Practice Engineering

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

Supporting ‘hot desking’ & office hoteling with technology

In a special edition of our Practice Innovations newsletter, we are looking at the immediate challenges facing the legal industry and the solutions and opportunities…

Sally Gonzalez May 21, 2020

How work gets done in midsize law firms: Identifying & overcoming changes in workflow

Like their larger competitors, midsize law firms are facing the formidable task of managing a legal workforce that has shifted almost completely to remote working.…

Legal Executive Institute May 20, 2020

PMI Q1 2020 analysis: Firms begin to cut overhead expenditures

As the country’s response to COVID-19 ramped up in the final two weeks of March, including lockdowns and shuttering of businesses deemed non-essential, uncertainty for…

Isaac Brooks May 20, 2020

Operational checklist for reopening your law firm

In a Special Edition of our Practice Innovations newsletter, we will be looking at the immediate challenges facing the legal industry and the solutions and…

William P. Scarbrough May 18, 2020

What to do with your industry focus when your chosen industry falters

After writing about the need for law firms to establish an industry focus for some time, I received the following question recently from an industry…

Patrick J. McKenna May 14, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: Crisis response shows the “the best of our all-hands-on-deck culture,” says Chris Jagel, CEO of Harris Beach

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 May 13, 2020

Securing Your Practice’s Future: Helping your law firm’s practice areas evolve

Previously, I’ve written that “you catch the fish in the ponds you fish in.” For your law firm, that means not only do you attract…

Mark Haddad May 12, 2020

Process improvement & project management in the new “new normal”

While I have been going on in several blog posts, podcasts and recent speaking engagements, about the renewed need for process improvement and project management…

Frederick J. Esposito, Jr., MBA, CLM May 07, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: How to make stronger workplaces during the pandemic

We continue our new blog series, Using Your Platform for Good, in which author Irene Liu, General Counsel of Checkr, expands on crucial topics of…

Irene Liu May 04, 2020

In the Pandemic, Exceptions to DMS Work Processes Can No Longer Be the Norm

Law firms have an inglorious history of internal non-compliance with security and information governance policies, such as around their document management system (DMS). Now, however,…

Joshua Fireman April 28, 2020

In the Current Crisis, Your Firm Needs You to be Both a Manager & a Leader

This 2-blog series was written by Bruce MacEwen and Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. In the first installment of this two-part series, we talked…

Legal Executive Institute April 28, 2020