Who are these “enterprising lawyers”? Actually, they are easy to spot. Look for the more engaged and happier lawyers in the crowd. Deeply invested in the power of the work they do for their clients, they have ample interests beyond the practice ...
The Editors - August 11, 2014What’s the biggest predictor of a law firm’s success? Hint: It’s not the firm’s bottom line. 1. Clients are canaries. Research into seven failed professional services firms, four of which were law firms, indicates declining client satisfaction ...
The Editors - July 25, 2014Recently, I was blown away by how awesome a fellow lawyer’s office is. It’s not very big, but it has a standing desk by a window that overlooks downtown Phoenix, opening up the rest of the space for an oversize leather couch and armchair. I ...
Ruth Carter - June 11, 2014There's a lot of talk about lawyers and blogging. But do many really — blog, that is? If they do, how do they possibly find the time? And does blogging really bring them new clients? Yeah, we've wondered that, too. So we'll be speaking with a ...
The Editors - June 2, 2014At LexThink 2014, Gwynne Monahan started her six-minute speech on the given theme, "The End of Irrelevance," with a creative analogy: Strawberry Pop-Tarts. Here's her take on how data can transform the way you look at, well, just about anything.
Gwynne Monahan - May 26, 2014You’ve heard the buzzword “NewLaw”. You’ve seen the hashtag. And perhaps you’ve found yourself asking, at some point, “Just what is ‘NewLaw’? More importantly, why should I be remotely interested ...
Jordan Furlong - May 16, 2014Anyone who's seen movies like "The Terminator," "Minority Report," "Ironman" and beyond has seen the marriage of technology and fashion. There’s a giant laundry list of wearable gadgets that grace the silver screen. Only now, wearable technology ...
Chelsey Lambert - May 12, 2014Solo and small firm lawyers are very much like "baseball men" prior to the Moneyball conversion. Once certain teams started making decisions based on hard numbers, rather than suppositions and unrefined projections, the new-school teams were ...
Jared Correia - May 6, 2014It’s simple math, actually. You can fiddle around with yearly billables expectations, “pieces of the pie” and annual hourly rate adjustments — and even stop stocking free coffee in the break room. But your ability to build a legal business that ...
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - April 22, 2014The Legal Marketing Association (LMA) held its annual conference last week in Orlando, Florida, attended by more than 1,200 professional marketers. The buzz focused on a range of topics, from adapting to the “new normal” and sophisticated ...
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