Law Firms

Leading Lawyers: Your Most Potent Tool is your Mindset

Are you a practicing lawyer who is transitioning into a leadership role? Whether it’s as a managing partner, practice group leader, office managing partner, or…

Dr. Larry Richard April 15, 2015

The Emerging Legal Technology Forum Urges Technological Innovations to Improve Delivery of Legal Services

Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute joined with the Stanford Law School to conduct The Emerging Legal Technology Forum last week in New York City. It…

Ralph Baxter April 14, 2015

The Unique Challenges of Leading a National Firm While Maintaining an Individual Practice

Newspapers have been trumpeting the coming dawn of the cloning age for a couple of decades now. It’s beginning to feel like an empty promise.…

Kimberly Johnson April 13, 2015

From the Emerging Legal Technlogy Forum: Technology-led Change in Here and Coming

NEW YORK—Change was definitely in the air at the Emerging Legal Technology Forum, being held today in New York City, as Forum Co-Chairs Ralph Baxter…

Gregg Wirth April 09, 2015

Why Size Matters: Big Four Accounting Firms Poised to Move In

The Economist has a major article about the intentions of the Big Four accounting firms in the legal market, entitled Professional services: Attack of the…

David Curle April 08, 2015

Corporate Counsel Should Drive Innovation

Last week, I addressed lawyers and law firms, with a message about their interaction with clients. This week, I address the leaders of corporate law…

Ralph Baxter April 07, 2015

Client-Centric Data Analysis, Part I

Large law firms recognize the importance of client focus. To relate to clients, these firms work to understand their clients’ business and industry. Yet, for…

Dr. Evan Parker April 06, 2015

Pricing Power Meets Big Data & the New Analytics

The growth of professionals in Law Land with the word “pricing” in their title has been explosive over the past couple of years. It’s a…

Bruce MacEwen April 02, 2015

Canadian Perspective: Billable Hour Morphing into Alternative Fee Arrangements

It may not be in its final hour, but more and more lawyers are conceding the billable hour is being put in its “proper place”…

Jennifer Brown April 01, 2015

Three Basic Questions: A Roadmap to Client Satisfaction

Achieving client satisfaction requires more than doing excellent legal work and reaching a satisfactory outcome. It requires the lawyer to deliver service in a way…

Ralph Baxter March 31, 2015

Why Not Encourage All Lawyers to Market and Sell?

“To me, job titles don’t matter. Everyone is in sales. It’s the only way we stay in business.” This from famous Minneapolis businessman and author,…

Kevin O'Keefe March 30, 2015

Facing Up to Legal Education’s Daunting Challenges

Most practitioners have plenty to worry about, as they prepare their firms and organizations for an evolving legal services industry. Do we also need to…

David Curle March 26, 2015