Efficiency

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

In-House Counsel Q&A: “Partnerships are with lawyers, not law firms,” says Linda Lu, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at TransUnion

Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Litigation (PLJ) recently spoke to Linda Lu, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at TransUnion, one of the…

Legal Executive Institute September 15, 2020

Lawyer productivity under attack: How to fight back

Remote working has proven to be largely a success — at least from the perspective of lawyer well-being. The impact of remote working on lawyer…

Jen Dezso September 14, 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

Australia: State of the Legal Market 2020 — Growth amid the storm

Despite turmoil in the global economy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 30,000-foot view of the Australian legal market looks relatively rosy compared to…

Legal Executive Institute September 09, 2020

2020 Legal Market Report: How Innovative Technology is Reshaping the Business & Practice of Law

If the traditional practice of law were a kitchen appliance, it would be a slow cooker with a few basic settings that got the job…

Legal Executive Institute September 03, 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…

Legal Executive Institute September 02, 2020

Reimagining legal operations: The business infrastructure of legal services

It’s strongly evident now that legal operations are taking a more important role in how the delivery of legal services are conceptualized and executed. Indeed,…

Joshua El-Bey August 31, 2020

PMI Q2 analysis: Small headcount shifts creep into Q2 results

As the second quarter of this year ended, the large law firm market still was grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Stay-at-home…

Isaac Brooks August 26, 2020

Legal Department Operations (LDO) Index: Dedicated legal operations comes home

The pace of change within corporate legal departments has not been swift. Indeed, over the course of several years’ worth of analysis of these departments…

Legal Executive Institute August 25, 2020

Why collaboration is (usually) doomed to fail — and how to buck the odds

The economics are straightforward: Those law firms that are able to serve corporate legal buyers in more work types and across more geographic areas can…

Jen Dezso August 24, 2020