Yesterday (4, 21,20), while I was putting the finishing touches on this post, the AmLaw 100 was released. As always upon release there was lots of analysis, conjecture and even some predictions about the future of the legal industry post pandemic. This post as you will read is not a prediction about the economic
When “we’ve always done it this way” is still an option
Many of the Luminaries agreed that we are likely to see a big increase in demand for LPM services.
Legal Value Network Council of Luminaries Meeting Report: COVID-19 Crisis Series
As director of (what is to the best of my knowledge) the largest legal project management team of any law firm, I was not the
The Geek In Review Ep. 74 – Why Retention of Legal Talent Can’t Be The Equivalent of a Coin Flip – Bryan Parker of Legal Innovators
It’s not unusual for law firms to invest $1M or more in recruiting, hiring, training, and retention of Associates over the first four years of their legal career. However, if you look at the actual retention rates through the fourth or fifth year, it is essentially a coin flip on whether the firm retains, or
The Geek in Review Ep. 73 – Heidi Gardner and Brian Stearns: Remote Collaboration from Tools to Psychology
Heidi Gardner, Distinguished Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, and Brian Stearns, Chief Commercial Officer at Workstorm, talk with us about collaboration when most of us are under a shelter-in-place order. There are definitely tools to make it easier to collaborate remotely, but there is a process that must be evaluated