Maintaining Profitability with New Approaches to Legal and Business Support
Today I presented at the ALA 2014 annual conference on Maintaining Profitability with New Approaches to Legal and Business Support. The slides are below. I previously provided a preview of the talk in my March 2014 blog post, Steps to Survive the Coming Competition. Topics I cover include new forms of competition, steps...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
1 min read
It’s the Client, Stupid! (ReInvent Law Live)
Susan Hackett (@HackettInHouse) speaks at #ReInventLaw.. The title of her talk: “It’s the Client, Stupid!” (Live post – forgive any typos.) Starts with a story about James Carville story, putting a story over President Clinton’s desk. It said, “It’s the Economy, Stupid.” At audiences like this,...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
Bolstering KM Through User Experience Design
This is a live post from Legal Tech New York City. The topic is Bolstering KM Through User Experience Design. [Please excuse typos and inaccuracies – this will be brought live as session ends.] Panelists: Andrew Baker, Director of Legal Technology Innovations Office, Seyfarth Shaw Tom...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
4 min read
The New World of Legal Work – Comments on Jordan Furlong Report
Jordan Furlong of Law21 has written a new and provocative study, The New World of Legal Work: The Changing Rules of The 21st Century. It was commissioned by LOD, formerly known as Lawyers on Demand, which is affiliated with UK law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner>. I comment briefly on the report here....
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
Report Questions Large Law Firm Focus on Growth
A new report by The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor reports on the current state of the large law firm market in the USA and questions the choice of many large law firms to...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
3 min read
The Year of Design in Legal
Apple products sell for a premium because of their design. Solving Problems for Real World, Using Design in the New York Times today drives home the importance of design. D.school at Stanford teaches that the way to come up with new designs is to “focus on people”. It...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
Highlights of the 2013 Altman Weil Chief Legal Officer Survey
Altman Weil, Inc. today released its 2013 Chief Legal Officer Survey. I summarize here key findings and offer some comments. Money is Moving Away from Law Firms. Law department budgets for internal work stayed almost the same from 2012 to 2013, about 44%. But in that same...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
BigLaw Musical Chairs: Will Some Firms be Eliminated?
When the music stops in musical chairs, someone has no chair and is out. Are large US law firms playing the game? Many debate the future of large law firms: see the George Beaton blog post and comments at The rise and rise of the NewLaw...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
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