Well, it doesn’t happen often, but it does happen… Seems that Westlaw is down this morning. A system-wide failure that apparently effected Westlaw, WestlawNext, Saegis, Monitor Suite, Quickview and MyAccount. Hmmm… maybe the “bunker” in Eagan doesn’t work as promised??
A couple months ago we wrote a post about “Inefficient Westlaw Searches Causes One National Firm to Hold Mandatory Training for Associates”. Well, the firm that took on this challenge was Dykema, and I think that they took on an issue that most firms need to address. Pat Orr, Dykema’s Manager of Library Services,
I ran across a great article this morning which stresses how “Emotional intelligence is the new benchmark to a successful legal career.” Alison Bernard and Niki Kopsidas of Fried Frank collaborated on the article “How High Is Your ‘EI’?” in the New York Law Journal’s “Special Report: Law Schools“. Bernard and
A memo (see snippet below) was sent out to all associates at one national firm last week mandating any associate that “utilizes or intends to utilize Westlaw” to attend a training session to learn the firm’s “Best Practices”. I’m actually glad to see that a firm has stepped up and created a “Best Practices” manual
I’m seeing some articles of how times seem to be getting better in the large law firm world. Some associates are back up to the $160K pay range, and that those hard-hit practice areas (Capital Markets, Real Estate, and Corporate) are finally picking back up. So many of you may be thinking that
If you are like me, you spend most of your time “reacting” to the demands of the day. People walk into my office, call me on the phone, or email me requests all day long, and I (like the good little automated message that I am) try to answer them in the order they were