Business Development & Marketing Blog Posts

Positive outlook on remote on-boarding for incoming associates (and lateral hires)

In March as the pandemic began to change the way law firms approached many of their most basic functions, many firms were compelled to make…

Dr. Sharon Meit Abrahams October 06, 2020

Out Front: An LGBTQ Leadership Spotlight interview with Jim Ford, Partner & Chair of A&Out at Allen & Overy (part 2)

In the first part of the Thomson Reuters Institute’s interview with Jim Ford, Chair of A&Out (Allen & Overy’s global LGBTQ network), we discussed how…

Nicholas Giannini October 05, 2020

Out Front: An LGBTQ Leadership Spotlight interview with Jim Ford, Partner & Chair of A&Out at Allen & Overy (part 1)

Overseeing a global LGBTQ employee network is no small feat, especially at a law firm like Allen & Overy, one of the world’s largest and…

Nicholas Giannini September 29, 2020

Alternative fee arrangements in the legal industry: Recognizing firms that excel

While the popularity of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) seemed to have plateaued in recent years — at least in terms of AFAs as a percentage…

Bill Josten September 28, 2020

Understanding how the client’s business makes money: A critical step for all lawyers

Amid the current pandemic crisis, the impact felt by law firms and their clients has been great; and this pressure has ratcheted up the necessity…

Nancey Watson September 24, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: People should have the right to solve their legal problems without a lawyer, says UpSolve’s Rohan Pavuluri

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors September 21, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: “Have a plan and then execute that plan,” says Jonathan Skeeters, Managing Partner at Bradley

We continue our bi-monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each installment will feature conversations with law firm CEOs or Managing Partners…

Rose D. Ors September 16, 2020

Exploring paths to leadership: Dominique Hussey, Vice Chair of Bennett Jones, illuminates her secrets of success

Dominique Hussey, Vice Chair and Managing Partner of the Toronto office at Bennett Jones, had career aspirations to make partner, but they never included firm…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 11, 2020

2020 State of US Small Law Firms: While many firms talk about challenges, some make changes

While nearly every aspect of American life has undergone significant change this year due to the pandemic and ensuing economic crisis, some things have remained…

Thomson Reuters Institute September 02, 2020

Leading with innovation: Introducing knowledge management into a regional law firm

Innovation can be a loaded word in the legal industry, but broken down simply, it really means just introducing new things or methods to improve…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 01, 2020

The Am Law 200: “Envy and its Discontents”

This 3-part series was written by Bruce MacEwen and Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. In the previous installment of this three-part series analyzing the recently…

Thomson Reuters Institute August 19, 2020

CLOC Core Functions: Using business intelligence to make better decisions & increase legal department influence 

Most legal services organizations have not reached the stage of using data analytics to their fullest extent. Indeed, the current reality is that in-house departments…

Marc Jenkins August 18, 2020