by Bruce | March 25, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
When I wrote about the Baker-Robbins/LegalWorks KM conference, I purposely left out the most impressive application/presentation of them all: Morrison & Foerster’s Oz Benamram discussing "AnswerBase," the firm’s new KM system which will...
by Bruce | March 24, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Knowledge Counsel Forum, Westin Times Square, March 23–24, 2006 Sponsored by Baker Robbins and West Legalworks I attended this conference and want to report on it. I don’t plan to cover this as a court reporter or even as a conventional journalist on a...
by Bruce | March 21, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation to the New Jersey Area regional meeting of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) on "Leadership Principles for Technology Managers." Topics I’ll address include: What Leadership is Not (hint:...
by Bruce | March 19, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
I doubt I need point out to any of my readers the front-page story in today’s Sunday New York Times’ Business Section (above the fold, even!) headlined, "Up the Down Staircase: Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms," but in...
by Bruce | March 18, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be teaching the core/required course, "Strategic Technology & Innovation" at SUNY/Stony Brook’s MBA program for law firm leaders. The program starts the last week of April—in just a few...
by Bruce | March 17, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Two weeks ago I posed the question, "Is there a natural limit to the size of global law firms?," and I invited you all to vote on various possible answers starting with "No; like global accounting firms and banks, they can grow to the sky," through...