Law blogs are taking lawyers back to the future. Lawyers who use law blogs are simply blending new technology with tried and proven approaches to client development.

Ask the Coach: I am a fifth-year associate and I hate the practice area I am in. I like the firm, though. What should I do?

Ask the Coach: How can I leverage my firm to achieve my goals?

Giveaways. Promotional products. Swag. Call them what you will, handing out these corporate goodies is a standard part of doing business in North America.

Ask the Coach: I’m a 4th year call-what can I be doing in the way of business development?

Articles sometimes come to us in mysterious ways. Recently, we taught a seminar on legal websites. A part of the seminar, of course, was about search engine optimization (SEO), essentially, the art of getting the highest possible rankings from the search engines by properly constructing your site.

Two years ago, when Stephanie Kimbro, a lawyer in Wilmington, North Carolina, launched her virtual law office (VLO), some lawyers could not fathom someone would attempt such a radical idea.

Not long ago, I received a request for a lawyer referral. Three lawyers came to mind, so I prepared to pass on their contact information, including website addresses. To my surprise, one of the lawyers did not have a website.

There are a couple of well-known phenomena about legal careers that, when juxtaposed, might give us better insight into how lawyers enter the profession.

By the end of your first or second year, you may be struggling financially, you may be saddled with clients who don’t pay, you may have an unproductive assistant you’re reluctant to fire, and you may be feeling like a failure because you haven’t been able to make your firm work. At what point do you cut your losses and give up?