Design your own law firm: A Law21 lawyer survey
Not for the first time, and probably not the last, I find myself reading reports from the legal marketplace and wondering why lawyers are asleep at the switch. The latest head-scratcher comes courtesy...
View ArticleSo you designed a law firm: Your survey results
Previously on Law21 … after discussing the apparent disconnect between what lawyers seem to believe they can accomplish within law firms and what they’re actually empowered to do, I set up a brief...
View ArticleWhat leadership really means
I recently had the opportunity to speak with John Kain, managing partner of Kain C + C Lawyers in Adelaide, Australia. John’s company (it’s an incorporated legal practice, not a firm), which...
View ArticleHow to bring about change in law firms
(Note to readers: Pursuant to the terms of the New Author Self-Promotion Act of 2006, please be advised the statutory maximum of three (3) plugs for my new book will appear in this post. Thank you.)...
View ArticleFight the future
Most law firm retreats are not what you’d call somber exercises in austerity. Lawyers don’t go out that often, but when they do, they usually go in style. Smaller firms might gather in high-end lodges...
View ArticleTomorrow’s law firm, today
When I spoke at the Lexpo ’17 legal technology conference in Amsterdam earlier this year, I had the good fortune to finally meet Jacky Wetzels of Salesmoves (a Dutch consultancy specializing in...
View ArticleBreak the law firm business model
The ABA’s Center for Innovation, where I serve as an advisory board member, asked me to submit a post for its excellent new blog. I was happy to send them this takedown of the traditional law firm,...
View ArticleWe’re here for a good time, not a long time
In the spirit of Casey Flaherty’s recent excellent post “Me Being Wrong,” I’m starting off the year with an admission of (at least) one thing about law firms I’ve totally swung and missed on. In some...
View ArticleBurn the ships
Someone emailed me the other day to ask whether I had contracted COVID-19, because I hadn’t posted anything here in several months. I took that as a hint to start writing again. I’m fine, fortunately,...
View ArticleThe end of serendipity
I plan to write about law firms a little less often in future, as part of a shift in the focus of my work (more about that in an upcoming post). But lately I’ve been thinking about the lessons law...
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