Most lawyers are still trying to figure out what AI means for the future of practice.

Carolyn Elefant has already started using it to work smarter.

That is why we are bringing this episode back.

Recorded live at Kaleidoscope, this conversation brings together two things Carolyn has been ahead on for years: building a solo practice on her own terms and using technology to make that practice more scalable.

Carolyn was writing about solo law firm life back in the dot-com era, long before legal marketing became its own universe. But in this episode, she is not talking about nostalgia. She is talking about what is working right now.

How a well-built guide turned into a referral engine. How people she does not even know keep passing her name around. And how AI is helping her move through huge rulings, obscure regulatory research, and case summaries in a fraction of the time it used to take.

The bigger lesson is not that lawyers should hand their jobs over to AI.

It is that the right tools can free you up to do better work, move faster, and build a practice that actually fits your life.

If you are trying to stay relevant, stay efficient, and stay independent in a legal world that keeps changing, this episode still feels incredibly current.

Connect with Carolyn

Website: https://www.myshingle.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynelefant/

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Brian Glass is a nationally recognized personal injury lawyer in Fairfax, Virginia. He is passionate about living a life of his own design and looking for answers to solutions outside of the legal field. This podcast is his effort to share that passion with others.

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