Process Management

“Industry” Should be THE Critical Component of Your Firm’s Overall Strategy

We continue our blog series, presented by Patrick J. McKenna and Michael Rynowecer, on the value to your law firm of having an Industry Focus…

Patrick J. McKenna April 08, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: As Law Becomes More Complex, Teaming Becomes More Crucial, Says Eric Garner, Managing Partner at Best Best & Krieger

We begin a new monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each month will feature conversations with law firm Chief Executive…

Rose D. Ors April 08, 2020

Securing Your Practice’s Future: Succeed by Going Digital — Now!

I’ve written before about putting a strategic plan in place to improve your law firm’s business development, among other subjects. Yet, fully 73% of small…

Mark Haddad April 07, 2020

A Big Decision that Law Firms Need to Make Now (Part 2)

In the first part of this blog series, I discussed the mismatch between clients and their law firms in negotiations over pricing and deliver of…

Kevin Doolan April 07, 2020

Crisis Management: 6 Actions to Get You Through the Next 6 Months

There is little doubt that the world is in crisis mode now, and it’s often difficult to know what to be doing with clients to…

Jen Dezso April 03, 2020

Does Talking with Your Lawyer Make You Happy? It Can, but It Depends on the Lawyer

Like so many others, I’ve spent a good amount of time recently looking for examples of how the current crisis is changing how law firms…

Bill Josten April 01, 2020

General Counsel Q&A: “A Firm Should Give Straightforward, Clear & Practical Advice” Says Reuters GC Gail Gove

Gail Gove, General Counsel at Reuters, recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Litigation (PLJ) about managing a global team of lawyers, the value of…

Thomson Reuters Institute March 31, 2020

A Big Decision on Strategy that Law Firms Need to Make Now (Part 1)

In my role in academia and consulting, I get to work with law firm partners from around the world and to meet and talk to…

Kevin Doolan March 31, 2020

The Mission Continues Post-Launch: Measure and Engage to Optimize Legal Operations (Part 2)

On August 25, 2003, a McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its’ payload, NASA's Spitzer telescope, was the size of a…

Marc Jenkins March 24, 2020

Small Law Firms, Take Advantage of Your Agility in Times of Struggle

A lot of law firms are suddenly finding themselves treading water in uncharted territory. Courts are closed. Deals are on hold. Clients’ businesses are facing…

Bill Josten March 24, 2020

Pricing & Procurement: What I Learned About RFP Software

As a proposal consultant I must admit that I don’t always love using Request for Proposal (RFP) software when responding to a bid. I have…

Nancey Watson March 18, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: How to Create a Culture of Feedback

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 corporate…

Irene Liu March 17, 2020