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Data Analysis Is Cementing Important Role In Law Firms Talent Evaluation
As more law firms embrace the power of mining data to inform talent-related decisions, some have predicted that Big Law hiring could become like modern Major League Baseball: A data-centric endeavor that trusts the numbers, and those who know how to interpret them, over all else.
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Law Firms Looking to Balance Decreasing Office Space With Increasing Head Count In 2022
Streamlining office space corresponds with industry-wide trends of law firms embarking on two seemingly paradoxical goals: decreasing their office space while aggressively growing head count.
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Remote Work Yields Savings, But Watch for Tax and Jurisdiction Issues
While the rapid ascent of home offices may have initially come as a shock to more than a few corporate cultures, the truth is that business leaders who embrace long-term remote working can yield significant cost savings and boost employee morale.
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Tax Implications of Budget Reconciliation Bill
In this two-part article, we look at the proposed tax law changes in the budget reconciliation bill — the major legislation in 2021.
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Bringing 5-Star Hospitality to Law Firms
The law firm office cannot remain unchanged, therefore, as if frozen in time set to some date prior to the onset of pandemic, when all the terms and meaning have all changed. In fact, the office must now provide benefits or an experience the lawyers and staff cannot get at home.
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Highlight Client Service Skills In the New Year
Attorneys need their clients to see them as a trusted advisor and partner in their legal solutions. If the lawyer takes time at the beginning of the relationship to establish expectations, then future conflicts can be avoided or resolved more quickly.
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Legal Ops Tech: Tips for Success with Cloud-based Practice Management In 2022
While functionality and features are important, there are a number of additional considerations when evaluating a practice management solution. Will your platform provider serve as a partner that will offer expert guidance and be invested in your ongoing success?
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Equity, Inclusion, and Individual Engagement Principle (EIIEP)
Employee engagement is becoming vital to successful businesses, however, that hasn't translated to significantly wider adoption of meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in workspaces.
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Leading Through Disruption
The pandemic has brought into focus the need for law firms and law firm leaders to be strategic about fostering the connections, engagement, learning, and innovation that will allow them to both attract and retain top talent.
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Opportunity and Outsourcing In a Post-COVID World
2020 was a lesson in forced change management. Today, law firms are at a crossroads triggered by the transformational impact of the pandemic, and wondering…
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