by Bruce | April 19, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
I’m back from the two-day "Future of the Global Law Firm" symposium at Georgetown Law School, which was organized by Prof. Mitt Regan of Georgetown, Prof. Larry Ribstein of the University of Illinois, and myself. You may read other coverage of this...
by Bruce | April 17, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
I’m at the Georgetown Law Conference on the "Future of the Global Law Firm" for the next couple of days. I’ll try to report in as close to real time as I can, but whether or not I achieve that objective, look here on "Adam Smith, Esq."...
by Bruce | April 16, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
In this economic environment of little visibility going forward and indeed little transparency into the health of the transactional practices at the moment, you may find yourself struggling to meet partners’ expectations for a continuation of the double-digit...
by Bruce | April 12, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management
First comes an FT story on clients demanding more "diversity" in City firms, then a followup letter attributing high female turnover to late night hours, next a WSJ Law Blog piece on how to keep female talent on the partnership track (featuring insights from...
by Bruce | April 10, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Here at "Adam Smith, Esq." I’ve written about Knowledge Management a fair amount, since it’s my belief that knowledge is what law firms sell. But despite the (I believe) inarguable centrality of KM to what we do, there are three enormous problems...
by Bruce | April 10, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership
The American Lawyer today takes note of the last opening day of the season of baseball’s New York Mets to take place at their home stadium since 1964, Shea Stadium. It was simpler days when Shea opened, and days when a mere lawyer-cum-power broker could actually...