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Leading Legal Department Trends for 2024

Wendy King & David Horrigan

Recent research based on interviews with chief legal officers around the globe found that the increased scope and scale of risk now facing corporations is driving change in how legal teams set their strategies, leverage technology and manage operations.

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Is Big Law Ending Its Roller Coaster Ride of Volatility? Image

Is Big Law Ending Its Roller Coaster Ride of Volatility?

Andrew Maloney

It's still early in 2024, but law firms may finally be disembarking from a nearly four-year "roller coaster" of volatility, and returning to something that more closely resembles the pre-pandemic era.

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AI and Hospitality: Transforming Law Firm Workplaces for the Future Image

AI and Hospitality: Transforming Law Firm Workplaces for the Future

Anthony Davies

As the world ushers in a new era post-pandemic of hybrid operations, it's really no surprise that workplace experience is a top, strategic lever law firm leaders are driving in conjunction with re-envisioning the space their professionals are occupying.

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Strategic Planning for 2024: New Considerations for Legal Industry Leaders

Yuliya LaRoe

The business landscape over the last few years has been changing at an ever-increasing speed, and 2024 promises to be no different. To effectively navigate the challenges and opportunities that present themselves, leaders need to adopt a fresh approach to strategic planning.

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White Box vs. Black Box Compensation Systems

J. Mark Santiago

Having a compensation system that clearly outlines partner expectations, provides the partners with the ability to validate the results by communicating the results back to them does more to build collegiality than an opaque system that, by its design, promotes distrust and ill will among partners.

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The Case for Partnering with a Financial Advisor

Bryce Sanders

Unless you carry the correct licenses, it makes sense to develop a relationship with several financial advisors and refer business from time to time.

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Five Trends that Promise to Impact the Legal Workplace In 2024

Marcie Borgal Shunk

Talent is the single most valued asset within a law firm. And, the role and influence of talent in law firms is on the rise. How law firms engage with, respond to and anticipate changing talent needs has the power to transform the legal landscape and dictate which firms come out ahead.

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Mitigating the Potential Consequences of Partnership Audit Changes

Mark L. Lubin

Partnership audit changes present increased exposure to partnerships and their partners, and future legislation may curtail much of the flexibility associated with partnerships.

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Start 2024 By Considering The Synergy Between Retirement and Succession Planning

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Attorney retirement and succession planning are critical issues that are often overlooked at the management level of law firms. A key question arises: What should come first, retirement or succession planning? Although they go hand in hand, many firms avoid addressing both.

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Start 2024 By Embracing the Synergy Between Retirements and Succession Planning Image

Start 2024 By Embracing the Synergy Between Retirements and Succession Planning

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Attorneys retiring and succession planning are critical issues are often overlooked at the management level of law firms. A key question arises: What should come first, retirement or succession planning? Although they go hand in hand, many firms avoid addressing both.

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