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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mapping the Legal Profession
What can lawyers learn by mapping the legal profession? A recent article and book got me thinking about maps, what they mean, and what they tell us about ourselves. That…
The Rise of Legal Project Management
Legal project management (LPM) seems to be making major inroads into the profession. Back in April, the legal press carried two reports of interest. First, McCarthys’ project management plan in…
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