HLP085: On Innovating to Better Serve Yourself and Your Clients with Melissa Hall of Smol Law

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What do you think of when you think of innovation and the law? Do you feel like you have opportunities to innovate in your practice? Over the years I’ve learned that some of the happiest lawyers have chosen to get off the well-worn path and create a life within the law the suits their skills, passions and lifestyle. Today I chat with Melissa Hall the founder of Smol Law about how she is innovating through a general legal services practice that serves her clients and her own lifestyle needs.

 

 

What you’ll learn:

  • About making money from a practice in “cocktail law” 
  • How Melissa coped with failing the bar
  • How to structure a business that’s tailor made for your lifestyle
  • Things that you can learn from your clients
  • The importance of making work choices based on life choices
  • How to manage a workload that is fulfilling for you
  • How to set boundaries in your own small business
  • Why you need to define what “practicing law” means to you

Best Advice for Finding Happiness

“Happy lawyers have found a meaning and purpose within the field of law, and the people that struggle are just doing a job.”

 

“Happy lawyers manage to focus on doing as much as possible of the stuff that they like and are comfortable with letting go and trusting people with the stuff that they don’t like and aren’t good at.”

 

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* Common Bond Student Loan, www.commonbond.co/Happylawyer

* LawyerSmack, https://www.lawyersmack.com/register/member/?coupon=HappyLawyer

 

Connect with Melissa:

On Her Website: https://www.smol-law.com/

On Her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamaps

Through Email:melissa@smol-law.com

 

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