198: How to Take a 1 Month Vacation (Interview with Andrew Legrand)

Business attorney Andrew Legrand is planning to go rafting in the Grand Canyon for 21 days during September, and will be completely out of touch with his law firm for a full month.   How can he be sure that everything will continue to run smoothly while he's gone? Listen and find out. (spoiler alert: he relies on well-documented systems)   Show Notes

• Andrew Legrand's Law Firm Website
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck
• Solo By Choice, by Carolyn Elefant
• How to Start and Build a Law Practice, by Jay Foonberg
• Ray Abadin's website (former president of the Florida Bar Association)
• Zapier (cloud-based automation service)
• Clio (most popular Law Practice Management software)
• Code, And Other Laws of Cyberspace, by Lawrence Lessig (explains how laws are just like software code)
• Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon
• SweetProcess (the procedure-documenting software used and recommended by Ernie)
• Craig Ball (forensic examiner, tech-savvy attorney)

General Resources

• The 80/20 Principle (my email newsletter)
• The 5 Pillars of a Tech-Powered Law Practice
• The Inner Circle (an online community for law firm owners)

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