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A.I.: Friend or foe? Webinar–You’re Invited!
Thursday May 2nd: 11:00 a.m. – 12 noon Eastern Time (US and Canada) How is A.I. impacting BigLaw? Bruce, Janet and the esteemed Toby Brown of DV8 Legal Strategies will discuss the ways Gen A.I. is impacting law firm business models and what the implications are... read more +“Modern” = “Dumbing Down?”
A trend emerging, I believe, from the competitive landscape is that the AmLaw 100 are "pulling away," competitively, from the AmLaw 101-200. So when a star among the "second 100," like Boies-Schiller, misses a calendar deadline that goes all...
Human Capital Management
The Holy Grail of assembling the most potent and effective team for a client matter is, simply put, to have the right people in the right place at the right time. Wal-Mart (and other companies like Toyota) have achieved this with inventory and supplies; what...
McKinsey on Knowledge Management
A theme of this blog is that the "default" approach to issues in law firm management should be that much can be learned from the enormous literature on corporate management. In other words, barring unusual circumstances unique to the profession (which...
Law Technology News Award Nominees (2004-2005)
Just four weeks left to nominate the best technology users in the legal profession for Law Technology News's Annual Awards, in these categories: IT Director Champion of Technology Most Innovative use of Technology by a Law Firm Most Innovative use of Technology by an...
Groves of Academe
Back from the truly lovely Midwest oasis of Bloomington, Indiana (approx. 40 miles south of Indianapolis), where I had the pleasure of guest-lecturing to a group of 30 or so smart, inquisitive, and polite-but-challenging 2L's and 3L's. Bloomington, and the...
