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Driving Innovation in a Dynamically Changing Legal Market

Ari Kaplan

A series of interviews with large law firm partners around the world to better understand how they are leveraging technology to drive innovation and transformation in their practices.

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Sales Speak: Selling Doesn't Cause Buying

Eric Dewey

Selling doesn't cause buying. Buying is an internal business process and that process is fast becoming out of sync with the sales training we often push on our lawyers. Our buyers know more than we do about what is really important inside companies when they are looking to hire outside counsel. We must get better at that lest many of our practices become even more commoditized.

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Highlight Client Service Skills In the New Year

Sharon Meit Abrahams

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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Cybersecurity Practices Grow As Firms Compete for Talent

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Law firms in every segment of the market are hiring cybersecurity and privacy laterals and launching new practices, as more of their clients become aware of their vulnerabilities while working remotely.

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Legal Analytics and the Evolving Practice of Law

Josh Becker

While we may use analytics differently in our respective companies, one thing is certain: Legal analytics is the future and it's time to jump on board.

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Strategies to Avoid or Reduce Billing Rate Discounts

Eric Dewey

For a large portion of engagements, discounts are not necessary to win the work. In fact, discounts come at a price. Both parties assume a degree of risk when margins are thinned. This article presents several techniques that you can use to re-direct discussions away from discounts and help to minimize their financial impact.

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Producing Breakthroughs in Client Development

Arnold Keiser

It is easy to understand why many lawyers feel that only certain special individuals are blessed with the qualities necessary to be rainmakers. But almost anyone willing to develop the qualities necessary can become a rainmaker.

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Law Firm Leadership Isn't a Role, It's a Mindset

Michael A. Gerstenzang & Hy Pomerance

When a law firm does not subscribe to a traditional corporate structure At most companies, the leadership structure is typically clear and hierarchical. But what does leadership look like at a law firm when a traditional corporate structure doesn't apply?

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Professional Development: Why an Online “To-Do” List and Notes Are So Important

Brett Spodak

<i><b>If You Want To Do More, Go Paper-Less</i></b><p>he secret to increased productivity and a powerful agenda process is to finally ditch the paper and move to a more flexible system for both your daily to-do list and notes. This article makes the case for why moving to a digital platform for a to-do list and notes will increase your productivity.

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Outsourcing the Back Office?

J. Mark Santiago

Outsourcing is supposed to be the new wave of the future that will fundamentally change the way that law firms provide services to their clients and partners. But is this so?

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