Future Law Department Spending and Work Pattern Trends
Another day, another survey, this one of law departments. American Lawyer Magazine, Legal Onramp, and law department consultant Rees Morrison produced an interesting, forward-looking survey. The Change Agenda: Looking Ahead…
Highlights of Law Firm Leaders Survey 2008 by law.com
American Lawyer magazine published in its December issue a survey of law firm leaders. Some interesting results on legal process outsourcing (LPO) and client interviews. For AmLaw’s take on their…
CFOs Put Legal Cost Under Microscope – Do They Understand What They See?
One reason legal costs are high is that the customers – general counsels – are cut of the same cloth as their BigLaw suppliers. I’ve predicted that CFOs would need…
Roundup (1 Dec 08): BigLaw Alternatives, Inhouse Perspective, Social Media Challenges, LPO Articles, BigLaw Blogging
In this Roundup: new alternatives to BigLaw, inhouse perspectives, social media challenges, LPO articles, and BigLaw blogging. Managing Legal Costs: Focus on Process, Not Price Jordan Furlong, in Decoupling price…
JD as Job Credential for non-Law Jobs: Mistaking Cause and Effect?
I am taking a holiday weekend liberty to diverge a bit from my usual topics. As a non-practicing lawyer, reading Is the Versatility of a Law Degree Just a Myth?…
Controlling Cost to Increase Profits
“You can’t save your way to growth” is a common refrain. In the current economic turmoil, however, growing revenue is hard so the focus must be on cost control. A…
Could BigLaw Unravel
Could BigLaw follow Wall Street in unraveling? Few saw that Wall Street Masters of the Universe were really Naked Emperors? Michael Lewis, of Liar’s Poker, writes in The End (Portfolio.com,…
Help for Laid Off BigLaw Associates (and musings on social networks)
If you are friends with any associates laid off from large law firms, point them to Legal OnRamp for networking and resources. Legal OnRamp (LOR) is a social networking site…
Archives
Blog Categories
- Alternative Legal Provider (44)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) (57)
- Bar Regulation (13)
- Best Practices (39)
- Big Data and Data Science (14)
- Blockchain (10)
- Bloomberg Biz of Law Summit – Live (6)
- Business Intelligence (21)
- Contract Management (21)
- Cool Legal Conferences (13)
- COVID-19 (11)
- Design (5)
- Do Less Law (40)
- eDiscovery and Litigation Support (165)
- Experience Management (12)
- Extranets (11)
- General (194)
- Innovation and Change Management (188)
- Interesting Technology (105)
- Knowledge Management (229)
- Law Department Management (20)
- Law Departments / Client Service (120)
- Law Factory v. Bet the Farm (30)
- Law Firm Service Delivery (128)
- Law Firm Staffing (27)
- Law Libraries (6)
- Legal market survey featured (6)
- Legal Process Improvement (27)
- Legal Project Management (26)
- Legal Secretaries – Their Future (17)
- Legal Tech Start-Ups (18)
- Litigation Finance (5)
- Low Cost Law Firm Centers (22)
- Management and Technology (179)
- Notices re this Blog (10)
- Online Legal Services (64)
- Outsourcing (141)
- Personal Productivity (40)
- Roundup (58)
- Structure of Legal Business (2)
- Supplier News (13)
- Visual Intelligence (14)