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Around the World Speaking Tour (Gerry Riskin — Edge International)
SEPTEMBER 2010
September 24th, 2010
ADR Institute of Canada National Conference September 23-24, 2010
Plenary Session: Optimal Marketing for ADR professionals
Workshop: Effective Marketing for ADR professionals
Calgary, Alberta
OCTOBER 2010
October 9th, 2010
Fordham Law School (for Prof Silvia Hodges)
Guest Lecture: Law firm management: Strategy
New York, New York
October 14th, 2010
(with Nicole
Welcome to Edge International, Pam Woldow !
My Edge International partner, Jordan Furlong, has done a nice welcome piece on Pam Woldow already (at his Law 21 blog) but I thought I would echo that Edge International is so very proud and delighted to have her on board.
Also, thank you to friends who have joined us in congratulating Pam, like Valorem’s awesome founder
Will the Legal Profession Use the World’s First Temporal Analytics Engine?
I met virtually with Recorded Future this morning for a close up briefing of how their Temporal Analytics Engine might be used by law firms. Firms who use this can better predict the needs of their own clients and prospective clients as well. There is so much more that this technology can do if used effectively
Would you associate these powerhouse law firms with “Quality of Life”?
Top 10 recipients of associates’ seal of approval:
1. Ropes & Gray
2. Williams & Connolly
3. Morrison & Foerster
4. Fitzpatrick
5. Shook, Hardy & Bacon
6. Hughes Hubbard & Reed
7. Jones Day
8. Davis Polk
9. Paul, Weiss
10. Skadden, Arps
View the entire 2011 Vault Law Firm Quality of Life Rankings.
Bold Move by CMS Cameron McKenna: “pay what you think its worth” option
Speaking of bold, CMS Cameron McKenna has a pricing team! (See page 14 of their brochure, The future of fees: your route map to value.)
Punchline: CMS Cameron McKenna has 122 Equity Partners and employs over 1,000 fee earners in 10 offices. They are big enough and influential enough to be a tipping
VAULT.COM and Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) present 5th annual legal diversity career fair
(Please pass this forward to 2 and 3rd year law and lateral candidates.)
According to Claude Sheer, CEO of Vault.com., “The Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair will offer a hands-on insider’s perspective of the progress that top firms are making to increase diversity and to advise minority, women and GLBT law students and associates
SECURITY — a lucrative future-oriented practice area awaiting your firm
Greg George, Managing Partner of top security firm GTI Advisors Threat Management Practice Group has created a comprehensive due diligence report — among his many recommendations, he suggests that businesses consult a law firm – is your law firm ready to answer that call? SECURITY may be a lucrative future-oriented practice area awaiting your firm.
My colleague Ed Wesemann takes a tongue-in-cheek look at Associate Business Development
My Edge International colleague and good friend, Ed Wesemann, has some fun providing tongue-in-cheek advice for new law firm associates on how to develop business.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vtuXGprQWyA%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26
Enjoy, and better yet have your associates look at this.
Think Pink ! Motivators More Powerful than Money (revisited)
This clever animation may reinforce Dan Pink’s message from his new book Drive.
Compensation has been the tool of choice in law firms to reward good performance, punish the absence of it and drive change.
You will not want to believe what you are about to hear and see… ask yourself why?
If you are