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Is the American Legal Profession a Guild?
This is one in our occasional series of excerpts from my yet-to-be-published new book, treating, among other things, the historic roots of our profession tracing back to medieval guilds. I hope you enjoy, and, more importantly, that you provide any feedback,... read more +Practice Group Management & Business Plans
A theme I want to develop, and which I've alluded to before, is the impact that "Practice Group Management" can have on a firm's strategy, cohesiveness, and profitability. What is "practice group management," in a nutshell? It's...
Are Your CIO and Your Managing Partner on Speaking Terms?
You may not be familiar with the name Michael Schrage, but as an early founder of MIT's path-breaking Media Lab, and as a gifted writer no matter the topic, he's someone I read whenever I come across him. His latest piece is in the elastic and forgiving...
Blogosphere Meets Real World: A Gift
Back from four days in California (Laguna) for Christmas, seeing my wife Janet's parents. No matter how many Christmas's I have spent in California or, earlier in my life, Florida (Sarasota, where my parents retired), I simply cannot get used to waking up the...
Merry Christmas
"Adam Smith, Esq." was born early last year, and, as the calendar inevitably rolls over, I want to wish each and every reader a Merry Christmas, and the most propitious of New Year's, reflecting whatever your hearts most desire and your dreams most aspire...
How to Change Everything
More from the redoubtable FT about what may transpire from marketplace forces released after (the widely expected) adoption of the Clementi Commission recommendations in the UK. (If you don't know what the Clementi Commission is, as one of my law professors...