Legal Research & Writing Pro offers Silver, Gold and Platinum memberships.
Silver
As a Silver member, you’ll have the opportunity to participate our next live teleseminar. Teleseminars are held the third Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. Eastern (noon Pacific).
The next teleseminar, The Successful Solo Mindset: Overcome Your Fears to Achieve Your Professional Goals, will take place July 15 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern (note the time change for this program; other LRWP teleseminars start at 3 p.m Eastern)
Presented by Carolyn Elefant, solo practice expert and author of Solo by Choice: How to be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to be
Many lawyers and professionals long to hang out a shingle, but fear holds them back. Others may face an opportunity to take their practice to the next level— perhaps to hire that first associate or take on a case outside of their comfort level—but rather than embrace these challenges, they hold back or procrastinate about making a decision. In this course, we’ll identify some of the fears that solos and solos to be face, such as:
- fear of failure
- fear of asking for help
- fear of loss of financial stability
- fear of “what others will think”
- fear of embarrassment
Next, we’ll examine the mindset of successful solo lawyers and entrepreneurs and devise a plan to address each of the fears that prevent you from achieving success. This program will not only offer the inspiration you need to break free from your fears, but will also provide intensely practical steps on how to reach this goal.
Can’t make it on July 15? Don’t worry: your Silver Membership also includes access to a downloadable recording of this teleseminar.
LRWP Silver Membership
Price: $97
Gold
If you’re ready to take your contract lawyering career to the next level, the Gold Membership is for you.
You could spend a lot of time and money starting a contract lawyering practice on your own, learning the ropes by trial and error. Or you can make a small investment in yourself and your career.
If you’re a practicing lawyer, the price of a Gold Membership is equivalent to a billable hour or two worth of fees. But the value of a Gold membership is much, much greater: just ask yourself how much a satisfying legal career—full of intellectually stimulating work that you can do wherever and whenever you want—is worth to to you.
A Gold Membership includes:
Contract Lawyering Success
This unique e-book covers these critical issues:
- How to Market Yourself as a Contract Lawyer
- The Big Picture
- Pros and Cons of Various Marketing Activities
- Communicating the Contract Lawyer Value Proposition
- Ethical Issues in the Contract Lawyer Relationship
- The Hiring Lawyer’s Duty to Adequately Supervise and Oversee the Contract Lawyer
- Conflicts of Interest
- Disclosing the Existence and Details of the Contract Lawyer Relationship With the Client
- An extensive appendix of ethics opinions from across the country that are relevant to the contract lawyer relationship
- Plus, a sample services agreement (also provided in MS Word format)
You’ll also receive supplements to the e-book whenever they come out, as long as you remain an active member.
Monthly Live Teleseminars
Teleseminars are held the third Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. Eastern (noon Pacific). The next three teleseminars are:
The Successful Solo Mindset: Overcome Your Fears to Achieve Your Professional Goals, July 15
Presented by Carolyn Elefant, solo practice expert and author of Solo by Choice: How to be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to be
Beyond Hourly Billing: How to Implement Flat Fee and Other Alternative Billing Arrangements, August 19
Presented by Allison Shields, law practice management expert
There’s been a lot of buzz recently about abandoning or moving beyond billable hours, but is it possible for contract lawyers to use alternative billing? What are the most common alternatives to hourly billing? What does ‘value pricing’ mean? This month’s one hour seminar will explore these questions and more. The program will focus on which alternative billing methods are appropriate for contract lawyers. You’ll learn how to implement those methods, even if you’re a new lawyer. You’ll learn what value billing is and how to talk about it with the lawyers who hire you. And you’ll learn the special problems encountered by contract lawyers in using alternative billing arrangements, when it’s possible to overcome them, and how.
How Judicial Writing Guides Can Make Lawyers Better Writers, September 15
Presented by Lisa Solomon
While a brief is first and foremost a forum for advocacy on behalf of your client, the closer it approximates judicial writing style, the more favorably the judge will be inclined view the substance of your argument. In this program, I’ll discuss how you can apply the lessons set out in judicial writing guides to write more effective briefs that will make judges want to rule in your clients’ favor.
Downloadable Recordings of all Monthly Teleseminars
Can’t attend one of the monthly live teleseminars, or just want another chance to absorb the material? You can listen to the recordings at your computer, download them to your mp3 player, or burn them to a CD to listen to any time.
| What You Get | Value |
| Contract Lawyering Success e-book and supplements | $197 |
| Monthly Live Teleseminars | $97 per session | Downloadable recordings of all monthly teleseminars | $97 per session |
| Total value | $791 for the first three months alone |
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$297 a $491 savings! Starting in month 4, your credit card will be charged only $82 per session for live monthly teleseminars—a savings of 15%
You can cancel any time after the first 90 days—and keep the book and recordings! |
The Legal Research & Writing Pro No-Risk Guarantee
We’re so certain that our memberships will give you the information you need to start and run your own successful contract lawyering practice that, if you feel our materials have not provided you with valuable information, we’ll refund your money, no questions asked.
Platinum
If you’re ready to jump start your contract lawyering career, you’re ready for the Platinum Membership.
In addition to all of the items that come with the Gold Membership—the Contract Lawyering Success ebook and live and recorded teleseminars—Platinum members receive an hour of private coaching. Put my experience to work for you, with individualized feedback on any aspect of your contract lawyering practice.
| What You Get | Value |
| Contract Lawyering Success e-book | $197 |
| Monthly Live Teleseminars | $97 per session | Downloadable recordings of all monthly teleseminars | $97 per session |
| One-hour private coaching session | $197 |
| Total value | $1,558 for the first six months alone |
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$597 a $961 savings! Starting in month 7, your credit card will be charged only $72 per session for live monthly teleseminars—a savings of 25%
You can cancel any time after the first six months—and keep the book and recordings! |
The Legal Research & Writing Pro No-Risk Guarantee
We’re so certain that our memberships will give you the information you need to start and run your own successful contract lawyering practice that, if you feel our materials have not provided you with valuable information, we’ll refund your money, no questions asked.
In addition to our core training on how to start and run a successful legal research and writing practice, we offer recorded events—including teleseminars and webinars—designed to help your practice grow and prosper. The presenters are all experts in their fields. Events address such popular topics as practice management, marketing and blogging/advanced RSS.
All of our events are geared especially for solo practitioners and lawyers practicing in small firms, and cover issues important to all attorneys, regardless of practice area.
Freelance Freedom: How to Get Started as a Contract Lawyer
Presenter: Lisa Solomon
Want to get started as a contract lawyer, but don’t know where to start? This teleseminar answers these important questions:
- What is the most powerful way to market your services as a contract lawyer?
- How much should you charge, and how can you make sure you get paid?
- What ethical issues arise in the contract lawyering relationship, and how are those resolved?
- Should you obtain your own malpractice insurance?
- If you want to be a legal research and writing specialist, do you need your own Lexis or Westlaw subscription?
- How can you get the best deal from these companies?
- How can you compete with legal offshoring services?
- How can you continue to improve your own professional skills (especially in legal research and writing) without breaking the bank?
This recording is chock-full of information for all types of contract lawyers—whether you want to handle depositions for other lawyers, assist with discovery or trial prep, cover court appearances, or offer legal research and writing services. It’s the perfect audio companion to our Gold Membership.
A few minutes after you place your order, you will receive an e-mail with a link to the recording, which is provided in mp3 format. You can listen to it on your computer, or download it to put on your mp3 player or burn onto a CD.
Program length: 1 hr. 42 min.
Freelance Freedom: How to Get Started as a Contract Lawyer
Price: $97
The Legal Research & Writing Pro No-Risk Guarantee
We’re so confident in the quality of our speakers that, if you feel that an event has not provided you with valuable information, we’ll refund your money, no questions asked. Plus, even if you request a refund, you can keep any course materials you have already received.
Whether you want individualized assistance improving your legal writing or one-on-one advice about launching or running your contract lawyering practice, Lisa can help.
The art of written advocacy is a critical part of a lawyer’s job. Is your writing as effective at producing results for your clients as it could be? In a private consultation, Lisa will evaluate your writing style, identify your personal strengths and weaknesses and help you write clearer, more persuasive briefs. Lisa is an experienced legal writer who has written winning briefs filed in state and federal courts across the country.
Want personal, confidential feedback on any aspect of your contract lawyering practice, from marketing to collections, and everything in between? Lisa is a nationally-recognized expert on contract lawyering who can help you with those business-related issues they didn’t teach you about in law school.
After you reserve your coaching session through our shopping cart, we’ll contact you to set up a time for the session that works for you.
| One-hour private coaching session
$197 |
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| Two-hour private coaching session $297 (a 25% savings!) |
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