Leadership

Beyond People, Value & Clients: Elements for a Successful Law Firm

All who knew him were saddened when Don Robinson, a legendary New York lawyer and law firm leader, passed away last June at the age…

Ralph Baxter January 20, 2015

Law Firm Report Holds Several Urgent Wake-Up Calls for Industry

Another important early report on law firm financial performance is out: The 2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market, produced by Georgetown Law…

Ralph Baxter January 14, 2015

Better Day-to-Day Leadership through Facilitated Multi-Generational Team Dialogues

The workplace cultures most desired by sought after talent are mobile, flexible, agile, and engaged. We’re going to see more frequent leadership changes at various…

Phyllis Weiss Haserot January 07, 2015

A New Year and a Fresh Perspective

A new year always provides a fresh perspective—a context for measuring progress or other movement. We are entering a new period that we all recognize…

Ralph Baxter January 06, 2015

Creating Clients from Scratch

My favorite moniker for today’s changing legal environment was coined by my colleague David Curle when he dubbed it "The Betty Crocker Era in Legal…

Bill Josten December 17, 2014

Advisory Suggests Pace of Change is Impacting Law Firms’ Bottom Line Now

I just read the most recent, and excellent, Client Advisory published by Hildebrandt Consulting LLC and Citibank. It contains several observations suggesting that the trends…

Ralph Baxter December 16, 2014

Video: Firms Need to Inspire Next Generation of Leaders, Says Husch Blackwell’s Watson

Maurice Watson, Chairman of Husch Blackwell, discusses his panel on law firm leadership at the 19th Annual Thomson Reuters Law Firm Leaders Forum, describing how his…

Maurice Watson December 10, 2014

Video: There Are Things I Wish I Knew When Running a Law Firm, Says PNC’s Jordan

Gregory Jordan, General Counsel at PNC and former chairman of Reed Smith, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about things he wished he'd known when…

Gregory Jordan December 09, 2014

The Imperative for Change

Today’s legal service market creates a true imperative for change. As a result of factors discussed in earlier blog posts, over time the market will…

Ralph Baxter December 03, 2014

BigLaw Needs to Pick Up the Pace

As I wrote three weeks ago, new tools and new methods make possible a bright new world in law. Achieving that world will require change…

Ralph Baxter November 18, 2014

Law Firm Leaders Forum: Where We’re Headed Now

We conducted our 19th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum (the LFL Forum)  last week in New York. As it has been from the beginning, it…

Ralph Baxter November 12, 2014

‘A Bright New World Lies Ahead’ for Law and its Practitioners

This is my first substantive blog. Not just for Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute, but ever. I spent the last 40 years in the delivery…

Ralph Baxter October 29, 2014