Process Management

The Crossroads of Innovation and Punctuation

I’m fortunate to be able to attend a lot of legal industry events as part of my job. And, almost without exception, I hear something…

Bill Josten November 25, 2019

Harnessing Collective Knowledge: An Interview with Schulte Roth’s KM Special Counsel Patrick Dundas (Part 1)

Law firms are quickly waking up to the vital need to utilize the collective knowledge of their organization and allow their lawyers to access this…

David Curle November 21, 2019

“Show Me the Math”: The Importance of Cost Estimates in the New Legal Marketplace

Gone are the days when a law firm would provide their corporate client with a cost estimate for a matter that was based solely on…

Richard Brzakala November 20, 2019

Forum Magazine: The Bryan Cave Case Study — How Data is Used in Firms

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has for many years recognized the importance of leveraging data and adopting a data-driven approach to decision making across three…

Thomson Reuters Institute November 19, 2019

CURIOUS MINDS: Talking with Adam Sterling, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Business

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds” which was created and written by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and…

Rose D. Ors November 18, 2019

Clayton Utz Case Study: How One Firm Increased Representation Among Women Partners by 67% in Five Years

Kate Jordan, Deputy Chief Executive Partner for People and Development at Clayton Utz — one of Australia's leading law firms — sat down with Jackie…

Natalie Runyon November 13, 2019

Despite the Clichés, Strategy is an Elusive, Complex Concept for Law Firms, Panel Says

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry NEW YORK — What do law firms mean by strategy? All law…

Gregg Wirth November 13, 2019

Forum Magazine: New CLOC President Talks about the Importance of Legal Ops 2.0

Undoubtedly one of the most significant developments in the legal industry over the past several years has been the changing face of the corporate legal…

Gina Jurva November 12, 2019

The 2019 Law Firm Business Leaders Report: Listening to the Business Side of the Law Firm

Most legal market surveys focus on law firm partners, and understandably so. With law firm C-suites becoming the rule rather than the exception, it’s important…

Barb McGivern November 12, 2019

Tracking “Trends & Annoyances”: ILTA’s Annual Technology Survey

The International Legal Technology Association's (ILTA's) 2019 Technology Survey results are in; and although the full report is available for purchase, a well-done Executive Summary…

David Curle November 11, 2019

Forum Magazine: Transparent Pricing — Legal Services Sold with a Price Tag, Not a Running Meter

The global legal service market will grow to more than $1 trillion after 2020. That is quite impressive — however, to the corporate clients who…

Petra van Hilst November 05, 2019

The State of Legal Pricing: Whither Rational Pricing?

This article was co-authored by Toby Brown, Chief Practice Management Officer at Perkins Coie, and Jill Nelson, Senior Director of Product and Business Management at OnePlace…

Thomson Reuters Institute October 22, 2019