Law Firms

Culture Work: Fostering Productive, Healthy & Collaborative Teams

Right now, lawyers are working from home and returning to the office in the midst of an anxiety-producing crisis.  Even before this emergency, many organizations—…

Legal Executive Institute June 03, 2020

Law firm pricing approaches in challenging times

Pricing lessons from the previous global financial crisis little more than a decade ago are still extremely pertinent today for those of us in the…

Stuart Dodds June 03, 2020

Outlaws: Creating a safe environment for LGBTQ employee self-identification

In 2018, almost half of employers allow their employees to voluntarily disclose their sexual orientation and gender identity on anonymous surveys or confidential human resource records,…

Natalie Runyon June 02, 2020

Despite the crisis, “law is essential and never going out of fashion,” says Ralph Baxter

Law firms were facing an urgent need to change even before COVID-19 arrived at their collective doorsteps, says Ralph Baxter, and the pandemic and ensuing…

Gregg Wirth June 02, 2020

Returning to the office: Midsize law firms’ strategies for emerging with strength

Only eight weeks after work-from-home orders went into effect for most of the country, many states began reopening during this month. Despite these changes in…

Legal Executive Institute June 01, 2020

COVID-19 has been a boon for law firm knowledge management — How do you make it last?

In a Special Edition of our Practice Innovations newsletter, we will be looking at the immediate challenges facing the legal industry and the solutions and…

Jean O'Grady June 01, 2020

Career advancement tactics for South Asian lawyers

In honor of May being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we offer weekly discussions about issues of importance to APA and South Asian attorneys, such as…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color May 28, 2020

Law firm billing in a crisis: Beware the optics of discounts

We are in a period right now where many clients, perhaps more than even during the Great Recession, are experiencing acute cash flow issues. As…

Bill Josten May 28, 2020

Outlaws: President of LGBT Bar discusses implications of upcoming Supreme Court decisions

With the U.S. Supreme Court ready to decide on landmark federal law that could prohibit sex discrimination in the workplace for LGBTQ employees, many gay…

Natalie Runyon May 27, 2020

Forum Magazine: Unpacking law firm value — drivers & density

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. Valuation of law firms is neither a capital market nor regulatory requirement, but…

Madhav Srinivasan May 27, 2020

Law firm sales: Driving revenue in a post-COVID-19 world

In a Special Edition of our Practice Innovations newsletter, we will be looking at the immediate challenges facing the legal industry and the solutions and…

Legal Executive Institute May 26, 2020

Paradigm Shift: Leveraging a Sector-Based Approach to Client Service

Despite persistent advice from corporate counsel to “better understand” their market(s) and business, many outside counsel fall short in providing in depth, industry focused knowledge…

Legal Executive Institute May 21, 2020