A new attorney right out of law school or a lawyer going solo is often met with the challenge of finding new clients.  In this edition of The Un-Billable Hour, host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Director of the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program, welcomes Erik Mazzone, Director of the Center for Practice Management at North Carolina Bar Association, to offer tips on how to find clients for your new practice.  Rodney and Erik will discuss the referral network, the power of social networking and ultimately the importance of relationships.

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Attorneys are continuously seeking answers on their quest to start a successful law practice.  In this edition of The Un-Billable Hour, host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Director of the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program, welcomes Erik Mazzone, Director of the Center for Practice Management at North Carolina Bar Association, to talk about the new rules for starting a law office. Rodney and Erik will look at financing your office, the need for bootstrapping and the importance of technology and marketing.

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If you’ve been hearing a lot about legal software as a service or SaaS lately, you’ll want to listen to this Lawyer2Lawyer program. Join Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Willliams with guests, Jack Newton, Co-founder and President of Clio, who holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and Erik Mazzone, the Director of the Center for Practice Management for the North Carolina Bar Association to take an in-depth look at the advantages, disadvantages, risks and even ethical issues when it comes to legal SaaS.

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