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
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:
Before concluding, David discusses how the CEO
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
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
At Edge International we are often asked about how lawyers and their firms might be different from place to place around the world. One of my stock answers is that many people misinterpret the propensity of the Brits to avoid hyperbole to mean that they are not aggressive. There is a reason why they once
September 28, 2007: Supercharging the Professional Services Firm, Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa,
Would you listen to the General Counsel of Sun Microsystems, if he said:
“I do believe that there may be times when a $1,000/hour fee is warranted”
“…just yesterday, I read of another example of how law firms continue to be primarily focused on maintaining profits through consolidation and growth of headcount.
"Leading London-based international law firms are starting to feel a chill from the world market turmoil that may threaten the industry’s unprecedented profits boom."
Read the whole Financial Times story: UK law firms hit by market turmoil
The despised business of videoconferencing is about to get a new lease on life.
This weeks Economist has an article on Telepresence. The full title is “Behold, telepresence – Far away yet strangely personal”. (Requires subscription). Image above is from the article.
Here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite for the story
