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Obstacles to Overcome So Attorneys Can Train Others

Sharon Meit Abrahams

This article delves into what firms can do to support their attorneys who lead training initiatives such as on-boarding new associates, delivering substantive knowledge, designing skill development training or any other aspect of professional development in the legal field.

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Managing Outreach Is the Most Important Task for Practice Group Leaders Image

Managing Outreach Is the Most Important Task for Practice Group Leaders

Eric Dewey

No other job of a practice group leader does more to solve the many challenges of running a practice group than does a steady flow of new work from new clients.

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The Most Important Task Practice Group Leaders Fail to Manage Image

The Most Important Task Practice Group Leaders Fail to Manage

Eric Dewey

There is one task that practice group leaders prioritize above all others: the management of the group's outreach. No other job of a practice group leader does more to solve the many challenges of running a practice group than does a steady flow of new work from new clients.

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How Many Is Too Many? Billable Hours Can Reach Diminishing Returns Image

How Many Is Too Many? Billable Hours Can Reach Diminishing Returns

Dylan Jackson

By now, it is well known that this year has been defined, at least in part, by the furious pace at which lawyers have been working. At what point do high billable hours mean diminishing returns for both the lawyer and the firm?

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How to Cut IT Costs and Streamline Operations with Leasing

Scott McFetters

While analysts predict firms will still see savings from expense cuts in 2021, these savings won't be as dramatic as in 2020 and, moreover, recommend that firms should use profit gains to invest in long-term strategies for growth — like technology.

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Understanding Your Clients' Changing Needs In a Post-Pandemic Legal Market Image

Understanding Your Clients' Changing Needs In a Post-Pandemic Legal Market

Marci Krufka Taylor

If it was challenging to get facetime with clients pre-pandemic, that challenge has only multiplied in the post-pandemic world. As firms look for creative ways to reconnect with clients, client interviews and surveys have become more important than ever for ensuring client satisfaction, loyalty and profitability.

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Stakeholders: How to See Things from the Client's Perspective Image

Stakeholders: How to See Things from the Client's Perspective

Catherine Alman MacDonagh

Without hearing the Voice of the Customer (or Client), we risk missing the mark in our strategy, messaging and positioning, as well as delivery of work, product and service, operations, technology, staffing and so forth — in short, we potentially miss on everything.

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The Queen's Gambit: Vetting Costs and Other Factors In Hiring a Tech Vendor Image

The Queen's Gambit: Vetting Costs and Other Factors In Hiring a Tech Vendor

Abeer Abu Judeh

There are numerous "gameplays" to reduce risks when selecting and hiring a technology vendor. With each mitigating factor you incorporate into your contracting playbook, prepare to incur additional costs.

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The Future of Litigation Workflow: Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade Image

The Future of Litigation Workflow: Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade

Ari Kaplan

Hear what a cross-section of law firm leaders say about how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.

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Hoteling: What Can Law Firms Learn from the Big 4? Image

Hoteling: What Can Law Firms Learn from the Big 4?

Anthony Davies

The success of the decentralized law firm depends in some part on how well firms can shift "hoteling" from the negative connotation of "losing my desk" to the positive connotation of "having a hotel-like experience" as is the case in the Big 4.

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