#10: David Sparks on Going Solo with a Mac

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#10: David Sparks on Going Solo with a Mac

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Mar 10, 2015

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Law school admissions are dropping, but the bar exam is getting harder. Is a smaller bar inevitable? After Sam and Aaron try to figure that out, David Sparks talks about starting a brand-new solo practice, including the Mac tools he is using to make it work.

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Mar 10, 2015

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