CONTENTS APRIL 2019 | THE THE Practice Pro Bono Management Service ISSUE ISSUE VOLUME 33, NO. 7 05 YOUR VOICE 06 FROM OUR PRESIDENT 08 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 1 0 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 4 FEATURE LAW & BUSINESS: THE D.C. BAR PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICE 18 FEATURE SPECIALTY LAWYERS NICHE DOWN TO BUILD UP 24 FEATURE GOING SMALL: HOW TO START A LAW FIRM 29 PRO BONO CENTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO DONORS 18 38 GLOBAL & DOMESTIC OUTLOOK 40 WORTH READING 41 MEDIA BYTES 42 ATTORNEY BRIEFS 43 ASK THE ETHICS EXPERTS 24 44 DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES 46 THE PRO BONO EFFECT 50 COMMUNITY & CONNECTIONS 52 LAST WORD 46 Cover: Dan Mills and Rochelle Washington, Patrice Gilbert Photography This page clockwise from top: Meredith Kinner and John McGowan, Patrice Gilbert Photography; Paul Smollar, courtesy of Kuder, Smollar, Friedman & Mihalik, P.C.; business image, Shutterstock