New Lawyers
  



• Keep Your Head Above Water
  



• Technologies for the Solo, Home, and Mobile Office: Networking and Data Protection
  



• Technologies for Solo, Home, and Mobile Lawyers
  



• Taking Care of Business
  




• Independence Day: Starting Your Own Law Firm
  




• Let It Go: Why Lawyers Need to Take Vacations
  



• Association Compensation and Advancement: There is a Better Way
  



• The Differentiation Equation
  (How to make your firm stand out from the crowd)
  



• Mind Your Own Business! Manage Your Law Practice Like a Corporation
  



• Time Well Spent
  (How to use your non-chargeable hours wisely)
  



• Limited Liability Partnerships
  



• Revitalization: A Key to Planning Successful Firm and Solo Practice Transitions
  



• Flying Solo - A CBA Guide to Solo Law Practice in Canada