Midsize Law Firms Blog Posts

Law, life & passion at the core of one midsize law firm’s culture & philosophy

Law. Life. Passion. is the tagline for the Nashville-based, midsize law firm Bone McAllester Norton. And these three words pretty much capture the 45-lawyer firm…

Natalie Runyon July 21, 2020

App development platforms as a legal service offering

To some within the legal technology field, the value of enterprise software vendor app development platforms is not widely appreciated. This is a function of…

Kenneth Jones July 20, 2020

Law Firm Updates: COVID-19’s Impact on the Business of Law

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hamper the economy and up-end business as usual, many law firms are grappling with the big questions of how…

Legal Executive Institute July 20, 2020

From transactional to transformational: Social impact programs for law firms

When it comes to having a social impact, a law firm’s random acts of kindness can make a difference, but to be truly transformational, your…

Pamela Cone July 20, 2020

Method melding: The modern melting pot of project management

Add a smidgen of Agile, dust with a hint of Waterfall, and add a large dollop of Scrum, and you've got a modern project. In…

Don Philmlee July 17, 2020

Recent conversations with lawyers: Is legal really changing or are we simply running a modified playbook?

“Everything has changed. The business model that we have is changed, how we do business is changed, how we talk to people has changed.” This…

Jen Dezso July 16, 2020

The pandemic pivot: Client development training in the post-COVID-19 era

Since March, law firms have had to rethink how they do most everything. One important topic — among many others — is how to continue…

Dr. Sharon Meit Abrahams July 14, 2020

How to increase representation of LGBTQ talent in the C-suite

Progress on LGBTQ rights has evolved quite significantly in the last decade, and in most cases, it appears that this advancement is reflected by LGBTQ…

Outspoken: Advancing LGBTQ+ Professionals July 13, 2020

How to excel in legal as an LGBTQ associate? Find your mentor

The number of LGBTQ attorneys in Large Law is on the rise. Last year, the National Association of Law Placement released its diversity report, and…

Ru Bhatt July 08, 2020

Mastering financial & business concepts as a Delta model lawyer

The Delta model lawyer demonstrates that success in the 21st century means that a lawyer’s legal intelligence, emotional intelligence, and business intelligence are almost equally…

Natalie Runyon July 07, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: “Rules should be revised to allow for a freer market for legal services,” says David Lat, founder of “Above the Law”

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors July 06, 2020

Law firm billing in a crisis: No time for a free-for-all

I’ve written recently about the need to be cautious about how your law firm approaches discounts to clients in crisis. The same pricing leaders from…

Bill Josten July 01, 2020