Courses and Trainings

Daniel M. Mills and Rochelle D. Washington, Practice Management Advisors, have a combined 35 years in law firm management. Mills has led Basic Training and Beyond since its creation in 2008 and annually teaches the Bar’s CLE on fee agreements and trust accounts. Washington has taught Basic Training and the Successful Small Firm Practice Course since 2013 and she is the organizer of the annual Practice 360ﹾ program at the D.C. Bar.

Basic Training & Beyond

This program is for lawyers who want to know how to start, grow and manage a small firm in the District of Columbia.

Practice 360º

Join us for our annual law firm management conference with a focus on law firm innovation, ethics, wellness and marketing.

Small Firm Lunch and Learn Series

Each program in this series will explore a topic of particular interest to members who are starting, managing, or growing law firms in the District of Columbia.

Successful Small Firm Practice

This program is for lawyers who want a more in depth experience in starting, growing and managing a small firm.  You will create your firm’s business plan, draft fee agreements, create marketing content, and more.

Managing Money

Learn how to onboard a new client by creating the appropriate fee agreement; make the proper entries onto the client ledger and trust account, when needed; track the established earning mechanism; and make proper entries in the firm’s operating or business account.