In a recent post, Business Unusual in a Down Economy, I wrote about how the current economic conditions provide the right opportunity for law firms, law schools, etc. to introduce paid internships after graduating law school.
Kudos to our friends over at Drinker Biddle! Rather than defer their 37 first-year associates, they are
Michael Zolno had a great comment to a recent post of mine, Law Firm Layoff Tragedy, which I would like to share in its entirety:
I too want to express my condolences to the family and friends of Mr. (Mark) Levy. But I also want to do something else, ask – How did this
Today comes the news that Mark Levy, a recently laid-off attorney at Kilpatrick Stockton, committed suicide in his office.
As we all blog and gossip about law firm layoffs, salary roll-backs and job deferments, we cannot lose sight that behind each number is a man or woman, a father, wife, daughter, son, parent. They
The most anticipated issue of the American Lawyer, the AmLaw 100 (link to chart), is hitting the Internet and our in-boxes this week. Ohhhh, give me a bowl of popcorn and a strong cup of coffee … the numbers are in:
The 2009 AmLaw 100 – How Bad?? (really bad)
I came across a great post today by Jim Hassett, author of “Legal Business Development.”
In his current blog post, Marketing advice for Harvard Law School students (Part 1 of 2), Mr. Hassett lays out the scenario facing current law students, whether they are from Harvard, NYU, UCLA or anywhere else:
If a little role-playing can spice up a marriage, can it do some good for a dying AmLaw 200 firm?
That’s the premise of a FutureFirm (pdf),
a game of strategy, skill, and endurance. The goal of the game is to craft a new law-firm business model that provides the best odds of your firm
I came of age in the era of Ronald Reagan, Trickle-Down Economics and Gordon Gekko. In my lifetime, the economy always got better, jobs always paid more, and there was something bigger and better down the road.
Not so for today’s associates and law students. The trends that I am seeing do not
Law Firm Competitive Intelligence: Law Firm Economic Cycles — Part III
This is a must read. Ann Lee Gibson is all over this stuff and has incredible insight…..
Ed Poll in his recent blog post argues that while law firms that fail, fail of their own “unique paths to destruction,” yet successful law firms are all alike.
According to Ed, these firms: