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Women Champions

Debra Forman

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.

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Aligning Mentoring Programs with Core Competency Models

Jennifer Bluestein & Bradford D. Kaufman

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

David R. Maurer

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.

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September issue in PDF format

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

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Retail e-Commerce Gains Again, Sets Record for Percentage of All Sales

Michael Lear-Olimpi

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

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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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News Briefs

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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20/20 Vision for All Lawyers' Future: The Ethical Duty to Stay Technically Competent

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

How many practicing lawyers today (at least those over the age of 40) studied metadata and data security in law school? How many today can discuss the ethical aspects of those issues? Those skills, and more, are required to practice law, according to resolutions passed in early August by the ABA House of Delegates.

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Court Watch

Cynthia M. Klaus & Susan E. Tegt

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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