"…$18 million a year in savings to the world’s largest law firm"
"…around-the-clock attention and legal advice for global clients"
This is no longer a hypothetical. Many law firms who think this will not apply to their practice for a decade or two will soon wake up behind the eight ball.
Outsourcing is neither easy
In July of 2006, The National Association of Women Lawyers challenged law firms to double the number of women equity partners and for corporations to double the number of women chief legal officers by 2015.
The survey released today gives us a score – tells us where we are today, and it’s not a pretty
According to The Lawyer.com today in Australian law firms to make IPO history:
"Three small West Australian firms are set to make legal history with a proposed IPO and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)."
"Australian law allows non-lawyers to control ownership of firms based in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia."
Lovells has more than 1600 lawyers in 26 offices worldwide and according to RollOnFriday "the firm has signed a deal with Cass Business School and from next month, lawyers who’ve been at the firm for around two years will take a two year business foundation course in the evenings. Once this is completed, they’ll spend
