I am no PR expert, but I’ve been known to play one next to the water cooler.
I read with interest the WSJBlog’s take on the Morgan Lewis Bockius announcement, BigLaw Gloom, In Hopes of Avoiding Doom: Morgan Cuts 2010 Program.
Ever since the Gen Y and Millenniums entered the legal work force the term “work life balance” started popping up in law firm hallways.
I really enjoyed Jordan Furlong’s post Time Bomb. If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, please do. In this post, he summarizes The Economist’s special report on aging populations, A slow-burning fuse.
No shock here, but I like law firm internship/fellowship/apprenticeship programs.
Recent law school grads without a job like these programs.
And while we as a society find it perfectly acceptable for a young doctor to graduate a top-ranked medical school, $100,000 plus in debt, and go directly into an internship program
Like many legal industry pundits, consultants and visionaries, I am fascinated by what the legal industry might look post-recession.
Industry consultants and firm leaders alike anticipate law
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
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