Legal Innovation

Maintaining Technological Competence as a Lawyer

More and more courts and bar associations have revised their ethics rules to specifically state that lawyers must have some level of technological competence to…

Conrad Jacoby April 21, 2020

State of Corporate Law Departments Report: Adapting to the New Needs of 2020

Corporate law departments are under heavy pressure on many fronts, and the current pandemic crisis that is seeing the way work is done upended across…

Legal Executive Institute April 21, 2020

UPFRONT & PERSONAL: During Crisis, We Should “Lean into Our Values & Culture,” Says Tonya Robinson, Vice Chair & GC of KPMG

We continue our monthly feature, Upfront & Personal, a column created by Rose Ors that brings “the person behind the title” to the forefront in interviews with some…

Rose D. Ors April 20, 2020

Manager or Leader? Right Now, You Better Be Both

This 2-part blog series was written by Bruce MacEwen & Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. Over the past couple of weeks or so, we…

Legal Executive Institute April 20, 2020

Steps Your Firm Can Take to Make Your Industry Focus Effective

We continue our blog series, presented by Patrick J. McKenna and Michael Rynowecer, on the value to your law firm of having an Industry Focus…

Patrick J. McKenna April 15, 2020

Focused Firms: Segmental Differences in Demand & Efficiency

We continue our series of blog posts using Peer Monitor data to examine the characteristics of Focused Firms — those law firms that have 50%…

Joe Blackwood April 13, 2020

10 Steps to Strengthen Your Law Firm in a Crisis

Your law firm is dealing with an incredible number of headaches right now. Clients and therefore many law firms may be slowing down. Revenue may…

Audrey Rubin April 13, 2020

How to Talk to Your Clients about COVID-19: Client Feedback During Pandemic Response

It may not be your first instinct to conduct a client feedback program while the world — and more specifically your clients — are in…

Jen Dezso April 10, 2020

How Work Flexibility Is Helping Solve for the Gender Pay Gap

The gender pay gap in the U.S. has been in the spotlight in recent years, and the legal industry has been subject to its fair…

Sara Eng April 10, 2020

“Industry” Should be THE Critical Component of Your Firm’s Overall Strategy

We continue our blog series, presented by Patrick J. McKenna and Michael Rynowecer, on the value to your law firm of having an Industry Focus…

Patrick J. McKenna April 08, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: As Law Becomes More Complex, Teaming Becomes More Crucial, Says Eric Garner, Managing Partner at Best Best & Krieger

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

Rose D. Ors April 08, 2020

A Big Decision that Law Firms Need to Make Now (Part 2)

In the first part of this blog series, I discussed the mismatch between clients and their law firms in negotiations over pricing and deliver of…

Kevin Doolan April 07, 2020