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Aligning Mentoring Programs with Core Competency Models
Attorney development has many goals, but the primary objective is to improve client satisfaction through consistent quality lawyers who perform in a cost-effective way. That is a long way of saying our goal is to increase client value. All of our other objectives relate to that primary goal, whether it is associate retention, developing core competencies, or enhancing supervisory skills.
In order to achieve those goals, law firms have adopted competency models as well as formal mentoring programs. Competencies are the skills and behaviors needed for success in the practice of law. On the one hand, we would hope that law schools teach and develop those skills; however, years of experience have taught us that lawyers are made, trained and mentored on the job rather than trained in law schools.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.