From Partnership to Prosperity
By Gerry Riskin, January 13, 2021
Some new partners will deceive themselves into dismissing the importance of collateral skills on the grounds that the only issue for a good lawyer is technical expertise.I contend that such expertise is necessary but not sufficient. Those who ignore skills do so at their peril—and risk joining the under-appreciated, who mutter how unfair clients can be.
Global Legal Remote Working Survey
By Jonathan Middleburgh, December 1, 2020
COVID-19 forced law firms almost overnight to adjust to their personnel working from home, regardless of how senior management felt about flexible working pre-pandemic. This survey explores a range of psychosocial and other factors relevant to prolonged working from home.
Talent Development: Beyond the Assignment
By David Cruickshank, November 18, 2020
In BigLaw firms, or in any firm with multiple associates, an assignment of work by a partner or senior associate, is a signifier of many things. To the management committee, it signifies leverage.
INTEGRATION OR DISINTEGRATION, THAT IS THE QUESTION
By Leon Sacks, October 28, 2020
Firms can easily lose the focus on integration, an intangible asset, while they are busy dealing with the tangible issues of day to day operations, developing business, serving clients and controlling finances. It is better to manage integration than recover from disintegration.