Because every human makes this mistake and I argue that lawyers are human, therefore
OK, thank you ROCKETBOOM, July 6th edition, for this story and thank you MIT for being so brilliant (as usual) and humbling the rest of us by exposing our limited perceptions with this cool illustration. The A square and the
July 2005
Law Firms as “Exclusive Clubs for White Men”
Is Diversity on your management agenda? Has it ever been?

This is a serious wake up call to every single member of your law firm’s management team.
Diversity is not some do-good-philanthropic-topic for a tea party of the rich and bored. Diversity is serious business: serious to business; serious for business not to mention that…
Edge International Review Winter 2005 edition
The Winter 2005 edition of our quarterly magazine, Edge International Review, is now available for downloading as a PDF. This is a full color 40 page magazine so may takle a few minutes to download. (Some browsers will display the magazine without downloading it.) Senior management team members in law firms may request a complimentary…
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliff will sell to your law firm
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliff is a magnificent firm that had the courage to be innovative and create a Virginia based service center for itself.
and now, according to an article in The Lawyer.com:
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is planning a new outsourcing services company for other law firms.
“The truth is that the global 100
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Larry Bodine + Hospital = Creative
Metaphors and analogies help us understand and apply principles. In his post, “Market as Hospitals Do“, Larry Bodine demonstrates the art.
Punchline: Transcending our context ignites our imagination – use this phenomenon with your colleagues and watch them find the magic that tries so hard to hide inside them. Thank you, Larry Bodine…
Is Palo Alto back on the law firm map?
According to this article, Wilmer Cutler law firm joins race for valley tech business, the answer is YES. William Cutler snagged Curtis Mo from Weil Gotshal & Manges to be in charge of the Palo Alto office. According to the article, William Cutler boasts clients like:
Intel Corp.
Cisco Systems Inc. and
Oracle Corp.
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Ethnocentricity in a Global Village – take the test
July 1 was Canada Day, July 4th is the US’s Independence Day. Is that it? I DON’T THINK SO!!
July 1 was also:
Aarauer Maienzug in Switzerland
Bank Holiday in Taiwan
Communist Party Foundation in China
Emancipation Day in St. Eustatius
Freedom Day in Suriname
Heiva i Tahiti in French Polynesia
Hong Kong Special Administrative…
Go where no law firm has gone before
Transcend your mundane day-to-day to-do list with a journey into space I would say imagine but I don’t have to because it is real. Go to the most unbelievable web site in existence and enjoy the preview This is NOT fiction this is an understated and underpublicized miracle that may someday save your…
The Mediocre Law Firm Emergency
For law firm managing partners, executive committee members, marketing partners, practice group leaders, industry group leaders, chief marketing officers, chief technology officers, executive directors and other folks involved in the management of your law firm, there is a gentleman who holds an MBA from Stanford, and who was called “the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information…
Is Law Firm Marketing a Great Big Fish Story?
A lot of law firm marketing is absolute science fiction. Some people in the marketing profession are suggesting that they can help lawyers catch the big fish. These people are selling diet pills to the gullible.
The biggest fish every caught was snagged today in the Mekong River in northern Thailand. If you read the…

