It is hard to believe that less that 20 years ago law firm partners followed a relatively safe and dignified trajectory from junior partner through retirement.. American Lawyer Media released a report this week: “Up or Out: When Partners Need to Go.” which paints a grim and unsettling landscape of partner termination practices in large
I
do
Here are some of the topics to be discussed:
The latest issue of Practice Innovations from Thomson Reuters was just released and it includes an interesting array of articles of interest to law firm executives. The lead article focuses on the Global Practice of Law. The rest of the articles focus on various aspects of how technology, law firm economics and changing demands are impacting how we work
This week ALM Legal Intelligence released : Diving In… Or Baby Steps – Legal Process Outsourcing in Corporate Legal Departments.
The survey which was conducted in the Summer of 2013 surveyed corporate legal departments regarding their views on legal outsourcing.. The survey defined outsourcing as sending work to a non-law firm entity either in the
“In recent years fewer business leaders have come from the ranks of lawyers. Our intention with the Doctoroff program is to go ‘back to the future’ and reestablish the JD as a compelling option for anyone who is bright, ambitious, and ready to become a leader in business.” — Dean Michael Schill
Last
The most recent issue of the British Legal publication The Lawyer, includes a series of articles which predict global and regional trends in the legal profession. This is a follow up to a 2008 article which attempted to predict the legal world of 2013. They provide a scorecard on their 2008 predictions.
For this