Managing a Law Firm
There is a timeless truth in our profession that every attorney eventually confronts: being a brilliant legal tactician does not automatically make you a successful business owner. Running a modern law firm requires an entirely separate skillset—one that balances financial precision, operational scaling, and team culture.
If you are ready to stop firefighting administrative tasks and start building a highly profitable, scalable enterprise on your own terms, explore our complete, interactive master handbook: Managing a Law Firm: The Modern Partner’s Blueprint.
For targeted strategies, quick operational toolkits, and curated expert columns, browse our deep-dive archives directly below.
Sponsored | Consider the 2017 Thomson Reuters State of Small Law Firm Report which reveals that more than one in 10 law firms don’t even bother to measure profits or revenues.
Thomson Reuters - October 19, 2018
How can you make sure clients still feel as good about you at the end of their matter as they did at the start? It's a matter of trust.
Dustin Cole - October 16, 2018
What are the most innovative lawyers up to? Dan Lear shares what he learned at the 2018 Clio Cloud Conference.
Dan Lear - October 9, 2018
What law firms can learn from elite rowing teams and their esprit de corps.
Elizabeth Ferris - October 5, 2018
Sometimes your personal life takes priority and distracts you from work. Without good systems in place, distracted lawyering may lead to a professional crash.
Megan Zavieh - October 4, 2018
Cast aside the mundane law firm event and spare your clients another evening of cheese squares and chardonnay.
Heather Harrington - October 3, 2018
Five suggestions from Paul Burton to help you stay focused and make the most of your time today.
Paul H. Burton - October 2, 2018
In this timely new book, Amy Timmer and Matthew Cristiano describe how episodic "60-minute" mentoring works — and you can use it to become a better law student, lawyer and colleague.
Joan Feldman - September 25, 2018
In Part One of his series on productivity in the modern global workplace, Paul Burton shares six strategies for leveraging distributed work environments.
Paul H. Burton - September 5, 2018
HIPPA? HiPAA? HIPPO? Simple steps for teaching autocorrect settings to catch your most common spelling mistakes — and save you time.
Jeremy W. Richter - August 31, 2018
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