A New Model Law Firm – A Closer Look at Clearspire (part 1 of 2)
Traditional mainstream media have shown much interest in the legal market this year with articles on legal outsourcing, law school issues, and contract lawyers. The legal press and blog had already mostly covered these developments in detail. One topic MSM covered, however, was news to...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
8 min read
Future Proofing Your Law Firm and Legal Technology 3.0
At the International Legal Technology Association annual conference last month in Nashville, I was a panelist for Future Proofing Your Law Firm. I share here an overview of the themes we prepared in advance (click here for the published slides (PDF). My co-panelists were Gerard...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
5 min read
Law Factory Illustrated? Fragomen, Del Ray
Law firms thinking about their business and operating models need to consider which practices and matters rise to the level of “bet the farm.” Clients willingly spend on such matters, tolerating generous staffing and high costs. Much legal work, however, is cost sensitive and might...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
3 min read
If Lawyers Fear Accountability, Will It be Imposed?
Toby Brown of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog recently posted The Lawyers’ Fear of Accountability, which expands and comments on my recent post, Does Defining Good Service Scare Clients and Lawyers? A Thought Experiment. I’ll continue the discussion. Toby writes that lawyers fear accountability...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
2 min read
Legal KM and Law Firm Pricing
Legal knowledge management professionals frequently discuss Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFA). The discussion typically focuses on why and how AFA should be good for KM. But absent appropriate internal allocation of fees, I am not so sure that is true. This post is a work in...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
2 min read
Do Law Firms Talk about Clients?
I had an “aha” moment on Monday when I read a Tweet by Susan Hackett of ACC: “At the ALA Annual Conf: so many firms talking about firms-no one talking about clients … yet! I’m up tomorrow.” Just where are law firms on client service...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
2 min read
Should Law Firms Price Dynamically?
I recently received an interesting e-mail from a friend who is a senior manager in a large law firm. He raised the idea of “dynamic pricing”, which is how airlines price seats and a mechanism some thinkers suggest will become more common for other consumer...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
4 min read
The State of BigLaw: What the AmLaw 100 2011 and Two Other Reports Today Tell Us
Three articles today give us a read on the BigLaw market This morning AmLaw Daily (9:41 AM) reported The Am Law 100 2011: Back in Black. This afternoon (5:45 PM), they reported The Am Law 100 2011: Growth Returns. Both report growth of 4%. Take...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
2 min read
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