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Robert Millard’s America’s Two Legal Professions
Supplemental to my post "Sharp Pin Approaching Associate Salary Balloon", my friend and Edge colleague Robert Millard has created a post which may impacts the context for discussing associate salaries. He explains his title: America’s Two Legal Professions with the graphic above. Read his post for a detailed explanation. Sometimes critical change is too subtle
Sharp Pin Approaching Associate Salary Balloon
Today’s front page Wall Street Journal Online article is compulsory reading for all law firm Managing Partners and H.R. professionals:
Hard Case: Job Market ?Wanes for U.S. Lawyers – Growth of Legal Sector Lags Broader Economy; Law Schools Proliferate
By AMIR EFRATI, September 24, 2007; Page A1
While the article admittedly says:
“For graduates of
Meaningful Recognition from Managing Partners and Practice Group Leaders
Harvard Business Online has a coach named Marshall Goldsmith who has written or co-edited 22 books. In answer to the question:
How Do I Provide Meaningful Recognition?
Marshall references the following:
- List the names of the key groups of people that impact your life — both at work and at home (customers, co-workers, friends, family
The 15th Annual Marketing Partner Forum 2008
I am honoured to have been invited to address the 15th Annual Marketing Partner Forum 2008:
THEME: Sustaining Success in a World of Rapid Change
DATE & PLACE: January 16-18, 2008 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida.
I also look forward to catching up with friends at the event – more details soon.
Can you pass the Critical Thinking test of a Global Law Firm?
Lovells offers a “try out” Critical Thinking test which you can take right now, anonymously.
Lovells is one of the largest international business legal practices, with over three thousand people operating from 26 offices in Europe, Asia and the United States.
It is amusing to hear Americans debate the non-constitutionality of asking applicants to submit
Offshoring in India Changing Legal Services in the West
In Three myths about legal services offshoring (The Hindu) there is some very very sobering information especially for those who hope that it means offshoring will just fade away sooner or later.
If you intend to practice law for 10 or more years then: READ THE ARTICLE
Here are some teasers/excerpts:
"Attacks on the competence
Gaining Influence as a law firm CMO
The September 2007 McKinsey Quarterly has an interesting article called: The Evolving Role of the CMO by David Court who discusses four areas of change for the CMO:
- Changing to reflect new consumer [client?] buying behavior
- Shaping the Company’s [Firm’s?] public profile
- Managing Complexity
- Building new Marketing Capabilities
Before concluding, David discusses how the CEO
How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Managing Partners
As most Managing Partners are aware, during 25 years as CEO of GE, Jack Welch added more value than any other CEO in history. Accordingly, some folks think it worthwhile to analyze what Jack Welch did that fueled those exemplary results.
Much has been written about him and by him but now there us a
An improving world for women lawyers?
Two notes of optimism today for the legal profession:
“Forget the old stereotypes of law firms as inhospitable to women,” said Suzanne Riss, Editor in Chief, Working Mother magazine. “As Working Mother examined the practices of many of the nation’s law firms, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that a number have been quietly changing