Practice Engineering

2020 State of US Small Law Firms: While many firms talk about challenges, some make changes

While nearly every aspect of American life has undergone significant change this year due to the pandemic and ensuing economic crisis, some things have remained…

Legal Executive Institute September 02, 2020

The Am Law 200: “Envy and its Discontents”

This 3-part series was written by Bruce MacEwen and Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. In the previous installment of this three-part series analyzing the recently…

Legal Executive Institute August 19, 2020

Economic upheaval is an opportunity for “reimagining law firms,” panel says

A months-long pandemic, the largest protest movement in U.S. history, an uncertain economic outlook — or in other words, the perfect context in which to…

Peter Neal August 14, 2020

APIs: The cardiovascular system of the legal platform

Previously, we discussed how platforms create an ecosystem or environment that allow people and businesses to interact and accomplish tasks and ultimately create a network…

Joseph Raczynski August 12, 2020

What the heck is a legal platform & why does it matter now?

In the past, I’ve spoke about a possible tsunami of change within the legal industry. It is something I have been carefully watching for several…

Joseph Raczynski August 04, 2020

Managing the teleworking office

Over the past four months, and with only limited advance preparation, organizations all over the United States embarked on an unprecedented experiment in distributed, remote…

Conrad Jacoby July 28, 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

Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: How does the US & the UK match-up in legal?

In the next decade legal knowledge will be a skill, not a practice. The assumption is that knowledge is table stakes, and technology is now…

Joseph Raczynski June 30, 2020

Achieving the balance: Strategic innovation in law firms

By definition, strategic innovation is an enabler to a law firm’s success. It is not the means, like new software or other technological advancements; rather…

Edson Kawabata June 29, 2020

How not to think about the 2020 Am Law 200

This 3-part series was written by Bruce MacEwen and Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. “Don’t think of elephants,” runs the childhood taunt, with the…

Legal Executive Institute June 25, 2020

Law firm money woes: Flattening the cash flow curve

We all know that the pandemic has affected every industry in the world, including the legal industry. Already, we’ve seen that law firms are reducing…

Audrey Rubin June 11, 2020

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