Firms of all sizes generally have a laser focus on profits. But if you ask partners how much a specific filing costs, most have no idea, says Pamela H. Woldow, a consultant whose work targets alternative billing and social media presence.
Some people say Max F. Miller is a great networker. He doesn’t like that word.
For Matthew Homann, a plane ticket to Chicago and a cab ride through 18 inches of swirling snow brought him to the perfect place. The spacious, open downtown loft peppered with brightly colored chairs and giant easels exuded the creative energy Homann hoped to inspire in the select group of tech-savvy lawyers he’d invited to attend an unconventional legal discussion in 2004.
With his messenger bag, short-sleeved dress shirts and straightforward demeanor, Ronald W. Staudt sometimes seems more like an engineer than a law professor or legal aid lawyer. That’s part of his charm, say colleagues.
Mark Britton was living in Italy teaching finance at Gonzaga University’s Florence campus in 2007 when inspiration struck for Avvo, his much-debated online lawyer-rating website.
Besides a Plan B, Emery K. Harlan almost always has a Plan C, D, E and F. So when he decided to leave a large Chicago law firm to practice in Milwaukee—for substantially less money—friends were surprised but not worried.
Michael Roster is trying very hard to be retired—or at least live in only one city—for the first time in 27 years. He’s having very little success.
When talking to Timothy J. Stanley, one gets the impression from the FindLaw founder that making no money from legal information websites could be the best approach.
On May 21, 2007, the Australian law firm Slater & Gordon pulled off a first that may change the way law is practiced worldwide. The Melbourne-based firm became the first in the world to be publicly traded.
If he doesn’t have the right answers, that’s OK with Charles Nesson. In fact, many say the legendary eccentric—a proud pot smoker who loves poker, almost always records everything and has taught at Harvard Law School for more than 30 years—prefers exploring the unknown.
On Oct. 15 during 24 Hour of Rebels, Carolyn Elefant and Lisa Solomon joined us for a live chat.
Law firms are notoriously bad at training newly-minted attorneys and developing them into meaningful contributors.
I am a career-long legal educator who knows that the law school experience that I loved and that has served the profession well for decades, while not broken, is cracked in places.
Today, the Internet-informed public needs lawyers less, but there are more lawyers than ever, and most of them are fighting for the same positions in a quickly-shrinking legal job market.
Join us at 3 p.m., CT, Oct. 15 for a live Web call-in show with This Week In Law host Denise Howell.
Where are you admitted to practice?
On Oct. 15, 24 Hours of Rebels featured a live Web chat with Above the Law founder David Lat.
Most law schools do too little to educate their students about the legal profession and to help them find their places within it.
The practice of law is a service industry, and yet the law school experience gives no substantive focus on the operations of a service industry, and more importantly, on what drives the value of a service in the marketplace.
The single biggest challenge facing lawyers today is dealing with loss of control. The profession’s future success depends on how well lawyers adapt to that loss and adjust our expectations and behavior.
