Roundup of Twitter Posts – July 2010
It’s been six months since I’ve done a Twitter roundup. I was reminded that I had not done one by a friend who said he misses them. I definitely…
Managing Large Law Firm Staff in the New Normal
Large law firms will almost certainly not return pre-2008-crash economics. BigLaw will remain immensely profitable but firms will need to manage themselves more effectively. And this includes how they staff…
A Financial Analyst’s View of Bloomberg Law
As a legal blogger, I fear living in an echo chamber. So it’s nice to find that some hot blawgosphere topics also engage the business world. I follow blogger commentary…
Practice Support Lawyer (PSL) Count Remains Low In US
What is the state of the practice support lawyer (professional support lawyer or PSL) among US large law firms? I have not heard PSLs discussed much lately. So at a…
What Law Schools Move to Adjust Grades Up Says about the Profession
In In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That, the New York Times reports today that some law schools have artificially boosted grades. It’s hard to know where to…
BigLaw Still Not Supporting Working Virtually
Recent articles provide a good snapshot of law firm office design; sadly, working virtually does not appear to be on the agenda. Changing Space – Law firms (slowly) respond to…
Competing on Process: LPOs Pushing Law Firms?
Last week I read with interest Jordan Furlong’s blog post The evolution of outsourcing. He notes that though LPO is “in its relative infancy, legal process outsourcing has already had…
The Future of Lawyers?
What will it mean in the future to be a lawyer? For an excellent, sweeping view of the future, read Richard Susskind’s The End of Lawyers?. On his website, Susskind…
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