Practice Management

Circle of Failure: Can Law Firms Learn from Past Mistakes?

During a legal industry conference I recently attended, the conversation predictably turned to how law firms are trying to tackle the changes they are facing,…

Bill Josten December 28, 2015

Corporate Counsel Leadership Forum’s Break-Out Sessions — “Let’s Talk”

“Do more with less” may be a common refrain in today’s business environment. But for corporate counsel and their legal departments, it may be “Do a…

Alex Cook December 23, 2015

Lateral Partner Hiring: Suggestions for Improving Success

Hiring partners away from another law firm has become a core tactic in the strategic plans of most law firms. Indeed, legal trade publications report…

Ralph Baxter December 09, 2015

Efficiency Tips for Lawyers: How to Organize and Color-Code Your Calendar

Karen L. Clark has been a legal secretary for more than 26 years, creating efficiency within her own and others’ workspaces. She shared some of…

Karen L. Clark December 04, 2015

Moving from Cost Center to Collaborator: the Evolving Role of In-House Legal Teams

NEW YORK — The view of in-house legal departments, from the perspective of the rest of the corporation and top management, has evolved over the…

Gregg Wirth December 02, 2015

Corporate Counsel Leadership Forum: Law Firm Summits (And Their Lesser Known Benefits)

Firoz Dattu is CEO of AdvanceLaw, an organization committed to improving the legal market by collaborating with more than 100 general counsel to measure and…

Firoz Dattu November 30, 2015

COO & CFO Forum Break-Out Sessions: Unprofitable Partners, Project Management & the Watson Effect

A recent series of break-out panels held during Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute 14th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum addressed several issues of potentially great…

Thomson Reuters Institute November 19, 2015

On Being Effective as a Practice Leader

Irrespective of your formal title or job description, your technical competence and knowledge will determine a portion of your effectiveness; but the overwhelming determinant of…

Patrick J. McKenna November 18, 2015

Legal Departments Should Be Driving Change Within Law Firms, Says Microsoft’s Bassli

At the recent Law Firm Leaders Forum, Microsoft Assistant General Counsel Lucy Endel Bassli participated in a panel discussion entitled, “An Examination of Change Underway…

Sameena Kluck November 12, 2015

Navigating the Complex World of Conflicts

Every lawyer within a firm owes a duty of loyalty and confidentiality to each of his clients, regardless of the size or nature of the…

Practical Law November 11, 2015

Efficiency Tips for Lawyers: How to Pre-Program Email and Standardize Forms

Karen L. Clark has been a legal secretary for more than 26 years, creating efficiency within her own and others’ workspaces. She shared some of…

Karen L. Clark November 06, 2015

The Cost of Compliance 2015: Staying Alert in the Face of Regulatory Fatigue

As the financial industry makes its way out of one of the most tumultuous periods in its history, there have been some hard lessons learned…

Stacey English November 04, 2015