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What’s Next for MFAN?

The Minnesota Freelance Attorney Network was founded at a St. Paul café in the spring of 2013 by five lawyers. Some of us were new lawyers, some quite seasoned. All of us were women. At the time, we were working as freelance attorneys—some exclusively, some in combination with growing sole practices, some...

Freelance Forms on Practicelaw

This spring, resolve to make more efficient use of your time: Download freelance attorney forms from practicelaw. Spring is a time of transition and change. We make plans to get outdoors, get away, play (or watch, or coach) sports, and spend time with family. It’s also a great time to tweak your practice...

The MFAN e-newsletter – now available quarterly in your inbox!

To celebrate our third year supporting and raising awareness of independent freelance attorneys, the Minnesota Freelance Attorney Network has begun a quarterly e-newsletter.  Our goals remain the same:  to let you know who we are and what we do,  to explain how we fit into the “new normal” for legal...

Let a Freelancer Help You Enjoy Fall

The days are getting shorter.  There’s a nip in the air.  Leaves are turning.  It’s time to enjoy fall before the snow flies. What should you do to enjoy it? Go to a Wild game in St. Paul.  The season is just starting. Go leaf-watching.  Here’s where the best color is now. There will be some rainy blustery...

IT’S TIME TO ENGAGE IN E-DISCOVERY!

I started an e-discovery-focused practice because, well, e-discovery is foreign or even scary to many lawyers. But here’s the thing: you have to engage with the process. All the information that your clients need you to have to represent them effectively exists electronically, and you’re probably missing...

Three Tips for Setting up a Freelance Practice in a New State

I didn’t realize the power of a network until I moved from Minnesota—where I went to law school and worked for three years—to Utah, where my network consisted of only a few family members who were attorneys. Over the past few months, I have learned some key lessons in building a new practice in a new state....

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