by Bruce | March 20, 2011 | Articles, Law Schools
When Slate writes about it, it’s entered the mainstream. In this case, that would be the “whopping” 11.5% year over year drop in the number of applicants to law schools nationwide. The headline is “Why the law school bubble is bursting,”...
by Bruce | March 12, 2011 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management
I’d like to bring to your attention an all-day seminar happening here in midtown New York on Thursday, March 24th, sponsored by the Ark Group and Managing Partner magazine, on Value-Billing Fee Arrangements and Legal Service Logistics.Here’s the rundown of...
by Bruce | March 10, 2011 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership
A couple of weeks ago I learned that the legal department of Kraft Foods issued its “Adam Smith” award, for innovation in the delivery of legal services, to Clifford Chance, and Kraft intends it to be an annual award. I was curious to learn more. The first...
by Bruce | March 7, 2011 | Articles, Leadership
Don’t forget to the take the Law Firm Leadership Survey co-sponsored by Adam Smith, Esq., and Vault.com, Inc., the leading online career intelligence site.The survey will take less than three minutes and participants who wish to receive the results can sign up...
by Bruce | March 6, 2011 | Articles, Leadership, Practice Group Management
As a management consultant to law firms, perhaps the most consistently infuriating phenomenon I encounter (all the time and everywhere, I’m deeply sorry to report) is transparently bogus strategic advice. Here are some examples: Have a struggling office? Hire...
by Bruce | February 28, 2011 | Articles, Leadership, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
We’ve all heard the sad news that Joe Flom died Wednesday at age 87. (WSJ, The American Lawyer, The New York Times, DealBook) Over 20 years ago, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of The American Lawyer, Steve Brill wrote a profile of Joe, and...