Efficiency

NSU Law: Using Advanced Legal Research Techniques to Teach the Art of Negotiation

In Thomson Reuters’ examination of methods that law schools can use to help their students become more “practice ready," we identified law school faculty already integrating practice-ready…

Katie Walter June 29, 2017

Ask Dr. Paola: Dealing with Ethical Issues When Creating Incentives for Lawyers

The Legal Executive Institute blog is honored to be working with Dr. Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, a behavioral economist and senior research fellow for Harvard Law School’s Center on the…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 27, 2017

Gaveling the Glass Ceiling: Preparing for the 2017 Women’s Transformative Leadership Forum in Toronto

As the June issue of “Gaveling the Glass Ceiling” goes to press, we are getting ready for the 2017 Women’s Transformative Leadership Forum on June 22…

Charlotte Rushton June 15, 2017

2nd Annual CourtHack in New Jersey: Solving Vexing Blocks to Justice

In late April, 38 participants gathered at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick for CourtHack, a 30-hour hackathon, with the goal of taking…

Monica Bay June 12, 2017

Video: The Impact of Political, Economic & Technological Change on Law Firms

A new Answers On video features Gideon Moore, firmwide Managing Partner of the international law firm Linklaters, and Lucinda Case, Managing Director for the UK &…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 08, 2017

Law Firm Innovation & the Limits of Current Tactics: Altman Weil’s 2017 Law Firms in Transition Survey

The latest Altman Weil 2017 Law Firms in Transition survey includes a number of insights around the elusive search for innovation in the legal industry.…

David Curle June 08, 2017

Video Interview: Applying Design Thinking to Re-imagine Online Dispute Resolution

Online dispute resolution has quickly become an impactful area for many players in the legal industry as relationships — including many customer and client relationships…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 07, 2017

Legal Departments Facing More Work & Using Cost Controls, Says New Legal Tracker Report

To combat a growing volume of work, corporate legal departments are employing new cost control measures and more legal operations personnel, according to the Thomson…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 06, 2017

Immigration Start-Up “Road to Status” Can Help Prevent Catastrophic Mistakes

It's no secret that the immigration courts are saddled with huge dockets and backlogs, and immigration judges are working with minimal technology. "There is a…

Monica Bay June 01, 2017

When Two Must Work as One: The Challenges in Sharing Leadership

I read and was struck by Laura Empson’s recent article, Leadership Dyads: The Ideal Leader is Two People from the recent issue of Thomson Reuters’…

Patrick J. McKenna June 01, 2017

Ask Dr. Paola: Knowing What and How to Measure is Vital in Creating Incentives for Lawyers

The Legal Executive Institute blog is honored to be working with Dr. Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, a behavioral economist and senior research fellow for Harvard Law School’s Center on the…

Thomson Reuters Institute May 31, 2017

View from the Bench: Associate Circuit Courts Make Slow Progress on Adapting New Technologies

Judges at the federal and state level may generate more headlines, but much of day-to-day adjudication of civil and criminal matters happens lower down the…

Tad Simons May 24, 2017