Partner Issues
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Canada, Partner Issues
The View From Up North: Let’s Overthrow Your Evil Overlords (i.e., Equity Partners)
Do you want the opportunity to figure out whether you’re being treated better or worse than your colleagues at other firms? Help us help you. -
Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Hire People (Or Not) Because Of Who They Are, Not Because Of Who You Hope Them To Be
When making hiring decisions, even if it takes time to find the right person, you will have saved yourself -- and the prospect -- a lot of grief by being honest and saying no if you're not sure about fit. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Sexism
Biglaw Partner Taken To Task Over 'Sexist' And 'Misogynistic' Behavior
What could this lawyer have said that was so offensive?
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Biglaw, Deaths, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Found Dead After Police Search
Unfortunate things like this happen far too often in the legal profession. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Major Partnership Overhaul In The Works At Biglaw Firm
A major law firm considers eliminating its non-equity partner class. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Rankings
Which Biglaw Firms Promote The Most (And Least) To Partnership?
Even for those fortunate enough to land a Biglaw associate job in this market, the prospect of eventual promotion to partnership is exceedingly slim. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Munger Tolles & Olson, Partner Issues, Rankings, White & Case
The Top 10 Firms Where Minorities Succeed In Making Partner
The legal profession has a long way to go when it comes to diversity and inclusion, according to columnist Renwei Chung, but some firms are doing a great job of positively distinguishing themselves in these areas. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Peter Kalis Of K&L Gates Strikes Back At Law360
Peter Kalis has some sick burns for Law360, which he claims "is not taken seriously as a journalistic organ." - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues
How To Stanch The Flow Of Blood When Lateral Moves Are Afoot
What should you do when attorneys at your firm start fleeing like rats off a sinking ship? -
Airplanes / Aviation, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Whose Mid-Air Meltdown Caused Plane Diversion Is Sorry
The Biglaw partner who committed several party fouls on a plane is on an apology tour. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Barbarians At The K&L Gates?
Partner departures, staff layoffs, and an office closing, oh my. -
Airplanes / Aviation, Drinking, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Gets Wasted On Plane, Causes Mid-Atlantic Flight Diversion
Yikes! This partner sounds like she'd be an aggressive litigant. -
Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Running A Small Sophisticated Practice To Do What Big Firms Can Do
Excellent non-Biglaw firm litigators can represent almost any client at least as well as so-called Biglaw -- but law firm managers need to run their firms right to make this happen, according to columnist John Balestriere.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Boutique Law Firms, Intellectual Property, Kenyon & Kenyon, Partner Issues
What's Going On At Kenyon & Kenyon?
It sounds like this prominent intellectual-property firm is in trouble. -
Partner Issues, Solo Practitioners
Here's 'Everything You Need To Know About The Business Of Law Over The Last 45 Years'
The vastly divergent fortunes of partners and solos. -
Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Almost Always Hire Only Eventual Managing Partners
According to columnist John Balestriere, when you're deciding whom to hire, you should almost always ask whether the person could be running the place someday. -
Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Partner Doesn't Give A Damn If Associates Freeze To Death
Freeze your asses off or get a new job, associates. The decision is in your ice-cold hands. -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Partner Issues
Don't You DARE Send This Rainmaker Insulting Emails, You Sniveling Idiot
Which partner fired off such a harsh email? -
Old People, Partner Issues, Sponsored Content
Mandatory Retirement Creates Succession Planning Problems For Top Law Firms
The distribution of aging lawyers is trending upwards, but firms may still have to rethink their insistence on mandatory retirement and succession planning. -
Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
To Be A Lawyer Is To Be A Manager (Though Hire A Manager When The Time Is Right)
We need to be thoughtful about always becoming better lawyers -- which means being thoughtful about becoming good managers, according to columnist John Balestriere.