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Successfully Finding, Hiring and Managing Marketing Consultants and Agencies
There's no one perfect solution for finding the right consultant, making a "good hire" and then effectively managing that resource, but there are a few guidelines that can, at least, set you on the right path.
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Social Media
When used in a conscious and planned manner, social networking sites can offer a number of benefits to the firm as well as individual attorneys and staff.
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Women Champions
Women lawyers will develop their practice and client development skills more effectively if they are mentored and championed by other women lawyers. Here's why.
Aligning Mentoring Programs with Core Competency Models
This article discusses the best practices to intertwine competency models with career-focused mentoring programs. The authors believe aligning these two structures offers the best way to develop and retain legal talent.
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More Firms Put Non-Lawyers at the Top
The point of this article is not to determine exactly who should run a law firm, but to explore some factors worth considering when contemplating the most effective and efficient form of law firm leadership.
Retail e-Commerce Gains Again, Sets Record for Percentage of All Sales
e-Commerce in the retail sector is up again for the second time this year, with the latest jump in the second quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's survey of quarterly retail commerce.
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The Importance of Self-Regulation In Improving Digital Privacy
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has made digital privacy and online children's safety the center of its 2012-13 agenda, as the new NAAG president, Maryland attorney general Douglas Gansler, made clear in a statement in June, in announcing the "Privacy in the Digital Age" initiative.
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