by Bruce | November 17, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
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...
by Bruce | November 15, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
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...
by Bruce | November 12, 2004 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Technology strategy
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...
by Bruce | November 11, 2004 | Articles, Technology strategy
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 Bruce | November 10, 2004 | Articles, Ineffable
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,...
by Bruce | November 8, 2004 | Articles, Ineffable
I look forward with delight to being invited to guest-lecture at Indiana University School of Law/Bloomington in Prof. William Henderson’s "The Law Firm as a Business Organization" course. I fly out there early tomorrow morning. Full report when...
