Law People

Covers law practice management and work/life balance issues.

Author: Ronda Muir is a consultant with Robin Rolfe Resources, a law practice management consulting firm in New Jersey.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Work/Life Balance • Consultant

Recent Posts from Law People

Emotions of the Times
At a time of roiling emotions in the legal and financial sectors, successfully charting a path to the future may be impacted by how we perceive and respond to those emotions in our organizations. A recent article entitled "Associates Should Keep…
Friends, Tweets and Yammers
There is no denying that Gen X and Y are most comfortable interacting via technology--IMing, texting, emailing--possibly to the detriment of their face-to-face skills, as some contend. Employees in large corporations have come to use this technology, particularly on…
The LIfe Cycle of Teams
Teamwork may be the 21st Century's technology, in that it promises greater productivity--but only when used well. After seeing double digit increases in firms that have implemented team systems--management, marketing, industry and client teams--an initial question…
The Future of Law Practice, Heller Ehrman Style
In an article entitled "Welcome to the Future: Heller Shock?", Paul Lippe, founder and CEO of Legal OnRamp, a private interactive legal services site, makes the case that, in the future now dawning on the legal services…
Muir Participates in CCM's Audio Conference on Profitability
Ronda Muir is participating as a panelist in CMM's audio conference on "Revenue Per Lawyers: Increase Profitability not Billable Hours" being held at 2pm on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. To register, please go to www.c4cm.com/lawfirm/lawyerrev.htm.
Muir Presented ABA's Edge Award for Article on Emotional Intelligence
At the meeting of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management section today in Tucson, Arizona, Muir was presented with the 2007-2008 Law Practice Magazine Edge Award for Bronze Feature Article for her article in the July/August 2007…
The Brave New World of Testing for Hiring
Norton Rose, a 200 year old UK firm with over 1000 lawyers in 20 offices around the world, is considering scrapping its academic requirements for new hires in order to increase diversity. How then to…
Bad Financial News Before It Got Worse
Citibank's Law Firm Group has recently issued its mid-year financial assessment of the legal industry and it is not a pretty sight. But that bad news is based on results as of June 30, 2008, well before…
The Depression Demon Coming Out of the Legal Closet
The depression demon attacks lawyers with particular vengeance, and denial and secrecy have long been the response. The recent loss to suicide of prominent lawyers from across the country, and the near loss of others, has…
Girl Power at Work
In a recent article in The New York Times entitled “Girl Power at School, But Not at the Office,” Hannah Seligson gives some good advice to all working women, even those of the “post women’s right…