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Starting a Law Firm

What Law School Didn’t Teach You: From Trial and Error to Success, Insights and Tips for Starting Your Own Law Practice

Created byToronto Lawyers Association
BeginnerUpdated Apr 5, 2023
Starting a Law Firm

About This Course

Law school didn’t teach you how to start a law firm. It can be rewarding but how do you create the law practice of your dreams? Many self employed lawyers learn by trial and error. Why buy an untried ladder to hang up your shingle when the TLA offers this program? We’ll help you learn from those of your colleagues who have not only done it, but have already been up and down the ladder in various contexts. Come and join our panel of entrepreneurial lawyers for a candid discussion on how they started their own firms and what they recommend for others, augmented by feedback and practical insights from an experienced solo/small firm start-up and administration consultant… including such topics as:

  • Essentials when starting out to
  • Gaining Financial Literacy
  • Pricing yourself
  • Specialization: should you or shouldn’t you?
  • Choosing which experts / staff you need immediately
  • Building your practice
  • Long-term view – defining your goal(s) and being flexible
  • Building a network – and working it
  • Recognizing when you’ve reached a benchmark and managing growth
  • Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • Maintaining your Administrative Responsibilities with the Law Society and the CRA
  • Communication with clients
  • Fear of failure / fear of success
  • Loneliness – how to avoid isolation -The myth and reality of working less & what to expect in the first 5 years

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Toronto Lawyers Association
Toronto Lawyers Association

Toronto Lawyers Association

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For more than 135 years, the Toronto Lawyers' Association, located within the Courthouse Library, has represented the interests of lawyers practising in the City of Toronto. The association was founded to support its members in three key areas: Knowledge, Advocacy, and Community. To uphold these pillars, the association offers a year-round mix of online and in-person education programs for lawyers, hosts both free and paid events to foster in-person networking, and submits advocacy pieces on behalf of its members to the Ontario bench and bar, all levels of government, and the broader public.

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