by Bruce | October 21, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy, Technology strategy
Inflamed election-year rhetoric aside, outsourcing has arrived. According to Forrester Research, just over 40,000 lawyer jobs will be sourced abroad by 2015 (about 8% of total projected lawyer employment). Financial services and IT shops recognized the...
by Bruce | October 21, 2004 | About the Site, Articles, Leadership, Strategy
I am happy to report that I will have an opportunity to write for the "Management" column that appears monthly in The American Lawyer. The column’s target audience is managing partners/managing committees, executive directors, practice group...
by Bruce | October 20, 2004 | About the Site, Articles
In response to reader inquiries, here is the "other" course that addresses law firms as businesses: Taught at Michigan Law School by adjunct professor Karl Lutz, who was a senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago and served on the firm’s...
by Bruce | October 19, 2004 | About the Site, Articles
Introducing William Henderson, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School/Bloomington. Bill will be an occasional guest blogger on "Adam Smith, Esq.," as he and I are collaborating on the "Law Firm Research Project"...
by Bruce | October 19, 2004 | Articles, Ineffable
Are the nation’s most successful litigators and trial lawyers predominately graduates of elite national law schools? Surprisingly, the answer is both yes and no—it depends whether the lawyer is representing the plaintiff or the defense. Let me first cover the...
by Bruce | October 18, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
"Business intelligence" software? Who could argue with that? Actually, it would help to be able to define it first, so particularly if this is a new jargon-bite to you, the always-insightful and articulate Monica Bay is a must-read. ...
