How to Write Standard Operating Procedures for a Small Law Firm
Ask a small firm how a new matter gets opened and you’ll often get three different answers from three different people. Written procedures fix that. Here is how to write them without turning it into a six month project.
How to Build Your Law School List Without Guessing
Your school list quietly decides how your whole cycle goes. Too many reaches and you get a stack of rejections. Too few and you leave scholarship money on the table. Here is how to build one with some actual logic behind it.
How to Network in Law School When You Hate Networking
If the word networking makes you want to hide in the library, you’re not alone. The good news is that most of it is a lot less scary than the mixer version in your head. Here is how to build relationships you’ll actually keep.
How to Set Up a Virtual Law Practice the Right Way
A virtual practice can cut overhead and let you serve clients across a wider area. It can also create ethics problems fast if you treat it like an office you just happen to work from home. Here is what to set up first.
When Should You Take the LSAT? How to Pick Your Test Date
Most people pick an LSAT date the way they pick a start date for a new gym routine. Sometime soon, once life calms down. Then the date shows up and prep isn’t done. Here is a better way to choose.
How to Choose a Practice Area When You Have No Idea What You Want to Do
Somewhere around the middle of 1L year, a quiet pressure starts building: everyone seems to know what kind of lawyer they want to be, except you. Here's why that pressure is mostly manufactured, and how to actually figure out what fits.
How Small Firm Owners Can Avoid Burnout Without Sacrificing the Practice
Burnout among small firm owners is less about working too many hours in any single week and more about years of running every part of the business without relief. Here's how to build a practice that doesn't require your constant presence just to survive.
How to Prepare for a Law School Admissions Interview
Most law schools don't interview, which means a lot of applicants have never thought about what to do if one asks. Here's how to understand the process and prepare without overthinking it.
How to Handle Cold Calls and the Socratic Method Without Panicking
Few law school traditions cause as much dread as the cold call. Here's what the Socratic method is actually designed to test, how to prepare so you're not caught flat-footed, and how to recover gracefully when it goes badly — because it sometimes will.
Missed Deadlines Are the Top Malpractice Risk for Small Firms — Here's How to Prevent Them
Ask malpractice insurers what causes the most claims against small firms, and missed deadlines are consistently near the top of the list. The good news: this is one of the most preventable risks in practice. Here's how to build a system that catches deadlines before they catch you.
How to Write a Diversity or Optional Statement for Law School
Most law schools offer an optional essay beyond the personal statement — and most applicants either skip it entirely or use it to repeat themselves. Here's how to figure out whether you have something worth saying, and how to say it well.
Should You Do Law Review? An Honest Look at the Write-On Competition
Every 1L hears that law review matters, but few can explain what it actually is or whether they should try out. Here's a clear look at what law review involves, how the write-on competition works, and whether it's the right move for you.
How to Fire a Client (Professionally and Without Getting Into Trouble)
Not every client is a good client, and holding onto a bad one can cost you far more than the fee. But withdrawing from representation has rules. Here's how to end a client relationship professionally, ethically, and cleanly.
How to Write a Law School Addendum (and When You Actually Need One)
An addendum is a short, optional statement that explains something in your application — a low grade, an LSAT gap, a disciplinary issue. Used well, it removes a question mark. Used badly, it creates one. Here's how to tell the difference.
How to Land a 1L Summer Job (Even Though Everyone Says It's Impossible)
The 1L summer job search is confusing, competitive, and full of unwritten rules nobody explains. Here's how the timeline actually works, where first-years genuinely get hired, and how to run a search that pays off.
How to Delegate Effectively at a Small Law Firm (So You Can Actually Grow)
If your firm can't function without you touching everything, you don't have a firm — you have a demanding job that owns you. Learning to delegate is how small firm owners escape the bottleneck. Here's how to do it well.
What Major Should You Choose for Law School? (The Answer Might Surprise You)
There's no such thing as a "required" major for law school — and the students who understand that early make better choices. Here's how to think about your major when law school is the goal.
How to Get Strong Letters of Recommendation for Law School
Letters of recommendation can quietly make or break a law school application — and most applicants approach them wrong. Moore Consulting Services breaks down who to ask, how to ask, and how to get letters that actually help.
How Small Law Firms Can Get More (and Better) Google Reviews
Before a potential client calls your firm, they Google you. What they find — a wall of strong reviews or a thin, dated profile — often decides whether they call at all. Here's how to build a review presence that works, ethically and consistently.
How to Actually Study in Law School (It's Not Like College)
Most 1Ls study hard and still get blindsided by their first set of grades. The problem usually isn't effort — it's that law school rewards a completely different kind of preparation than college did. Here's how to study for what law school actually tests.