In response to the attacks on Noam Scheiber‘s article, The Last Days of Big Law, I wrote Let’s not be like the lawyers. In other words: Let’s not attack the example.
For today, I’m going to pull out several points from the article that are worthy of discussion around the water cooler
I am late to the game blogging on The New Republic article, The Last Days of Big Law. To quote my friend Diane Hamlin:
Let’s not be like the lawyers. Let’s not attack the example.
I would caution us here to not dismiss the premise of the article, there is big change in the legal industry, by attacking the example.
Is Noam Scheiber‘s article perfect? No.
Does he make some great points that we should be discussing? Absolutely.
But why are we wasting time arguing over whether the glass is half-full or half-empty when there is a hole in the cup?
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Oh, fine, I’ll play the “please nominate and vote for me” game.
The ABA Journal is working on their annual Blawgs 100 list.
Well, faithful readers, followers, friends and my mom, I’d appreciate it if you’d take a few moments and nominate The
Hear those doors slamming and heads banging from your legal marketer’s direction? It can mean many different things, but between now and the end of the year, it’s most likely your Chambers & Partners submissions are due. Lucky for me, I work for a boutique and we keep our submissions manageable and simple. But I’ve
Kudos to the Legal Marketing Association – Los Angeles Chapter program team on today’s Corporate Counsel Panel. I have to say, I always love me a GC panel. Sure we hear the same ol’ same ol’, but there are always a few new nuggets of information in there. 
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I read in today’s National Law Journal that California might, gasp, require lawyers to have practical skills training before they are licensed.
A task force of the State Bar of California has recommended that new attorneys be required to complete at least 15 hours of practical skills training and 50 hours of pro bono service
Spoke on a panel yesterday with Adrian Lurssen and Molly Potter on content marketing. Adrian Dayton was the ring-leader. Lots of good folks in the room. Adrian D. kicked things off with a giant piece of paper on each table asking us to write down what we hoped to get out of the program. From
Oh, those crazy kids over at Law Firm Satire are at it again. This time, an homage to Ken Burns inviting you to the LMA-Bay Area Technology Conference.
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It is no secret that I’m very interested in how teams work, how individuals (ME) fit into a team, and how we all come together to get the job done.
A colleague of mine posted an interesting job description for a Director of Law Firm Marketing and Public Relations:
I was out of the office sick on Friday (yes, I was legitimately sick, on a Friday before a 3-day weekend, thank you very much), and am slowly going through my 100+ emails.
The amount of spam is out of control. Usually I just “block” the sender and move on.
But I am noticing a