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Law Firm Careers: New Jobs, New Criteria, New Measurement

The core of any law firm is its people. That has been so since law firms were first formed. It will always be so. What…

Ralph Baxter February 10, 2015

Q&A Interview: Industry Segmentation Could Dramatically Change the Face of Legal Industry, Says Georgetown’s Jones

James W. Jones, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law, recently sat down with Legal Executive…

James W. Jones January 29, 2015

Law Firm Report Holds Several Urgent Wake-Up Calls for Industry

Another important early report on law firm financial performance is out: The 2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market, produced by Georgetown Law…

Ralph Baxter January 14, 2015

Q&A Interview: The Coming Year Will Be One of Industry Change, Says AdamSmith’s MacEwen

Bruce MacEwen, President of Adam Smith, Esq., which provides management consulting services on the business and economics of law firms, spoke with Legal Executive Institute…

Bruce MacEwen January 13, 2015

A New Year and a Fresh Perspective

A new year always provides a fresh perspective—a context for measuring progress or other movement. We are entering a new period that we all recognize…

Ralph Baxter January 06, 2015

Advisory Suggests Pace of Change is Impacting Law Firms’ Bottom Line Now

I just read the most recent, and excellent, Client Advisory published by Hildebrandt Consulting LLC and Citibank. It contains several observations suggesting that the trends…

Ralph Baxter December 16, 2014

Video: There Are Things I Wish I Knew When Running a Law Firm, Says PNC’s Jordan

Gregory Jordan, General Counsel at PNC and former chairman of Reed Smith, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about things he wished he'd known when…

Gregory Jordan December 09, 2014

Video: Today’s Markets Will Challenge Law Firms, Says ALM’s Press

Aric Press, editor-in-chief of American Lawyer Media, discusses his presentation on law firm finances at the 19th Annual Thomson Reuters Law Firm Leaders Forum, describing…

Aric Press December 04, 2014

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

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 W. Jones 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