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Big Law’s Next Competitive Edge: Building the Internal Culture Engine

The growth firms are enjoying right now has expanded the cost base — talent, technology, real estate — faster than the operating model has adapted to support it. That gap is not closed by another lease, another mandate, another lateral, or another tool. It is closed by deliberately rebuilding the operating system for the firm that actually exists, rather than the one that existed in 2019.

8 minute readApril 30, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Patricia Nagy
Big Law’s Next Competitive Edge: Building the Internal Culture Engine

What happens when the operating system that ran a profession for 50 years quietly breaks, and nobody rebuilds it?

You get Big Law in 2026. Lateral churn at record volumes despite record signing bonuses.

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