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Retaining Valued Associates

Dianne Rosky

Today's global law fims need the expertise international lawyers offer, but they also need those lawyers to write and speak with a clarity approaching that of a native speaker. An overview of the issues and options for helping international lawyers communicate effectively in English.

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Non-Equity Partnerships Are on the Rise Again

Robert Denney

Many changes continue to occur in the traditional partner/associate structure in law firms. Permanent associates, staff or contract attorneys, temporary attorneys, of counsel (in one form or another) and non-equity partners have been added to the mix.

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Best Practices (And Even Better Questions) to Apply to Your Back-Office Operations Image

Best Practices (And Even Better Questions) to Apply to Your Back-Office Operations

Rob Mattern

While the economy continues to limp along and the experts continue to predict a flat legal market, it is more important than ever to ensure your back-office operations are functioning in the most cost-effective, efficient way possible.

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Focused on More Productivity and Higher Profits?

Liz Lamar

Turning time into money begins with the metrics a firm has in place, whether the key performance indicators are being measured and tracked, and how technology is being leveraged to streamline the entire process. technology plays a vital role in not only monitoring and 'policing' these metrics, but financial management and billing technology in particular, can always be tweaked and customized to better firm metrics ' especially as they relate to firm utilization, realization, and A/R aging.

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Successful Data Migration

David Hartmann & Scott Giordano

When corporate legal and IT departments deploy new enterprise software, migrating legacy data into the new system is usually one of the larger challenges faced. When it comes to e-discovery software, this challenge is exasperated as matter information may be contained in legacy systems or in a collection of spreadsheets or other ad hoc tools.

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Movers & Shakers

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Who's doing what; who's going where.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

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How to Write in the 'e-Age'

Steven Stark

Writing in many parts of the legal and business worlds has probably changed more in the last decade than in any comparable period over the last five centuries. Those who fail to adapt will pay the consequences.

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Sales Speak: How to Close New Business

Larry Bodine

Attorneys are typically very good at describing their skills and recounting problems they have solved for other clients, but they struggle with asking for the business.

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Asking the Right Questions

Sheryl A. Odentz

Successful business generators tend to ask questions in particular sequence. This sounds fairly simple, but it takes consistent work and strong skills to become effective at using this approach.

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