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Finding Diverse Law Firm Candidates before Law School

Talking about diversity in law firms often feels like déjà vu. We talk about finding talented, diverse candidates; competing with other firms to attract this…

M. Carter DeLorme November 20, 2014

BigLaw Needs to Pick Up the Pace

As I wrote three weeks ago, new tools and new methods make possible a bright new world in law. Achieving that world will require change…

Ralph Baxter November 18, 2014

Q&A Interview: Evolution is Happening in Law Firm Pricing, Says Cisco’s Harmon

Steve Harmon, the Senior Director of Legal Services for Cisco, participated in a recent Legal Executive Institute panel on “Disruptive Changes in the Legal Market”.…

Steve Harmon November 18, 2014

Law Firms Can Not be Silent about Social Media Pitfalls

Anyone paying attention to the news can see that social media is an ethical minefield. Attorneys, firm managers and administrators who use platforms like Facebook,…

Stuart Teicher November 12, 2014

Law Firm Leaders Forum: Where We’re Headed Now

We conducted our 19th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum (the LFL Forum)  last week in New York. As it has been from the beginning, it…

Ralph Baxter November 12, 2014

Video: Firms Need to Reach Out to Veterans in their Ranks, Says Edwards Wildman’s McGowan

Robert McGowan, of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, discusses his participation in a panel on law firm diversity at the 13th Annual Thomson Reuters COO/CFO Forum,…

Robert McGowan, CPA November 07, 2014

Will Companies Adopt Potentially Cost-Saving Technologies In Litigation?

Reports that Microsoft has signed a letter of intent to acquire Equivio, a small provider of search and analytics software for use in litigation, for…

Gareth Evans November 06, 2014

Video: Growing Market Segmentation is Becoming More Active in Industry, Says Georgetown’s Jones

Jim Jones, a senior fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about the panel Jones chaired that discussed law firm…

James Jones November 05, 2014

Video: Creating an Innovative Environment is Vital for Law Firms, Says Shearman & Sterling’s Johnsen

Kenneth Johnsen, COO & CFO of Shearman & Sterling LLP, discusses his panel on fostering innovations at law firms at the 13th Annual Thomson Reuters…

Kenneth Johnsen November 05, 2014

The Best of Times… The Worst of Times

The current legal landscape presents stark contrasts—it is at once the best of times and the worst of times, as Dickens would have put it.…

Ralph Baxter November 05, 2014

Video: Firms Can Benefit from Metrics & Profitability Measurement Tools, Says Buckley Sandler’s Connor

Jeffrey Connor, CFO of Buckley Sandler LLP, chats with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about his panel on new law firm metrics and how law firms…

Jeffrey Connor October 31, 2014

General Counsels Wants More from SEC in Corporate Whistleblower Cases

Corporate counsels and outside lawyers want more from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in regards to how the agency is applying its metrics…

Gregg Wirth October 31, 2014