Management
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Do You Manage Projects, Or Do You Manage People?
There's a difference, as Biglaw partner turned senior in-house lawyer Mark Herrmann explains. -
Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Use Reviews Well
When you have your essential sit-down meetings with your supervisees, be respectful but frank, and listen as much as you speak. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Develop A Management Culture
To manage your law office best, make management part of your law office culture.
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Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Law Firm Partners Need To Connect Personally With Each Other To Manage Their Firm Well Together
While private lawyers must remember that their firms are businesses (if not typical businesses), in order to run their firms well, they need to connect with one another on a personal level, and devote time to that. -
Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Delegate As Soon As Possible As Much As You Responsibly Can
Wherever you work, as you grow in your career, learn to delegate as quickly as you can to lawyers and other professionals you ensure can handle the work. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court
3 Ways Partners Screw Up
Biglaw partners are far from infallible, as former partner Mark Herrmann explains. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Management Skills Part 2 (I Want To Hold Your Hand)
What happens when the blunt reality is that if you need someone to hold your hand, you won’t last long in the job you have? -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: If I Wanted Management Skills, I Wouldn't Have Gone to Law School
Law firms present a management vacuum. Learn to fill that vacuum on your own. - 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. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Take Care Of Your Staff As Soon As You're Able
At a law firm, your staff members are everything -- so treat them as well as you can and, even in a new or growing law office, do so as quickly as you can. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms, Technology
Law Firm Managers Should Use Technology But Remember Its Limits
Technology is great, but law firms are made of people -- and technology does not relieve managers of the obligation to tend to their staff’s needs. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Gadflys Wanted?
There's a rare breed of lawyer who is not afraid to look at how things are done and propose how to make things better, according to boutique-firm columnist Gaston Kroub. -
Partner Issues
Want A Hulking Competitive Advantage? Engage People Well…
When 78% of business leaders rate employee retention and engagement as an “urgent or important” issue, the time is now to assess if your retention strategy is strong enough to meet the challenges ahead. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: You Don’t Have To Be Good At Everything, But You Have To Be Great At Something
Take a look around at your partners and your associates; how many are truly “great” at everything? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Market Analysis
If there were a law firm stock market, would you be buying or selling your firm’s shares? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Embracing Volatility For A Law Firm
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld offers 7 tips for how to run a law firm. -
Canada, Legal Ethics, Texas
Canadian Bar Association: Let Non-Lawyers Own Law Firms
Who has the better of this argument, Canada or Texas? -
Biglaw, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Mindset Matters: Lawyers Who Lead Well Are Receptive to Change
Are the leaders running your law business effective?