[blindlaw] Blind Paralegal

[Farber, Randy]

William - Instead of a mass mailing, how about spending time at the
courthouse watching motions to determine solo practitioners or small
firms that may need your assistance.  You could then approach them in
person.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of WB
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:46 PM
To: BlindLaw
Subject: [blindlaw] Blind Paralegal

Hello All.

 

Can anyone offer suggestions as to how to begin freelancing?  I have
tried
the obvious methods of offering to provide a set amount of free services
for
a reference letter and/or referrals.  I've also contacted many of the
old
attorneys I've worked for with no luck.  I've only worked for two small
firms and they are fully staffed or don't have enough work to allow me
to
do.  The other firms I've worked for are much larger and they do not
outsource work and I did not have a close relationship with attorneys I
worked for in order to get referrals.

 

My only other thought is to create some type of correspondence to the
local
bar associations, which tend to have many of the smaller firm attorneys
there, to offer the same deal I have to the attorneys I worked for.  

 

Any other suggestions?  I'm finding many people don't want to give a
blind
paralegal a second thought where I am.

 

William

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