Process Management

Curious Minds: Legal needs to overcome its “imagination problem,” says Olga V. Mack, CEO at Parley Pro

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 May 04, 2020

Data-Driven Law Firm Financial Performance & Profitability Analytics for the Next Wave

In January, I conducted a law firm sentiment survey that asked how firms performed in 2019 and whether 2020 would bring more or less favorable…

Mark Medice April 30, 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

2020 State of Corporate Law Departments Infographic: 4 Main Takeaways

It comes as no surprise that amid the current crisis, the heavy pressure that corporate law departments were under on many fronts before has only…

Thomson Reuters Institute 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…

Thomson Reuters Institute April 28, 2020

U.S. Bank Legal Operations: Key to Achieving Success Is an Expansive Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Caren Ulrich Stacy, CEO of Diversity Lab, earlier this month urged law firm leaders to “double down on diversity” as part of her “recession advice.”…

Natalie Runyon April 27, 2020

Why Your Business Professional Team is Critical to Your Firm’s Viability Right Now

In recent weeks, the headlines say it all. Law firms are doing everything possible to minimize the economic downturn and the ongoing financial woes created…

Susan Raridon Lambreth April 27, 2020

Monitoring Client Industries & Planning for the Pandemic Aftershock

Amid the fast-paced consequences of this global COVID-19 pandemic, it is already a given that every law firm must now adapt to dramatic and rapidly changing…

Patrick J. McKenna April 22, 2020

Law Firm Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis: Current Actions & Future Challenges

Over the past few weeks, the legal industry, like the rest of the economy, has struggled with how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Essentially…

James W. Jones April 21, 2020

Maintaining Technological Competence as a Lawyer

More and more courts and bar associations have revised their ethics rules to specifically state that lawyers must have some level of technological competence to…

Conrad Jacoby April 21, 2020

State of Corporate Law Departments Report: Adapting to the New Needs of 2020

Corporate law departments are under heavy pressure on many fronts, and the current pandemic crisis that is seeing the way work is done upended across…

Thomson Reuters Institute April 21, 2020

UPFRONT & PERSONAL: During Crisis, We Should “Lean into Our Values & Culture,” Says Tonya Robinson, Vice Chair & GC of KPMG

We continue our monthly feature, Upfront & Personal, a column created by Rose Ors that brings “the person behind the title” to the forefront in interviews with some…

Rose D. Ors April 20, 2020