Monday Clicks: Challenges, Learn New Skills and a Coloring Book
From low law school applications, layoffs and few firms paying attention to their capital structures, the business of law continues to be a challenge. But there are things you can do. Learn to argue,...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: The Ups and Downs of Legal Education
Layoffs may be coming to law schools as the number of applicants drop, yet new law schools open. Is law school “dead” or reinventing itself? Whatever is going on, it’s certainly an interesting time for...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: 2012 Not Bad, 2013 Forecasts and You Could Use a Plan
It turns out that 2012 wasn’t a bad year, just slow—but what will 2013 bring? Lots of litigation and strategic plans, apparently. From technology and cyber security to marketing and business...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Law Firm Diversity
Despite a pervasive and stubborn bias against anyone who isn’t a white male, law firms are slowly becoming more diverse and inclusive. In fact, if you’re in the market for outside counsel, there are...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Business Skills for the New Normal
Strategy, marketing and sales—three skills law school didn’t teach. But managing a law firm through the “new normal” of a changing, uncertain legal market requires these business skills, as well as...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Innovation, Performance & Which Dog is Best for You?
It’s all about innovation and performance today, folks. From asking the right questions to leadership ROI, law firms must actively manage their business models to best serve clients—and increase their...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Career Management
It’s no secret that the legal market remains unstable, despite modest gains last year. It is therefore even more important that attorneys actively manage their careers, prepare for the unexpected and...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Law School Rankings, Reaction
The U.S. News law school rankings released last week definitely caused a ruckus, but they aren’t the only rankings out there. The National Law Journal ranked the schools most likely to place students...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Influential Lawyers, Success, Skills, Rates, Hours and March...
Whether you want to check out the most influential lawyers or find how to use your skills for business success and which areas have the most impact on that success, today’s roundup of articles has you...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Lawyers Need to be Tech-Savvy
Like it or not, technology use in law firms is here to stay. And thanks the ABA’s recent resolution that lawyers keep up to date on “relevant” technologies and duly protect electronically stored...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Recommended Websites, Books, Hot Midsize Firms and more…
Today’s theme: Lists! From recommended websites and reading lists, management keys to partner training, schools with the highest unemployment rates, hot midsize firms to reasons to be happy you went to...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Legal Employment Trends
The job market for recent grads appears stagnant, which might explain why half of prelaw students don’t plan on seeking legal jobs once they graduate. But if you do want a law job, it matters where you...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Law Firms, Technology and 2L Drudgery Captured in Music Video
Technology is a beautiful thing … until it isn’t. The programs and machines that allow us to do more with fewer people in less time also leave us vulnerable to data thieves and accidental misuse. What...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Billable Hours Endure, While AFAs Gain Ground
In the aftermath of the whole DLA Piper “churn that bill” debacle, billing practices are a hot topic. It seems that the billable hour endures, while alternative fee arrangements are gaining ground—as...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Law Firm Business Basics
From building your business to managing your marketing plan and payroll to dealing with the press, there are many facets to running a law firm. We present a few basics below: Are you a new attorney who...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Put the ‘Service’ in “Customer Service’
Let’s face it: Unhappy clients go elsewhere. Good customer service is, therefore, key to keeping clients. Better serve clients by learning the importance of “service” in “customer service,” helping...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Social Media Marketing, Business Development
Ah…social media. Does anyone over the age of 20 really know how to use it? Maybe. Maybe not. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn which sites in-house counsel use to determine hiring and how lawyers,...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Partnership Numbers, Longer PQE and Compensation Trends
What’s the future of partnership? Well, let’s just call it “rocky.” Increased numbers of nonequity partners, longer time to partnership and absurdly high compensation (for some) are just a few of the...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: IT’s Evolving Role, Mobility and More
Ah…technology. It can be a beautiful thing—but only if used wisely and well. This week’s roundup includes articles on the next IT era, the increasing importance and role of law firm technology,...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Marketing Potential, Tips and Creepy Big Data
Most lawyers would much rather practice law than do the marketing. But if you want to attract new business, you gotta do it. This week’s roundup includes articles on the full potential of digital...
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