Has the Recession Affected General Counsel Thinking about Law Firms?
After the last two years of severe recession and huge corporate legal spending cuts, I thought it was safe to assume that general counsel buying behavior had changed. It turns…
Will Legal Outsourcing Drive Large Law Firm Innovation?
Innovators at the Barricades by Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. argues that legal process outsourcing (LPO) is a disruptive force for law firms, citing Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma. …
1, 2, 3, RESET! The 2010 Futures Conference and Symposium – Coming in October
The College of Law Practice Management and The American University Washington College of Law are hosting “1, 2, 3, RESET! The 2010 Futures Conference and Symposium” on October 22-23 at…
Dealing with a Dell Personal Productivity Odyssey / Nightmare
About two weeks ago I got a new Dell notebook PC from my company. Ordering an extra battery for it on my own from Dell.com turned into a personal productivity…
BigLaw Faces Challenges in Managing New Staffing Approaches
The Recorder 19 July 2010 article Is Adding a Second Tier for Law Firm Associates a Good Thing? asks a great question. The answer is “yes, but….”. The author, Justin…
AmLaw 2010 Law Librarian Survey – Interesting but Not Surprising
American Lawyer magazine has just released its 2010 large law firm library survey. The results are interesting but not surprising. Law Librarian Survey 2010: More Bang, Less Bucks writes-up the…
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…
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