Leadership

ON LEADERSHIP: “We all need to feel connected and engaged at this time,” says Melissa Jones, managing partner, Stoel Rives

We continue our new monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each month will feature conversations with law firm Chief Executive Officers…

Rose D. Ors June 10, 2020

Law School Innovators: Joe Regalia — Offering a human-centered approach to empowering law students

Driving innovation has defined Joe Regalia’s career, part of his lifelong fascination with how to improve things around him. “This obsession for me started when…

Michele Best June 10, 2020

Amid pandemic, Canadian legal industry responding to client pressures, new report shows

The new 2020 State of the Legal Market in Canada report details how a strong legal market with growing international demand has begun responding to…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 09, 2020

Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: Can ALSPs provide what clients need?

General counsel (GCs) across the United States and the United Kingdom have varied approaches to the current market conditions, according to recent surveys. Interestingly, at…

Joseph Raczynski June 08, 2020

Ad Astra: Maximizing Marketing & Business Development Skills in Top Performers

As law firms grapple with the short- and long-term ramifications of the current socioeconomic landscape, marketing and business development leaders find themselves at a proverbial…

The Thomson Reuters Institute June 08, 2020

Ceteris Paribus: COVID-19, Global Trade and the Evolving International Supply Chain

2020 has proven a watershed year for global supply chain sustainability. Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 medical crisis, strained global trade relations, rampant concern over…

The Thomson Reuters Institute June 08, 2020

Flash-Forward: Opportunity & Transformation Around the Digital Supply Chain

The impact of digitization on corporate supply chains has a direct correlation with organizational profitability, productivity and growth. Indeed, thanks to a plethora of advanced…

The Thomson Reuters Institute June 08, 2020

Stormy Weather: Examining COVID-19’s Financial Impact on Lawyers

An overlooked facet of the COVID-19 pandemic is the financial impact on individual lawyers for the remaining calendar year and beyond. Absent the expected uptick…

The Thomson Reuters Institute June 08, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: Defining “intentional integrity” with Airbnb’s former chief ethics officer

In our ongoing blog series, Using Your Platform for Good, author Irene Liu, General Counsel of Checkr, expands on crucial topics of corporate and workplace…

Irene Liu June 08, 2020

Law School Innovators: Emily Janoski-Haehlen — Evolving the law library into a technology center

Initially, Emily Janoski-Haehlen simply emphasized the importance of legal tech skills with her students — she was not looking to build a technology center. “It…

Michele Best June 08, 2020

What can lawyers learn about innovation from SpaceX?

Lawyers are not known for being particularly quick to innovate, particularly when it comes to client service delivery strategies like alternative fee arrangements or legal…

Bill Josten June 05, 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