Generalist
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Finance
David Epstein’s 'Range' Is Mana For Law Students, Lawyers, And Judges Concerned With Attorney Overspecialization
Are we harming the legal profession, and more importantly the clients, by incentivizing young lawyers to narrow their practices into increasingly esoteric categories? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Structure Of Corporate Law Departments
An in-house lawyer’s work environment turns in part on the structure of a corporation’s law department, and outside counsel can better serve clients if counsel know how a law department is organized…. - 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. -
In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Loving The Ignorance, Part II
When you're at a law firm, it's likely that you sell in part substantive expertise. When you move in-house, you're no longer selling anything. Will you lose your expertise?
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, California, Deaths, Litigators, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: 'There’s a Practice Guide for That'
Tom Wallerstein's firm, like most firms in California, has a series of Rutter guides on its shelves. And even though he runs a virtually paperless office, he still loves his printed Rutter guides. Wallerstein even has a joke about Rutter. Whenever a colleague questions his ability to solve a particular issue, he jokes, “I’m sure there’s a Rutter Guide for that.” The joke has a serious point, namely, that the basics of most practice areas can always be learned. And if it’s easy enough to learn a practice area, why shouldn’t a lawyer forming a small firm become a true generalist; handling everything from family law, wills and trusts, civil, criminal, and essentially whatever walks in the door?
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