Lawyers

• Starting A Law Firm, Lawyers Should Get Used To Surprises

  Starting a law firm is nothing if not an adventure always full of surprises, especially since there are some things that can be quite unpredictable to lawyers.

• About Solos Lawyers Using Social Media, CNA Gives Strange Warnings

  CNA's advice of asking solo lawyers to stay away from social media raises one troubling question - why are solos being cautioned about using social media in 2017, while social media has been used for more than a decade now?

• Telecommuting Policies For Associates, A Radical Change For Legal Profession

  A few law firms have recently announced limited telecommuting plans for associates, which is a radical change for the profession. This requires changes and adoption to strategies in some areas of the law firms.

• Ban On Non-Lawyer Investment In Law Firms, 2nd Circuit Rules It Doesn’t Violate Right Of Association

  A federal appeals court has ruled that ban on outside investment in law firms doesn’t violate lawyers’ First Amendment right to freedom of association.

• The Election To Partnership, Law Firms Are Making The Hard Choices (Again)

  Making hard choices can be a good thing especially when it comes to firms considering elevating associates to partnership.

• More Biglaw Firms Are Offering Telecommuting Programs To Promote Flexible Working Arrangements

  More Biglaw firms seem to be joining the future of law practice as they are launching new programs to offer flexible working arrangements for lawyers and employees.

• What Law Firms Can Learn From Poundworld’s Retail Business Model

  Maintaining a healthy profitability level in an increasingly commoditized legal sector needs to be the starting point, Jaap Bosman says. He points out that law is a business like any other business, and needs to be profit driven.

• Law Schools Producing The Most BigLaw Associates, Columbia Law Scores The Highest

  National Law Journal releases information pertaining law schools that are producing the highest number of law graduates hired by large law firms.

• Small Law Firms Achieve Success Due to Setting of Specific Goals, "Purposeful Nature"

  Small law firms have been found to attain success because of their purposeful nature, particularly their ability to set specific goals as this leads to work efficiency and effectiveness.

• Do Law Firms Really Have Principles?

  Law firms are being questioned of their ethics and principles as they are confronted with 'heavy-hitters' within their corporation.

• HP Announces 'Diversity Holdback' on Law Firms

  HP general counsel takes the diversity mandate a step further, by saying that the company will withhold invoiced fees from firms that do not meet diversity requirements.