Many law firms/practice groups remind me of a quote from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
Which road shall I take? She asked.
His response was a question:
Where do you want to go?
I don’t
10 Years ago I was asked to speak at the annual meeting of new Texas State Bar leaders. I really enjoyed that experience.
If you are interested in my presentation slides, you can find them here.
Many lawyers are active in the Bar because they want to make a difference and further the purpose
If you are in a large firm, how’s your attorney development program working? I was the partner in charge at my old firm and I tried to convince our lawyers that if our program was the best it would help in recruiting, retention of lawyers and client development.
If you want to increase the odds
Each year I read the Annual Report on the State of the Legal Market presented by The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor.
I wrote about the 2015 report last June: Clients: The Problem with Law Firms Rewarding Hours.
Here is
To those of you who subscribe by email and got one yesterday afternoon for my latest Practical Lawyer Article, I apologize. I was trying to post it on my own and not only did I mess up the post, I also messed up by not doing it the way so you wouldn’t get an email.
Is training your lawyers thought of as an expense or a revenue enhancer? I believe most firms view it as an expense and that is why they do so little of it.
I know, because law firms routinely spend less money and time on developing their lawyers than their clients spend on developing their skilled
As you know, Eagles leader and songwriter Glenn Frey passed away recently. I saw many articles about him and the Eagles. One I liked was a CNN opinion piece: Why Glenn Frey’s death shakes us.
Even though I grew up in the 60s, I really get why Glenn Frey’s death shakes those who grew
As we are approaching 2016, is your law firm encouraging your associates to create a career plan with goals? I asked the question because when I was the partner responsible for career development in my old firm, our firm made if more difficult.
The message our associates received was that achieving billable hours was the
My experience has shown that law firms are investing less in developing their next generation of remarkable lawyers. Maybe it is because we are living in the “new normal” era of law practice.
Are you attracting star associates to your firm?
Are they learning the skills that make them valuable to your clients?
How can you increase your revenue by 15% and what would be the impact on your bottom line?
Seth Godin wrote a blog five years ago: 15% changes everything. He said:
When a technology company increases its sales by 15%, profits will double.
I don’t know if it would be that dramatic for a