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Shout Out to Kirkland
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. We generally eschew commenting on daily comings-and-goings in Law Land. We make an exception here, because this is actually huge news. I’m speaking about Kirkland’s decision to stop disclosing financial info... read more +The State of the CIO (2004)
CIO's of law firms (and CFO's, and CMO's, and C[X]O's) face a job not conceptually distinct from that of their peers at similarly-sized corporations. That's why this 2004 "State of the CIO" survey is valuable reading. Sure, law firms as private...
The AmLaw Associate Satisfaction Survey: Data or Inkblot?
The American Lawyer's annual associates satisfaction survey is here (full version) and here (summary ranking), and I'll have some deeper analysis coming up. But for now, my initial reaction as an armchair statistician and amateur student of market research...
“We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Strategy”
Rare is the law firm that goes through the hard, nay soul-searching, work of developing a strategic plan. The good news is that for the huge majority of firms none is needed: They're small, local shops; or they pursue the specialties and interests of their...
Blogging the “Knowledge Counsel Forum”
Thanks to the estimable Michael Mills, Director of Professional Services and Systems at Davis-Polk, who's leading the event, and to the generous David Craig of Baker-Robbins, who's sponsoring it, I'll be blogging the Knowledge Counsel Forum here in New York on October...
The Dynamics of Conflicts
"Wanted: Law Firm to Sue the UK's Big Five Banks" is the headline of this piece at The Lawyer. They report that, per their "research," 26 of the top 30 UK firms in the "Lawyer 100" are conflicted out of acting against any of...