Human Resources
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
It's Not All About The Money
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann urges attorneys to think about more than just money when making career choices. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
A Quarter At A Time: Some Thoughts On Performance Evaluation
Should law firms follow the lead of their corporate clients and focus more on quarterly performance? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
On The Value Of 'Wasting' Time
Are you in law firm management? If so, you may need to rethink your conception of "wasted" time.
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Giving Of Yourself To Improve Employee 'Engagement'
What is in-house columnist Mark Herrmann's biggest weakness, according to his latest 360-degree review? -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Interview Stories, Law Students, Summer Associates
From the Career Files: The Inside Scoop on How to Be a Stellar Summer Associate
Sunny Choi of Ms. JD interviews a fifth-year associate at a Biglaw firm who has some advice for 2Ls looking to make an impression as summer associates. -
California, Minority Issues, Racism, White People
Lawsuit Claims Target's Sensitivity Training Is Just As Racist As Target's Regular Behavior
When is sensitivity training so remedial that it becomes racist in itself? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Assuming That People Are Idiots
What is the "rule of negativity," and what does it mean for you? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: An Interview with an In-House Insider (Part 4)
What can Biglaw firms learn from their corporate clients about managing and developing human resources? What improvements do in-house lawyers want to see from their outside counsel? - 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. -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Labor / Employment, Money
Moonlighting: Why You Don't Want To Be The General Counsel
Why does it suck to be the general counsel? In-house columnist Susan Moon counts the ways.... -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Job Searches, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Bad Hires
Small-firm columnist Tom Wallerstein has some advice on why it's important to properly screen new hires, even if you're desperate for assistance. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Creating Dual Career Tracks
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann shares some thoughts on the desirability of outlining dual career paths in law. -
In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment
Inside Straight: Identifying Dangerous Employees
How do we train employees about corporate policies, legal requirements, compliance issues, and the like? Here are some insights from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: What Lawyers At Firms Don't Do
Law firm lawyers: you don't manage people. Here is what managing people really entails, according to in-house columnist Mark Herrmann....
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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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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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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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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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Biglaw, Election 2012, Partner Issues, Politics
Buying In: Partner Meetings (Part 2) – What Should Happen
Wherein the Anonymous Partner offers a few suggestions to make partner meetings more informative and productive. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Buying In: Upon Further Review
Anonymous Partner thinks that the whole review process in Biglaw firms is a big waste of time. Do you agree? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Are Law Firms Unnaturally Mean?
Are corporate legal departments "nicer" than law firms? If so, why? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann, a former partner at a major law firm, offers his thoughts. -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Practice Pointers, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Inside Straight: On Being 'Light'
How do you keep a client (or a boss) happy? Be "light." What does it mean to be light? -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: The Injustice Of Trust
I have two memos sitting unread in my inbox. One of the memos is great; the other one is terrible. I know which is which. And, as I said, I haven't yet read either one of them. Isn't trust terribly unfair? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Setting Performance Objectives
Do law firms set performance objectives for their lawyers? I worked at two different law firms over the course of 25 years, and I remember only one meeting where anyone sat down and talked with me about setting performance objectives. We set the objectives; no one ever followed up to see whether I’d achieved them; […] -
In-House Counsel, Interview Stories, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Revamping Interviews Entirely
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the difference between résumé-based interviews and behavioral interviews. (In a nutshell, résumé-based interviews ask applicants for opinions about their personal histories; behavioral interviews ask for factual descriptions of how applicants handled certain situations in their lives.) I really didn’t expect that to be a controversial topic, but […]