Midsize Law Firms Blog Posts

When a Law Firm Leader Hangs Up the Crown

Taking the reins of leadership from a long-serving law firm leader can present an enormous challenge. In some firms it gets ridiculously difficult when the…

Patrick J. McKenna May 24, 2016

Evolve Law: KPIs and Measurement Are What Legal Clients Expect Now

SEATTLE — On a rare sunny April day, Evolve Law hosted its first event focused on metrics and measurement. Panelists set out to address the…

Mary Juetten May 24, 2016

PMI Breakdown: Demand Growth is Out There, If Law Firms Know Where to Look

Knowing where growth is happening in the market is a key element for a law firm’s strategic planning. Aggressive headcount growth by a firm during…

Bill Josten May 23, 2016

Title III Crowdfunding Rules Offer Law Firms Opportunity in New Market

While the rules implementing retail investment through crowdfunding — Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS Act) — had a slow road into…

Thomson Reuters Institute May 18, 2016

Toward Better Leadership: Self-Development, Focusing on Strengths & Accepting Flaws

One of my favorite leadership books is The Extraordinary Leader by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman. In this book, the authors offer a number of…

Dr. Larry Richard May 16, 2016

Forum Magazine Exclusive: Reflections on Innovation in the Legal Industry

In The Conversation, a column in Thomson Reuters' Forum magazine, Jan-Coos Geesink, managing director of Thomson Reuters, Legal, UK & Ireland, spoke with Reena Sengupta, owner of RSG…

Forum Magazine May 16, 2016

Straight Talk Between Corporate Clients and Their Law Firms: Inaction Has Consequences

A significant conversation occurred at a ground-breaking forum last week in San Francisco. The conversation: The importance of straight talk between corporate clients and their…

Ralph Baxter May 12, 2016

Midsize Law Managing Partner Roundtable: Cybersecurity, Legal Tech & the Changing Workforce

In late March, Tommy Williams, vice president of Large & Medium Law Firms at Thomson Reuters, and I had the opportunity to host a roundtable…

Charlotte Rushton May 10, 2016

Advice to the New Managing Partner: Know Thyself and Thy Firm

Becoming a managing partner may be the pinnacle of many lawyers’ careers within their firm; however, such a sought-after role holds many heady pressures and…

Gregg Wirth May 09, 2016

Moving Women Lawyers Forward: Education, Experience & Bias

Why are women lawyers not succeeding in the legal profession in proportion to the number of women graduating from law school? By this time —…

Kimberly Johnson May 05, 2016

White Paper: How the Cloud Can Help Shape Law Firms’ Data Security Efforts

Cloud technology has offered a new opportunity for users — including law firm and corporations — to take their data sharing, storage and networking responsibilities into…

Alexander Major May 05, 2016

PMI Rises in First Quarter: Biggest 1Q Demand Gain Since 2012

EAGAN, Minn. — The Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the large law firm market, rose two points…

Peer Monitor May 02, 2016