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Scorecards and Client Book Due Diligence Can Improve Lateral Hiring Performance Image

Scorecards and Client Book Due Diligence Can Improve Lateral Hiring Performance

Eric Dewey

The lateral partner challenge is, essentially, a vetting challenge. And yet, few law firms take a strategic approach to vetting and hiring laterals.

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Pandemic Drives Law Firms and Clients to Common Ground on Pricing Image

Pandemic Drives Law Firms and Clients to Common Ground on Pricing

Dan Packel

The current circumstances are giving rise to conversations about pricing, and driving both sides of the law firm-client relationship to seek common ground — both in the form of tried-and-true alternative fee arrangements and those that reflect a more innovative approach.

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Digital Dive: The Digital Buyer's Journey: How to Nurture Your Potential Clients Image

Digital Dive: The Digital Buyer's Journey: How to Nurture Your Potential Clients

Spencer X. Smith

Is there an elegant and effective way to use the power of online media to nurture your potential clients? Yes, and here's a process to follow for each of the steps of that journey:

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Providing Superior Value to Clients In a Rocky Economic Climate Image

Providing Superior Value to Clients In a Rocky Economic Climate

Roger E. Barton

What kinds of firms are best positioned to provide superior value to clients and why this is such a critical consideration in the current economic climate.

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Firms Adding Financial Analysts to Calculate Profitability

Andrew Maloney

Law firms are increasingly adding new staff members and software to calculate their profitability, helping firms determine partner compensation and make other business decisions.

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How ALSPs Can Effect Law Firms' Bottom Line Image

How ALSPs Can Effect Law Firms' Bottom Line

Chad Van Horn

As alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) continue to take root with significant growth across the legal world, law firms have to consider how these niche companies affect their bottom line and how to react to this burgeoning parallel industry.

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For the New Year, Copy High Growth Firms by Prioritizing Marketing Investment Image

For the New Year, Copy High Growth Firms by Prioritizing Marketing Investment

Bill Josten

Firms must be cautious as they re-examine budget priorities to not underestimate the harm that can be caused by failing to consider the long-range damage that can be done to a firm's brand by cutting back too much on their marketing efforts.

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AI Is Calling Time On the Billable Hour Image

AI Is Calling Time On the Billable Hour

Jason Brennan

The game has changed substantially for law firms today — the evolution of the legal business model is underway and artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a big role in calling time on the billable hour.

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For the New Year, Copy High Growth Firms By Prioritizing Marketing Investment Image

For the New Year, Copy High Growth Firms By Prioritizing Marketing Investment

Bill Josten

In the chaos of this past year, it is easy to lose sight of long-term priorities for the sake of addressing short-term crises. Firms must be cautious as they re-examine budget priorities to not underestimate the harm that can be caused by failing to consider the long-range damage that can be done to a firm's brand by cutting back too much on their marketing efforts.

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Late Year Collections Could Make or Break 2020 Profitability Image

Late Year Collections Could Make or Break 2020 Profitability

Lizzy McLellan

Success in 2020 is likely to come down to who your clients are. If they were hit hard by the pandemic that will trickle down to their vendors, including law firms. But for others, the top line could come out nearly unscathed.

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