by Bruce | September 25, 2012 | Articles, Law Schools, Leadership
Just a few weeks hence, starting Thursday 11 October, Georgetown Law, under the umbrella of its Executive Education Programs, will be kicking off this year’s “Law Firm Leadership Program: Developing Effective Skills for Leading and Managing...
by Bruce | September 20, 2012 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
For some time, I’ve been struggling with how to characterize in pithy short-hand what our industry has been experiencing since almost four years ago to the day when Lehman Bros. collapsed. How about Economy I and Economy II? I steal the phrase from the...
by Bruce | September 18, 2012 | About the Site, Articles
And you could win a $200 AMEX gift check. Yes, faithful readers will recall that periodically we ask you to participate in a very brief (<3 minutes) Reader Survey. Why do we do this and what’s in it for you? A few reasons: Those who complete the survey may...
by Bruce | September 16, 2012 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Our third installment in this series addresses partner expectations. Here’s the problem: There’s about to be a collision with reality. Let’s start with some data. In the quarter century since the The American Lawyer first published the AmLaw 100,...
by Bruce | September 10, 2012 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Welcome to the second installment of “Growth is Dead:” Our topic for today is excess capacity. Let’s start with overall supply of new lawyers, which is the font of everything else. Thanks to the redoubtable Prof. Paul Campos (University of Colorado...
by Bruce | September 6, 2012 | Articles, Technology strategy
E-discovery: Foe or friend? You’re invited to find out. This coming Wednesday, September 12 at 1:00 pm Eastern, I’ll be moderating an hour-long webinar, “Everything you know about e-discovery that’s wrong.” Sponsored by our good friends...