LJN Newsletters

  • The Best Way to Resolve Real Estate and Construction Disputes

    For parties to real estate transactions and those involved in construction projects, alternative dispute resolution methods, including binding arbitration and non-binding mediation, offer proven and successful alternatives to an often inefficient and expensive court system. As this article illustrates, alternative dispute resolution requires utilizing trained, experienced, and cost-conscious mediators or arbitrators who are much better at resolving real estate disputes than are the inefficient and often ineffective courts.

    February 27, 2008Paul M. Lurie and Stanley Sklar

  • What's Hot, What's Not

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

    February 27, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Where Have All the Technophobes Gone?

    Legal Tech is the excellent and information-rich three-day conference that brings lawyers and technology together. Here is an interesting review by a Legal Tech insider.

    February 27, 2008Bruce W. Marcus

  • Creating a Successful Summer Associate Training Program

    It's not a secret that a strong summer associate program is essential to attracting and retaining talent. Aside from providing good work assignments and networking opportunities, a summer program would not be complete without a training component. In fact, most incoming summer associates expect that they will receive some formal training, classroom style or otherwise, over the course of the summer.

    February 27, 2008Jacqueline G. Meyer

  • Practice Building Skills: Networking to Grow Your Practice

    If you don't focus on improving your networking skills and networking behavior, it will become a tedious and uncomfortable business development behavior that will lead to failure and frustration in the business development part of your practice. The authors give some helpful tips.

    February 26, 2008Chuck and Evan Polin

  • Legal Sales & Service: The Most Important Trend in Legal Business Development

    Recently, the author spoke with the general counsel at a Fortune 500 firm about some of his best, and worst, experiences with law firms. His central message was that 'Social events and personal relationships just don't matter like they used to. These days, if a firm wants a steady flow of new business, [it] must deliver value.'

    February 26, 2008Jim Hassett

  • Client Speak: Trading Places

    Marketing abounds with buzzwords and bromides ' and dangerous ones at that. When, for example, we sling catch-phrases like 'partnering,' or pontificate about how important it is to 'understand the client's business,' it becomes way too easy to talk a lot of sanctified talk without ever really walking the proverbial walk.

    February 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Movers & Shakers

    News about lawyers and law firms in the franchising industry.

    February 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Media & Communications Corner: A Profile of Heather Bock, Chief Professional Development Office, Howrey, LLP

    When Howrey decided to fill its Chief Professional Development Officer position with a professional in the field, instead of with a partner as had been the norm, it turned to Heather Bock. With a PhD in Organizational Behavior, training experience at Accenture, and human resources consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies, Heather was the ideal candidate to help the firm align its attorneys' skills with its business strategy.

    February 26, 2008Aileen Hinsch