The July issue of Edge International Communiqué (EIC) has now been posted on the Edge International website.
Sean Larkan leads off this issue with “Building Trust: The Inviolable Rule.” He reminds us that “we sometimes forget how much of successful legal services business is still about human relationships and building trust.” He explores
In an article published in the Globe and Mail earlier this month, Allison Speigel, a commercial litigator with Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, argues convincingly that the billable hour may be at the root of the disaffection of so many recent law graduates with firm-related work.
Among Speigel’s arguments against the profession’s most cherished and
Friedrich Blase, Global Director in Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters, is warning traditional law firms – especially the larger ones – of the potential threat to their existence of alternative legal providers, including the growing range of legal-market ventures and forms of disruptive technology. Blase
The website Futurism.com has announced that the first “artificially intelligent attorney,” ROSS, will be employed by the law firm BakerHostetler “to handle their bankruptcy practice, which at the moment consists of nearly 50 lawyers.” I have recently learned that another AmLaw 100 firm, Latham
I got a shout-out from my elder son Dan Riskin on a recent episode of his podcast Recent Paper, Decent Puzzle. I’ve enjoyed listening to this new series of podcasts – and I’m not saying that just because I am the father of the podcaster. Each episode starts out with Dan (aka Daniel Riskin,
I am pleased to point out that the June issue of Edge International Communiqué (EIC) has now been posted on the Edge International website.
My colleague John Plank leads off the issue with “Charisma: The Quintessential Learning Skill,” in which he explains that while most of us know that charisma is an essential attribute of
Our congratulations to Lisa Kirby, JD, who was a consultant with Edge International from 2012-2016, on her appointment as Director, Research and Sharing at Diversity Lab.
Diversity Lab is a think tank and ideas-facilitation organization that “creates and invests in innovative talent and diversity initiatives to help organizations find and keep the best talent.”
An article in Fast Company provides an excellent reminder to those of us who feel awkward when someone offers us a compliment: Simply saying “Thank you” is often the most gracious and most appropriate response.
In her discussion of The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want by
I extend my heartiest congratulations to my friend Jorge Carey who has received a lifetime achievement award from Latin Lawyer. During his formative years Carey, who is chairman of the largest law firm in Chile, completed a Master of Comparative Law as a Fulbright Scholar and worked for the International Monetary Fund and the
I am pleased to draw your attention to the May issue of Edge International Communiqué (EIC), recently published on the Edge International website.
The issue leads off with a welcome to the newest principals at Edge International, Sam Coupland and Neil Oakes, both of whom
