ANNOUNCING THE 2005-2006 AWARD WINNERS
My Edge International colleagues and I are pleased to announce the winners of the 2005-2006 Edge Awards for the best articles published in Law Practice Magazine. The awards commend outstanding written works most likely to have a practical influence in shaping the actions lawyers take to manage their practices. All
Can the American Bar Association possibly be correct? If so, then:
"Eighty-one percent of minority women quit private law firms within five years because they get shunted into dead-end jobs and aren’t welcomed the way other new employees are, according to an American Bar Association report."
This according to a news report today in the
As a Managing Partner (or other member of the senior management of your firm), it is extremely important that you look beyond the incestuous offerings from inside the legal profession. Internal thinking sometimes has us gazing at our own navels. If you want a glimpse of the outside world but in a way that is
Dear friend, Sue Stapely, FIPR FRSA is thought to be the UK’s only practising solicitor providing comprehensive strategic communications counsel, with unrivaled experience, particularly working in the legal sector.
Read her July 20th article in UK’s Law Gazette:
When reputations are on the line
Here’s a tiny excerpt:
…we should also worry about the reputations
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain
Rajesh Setty of Life BEYOND CODE in his post "Ways to distinguish yourself #153 – Use humor right!" has some importanmt rules for the use of humor that we have long subscribed to in Edge. Check it out!
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Arnie Herz of "legal sanity" gets down to brass tax in his "energy management for lawyers" post. You will see a reference in the post to the heart’s role in all this, courtesy of the Law Practice Today post "Meet the Most Powerful Stress Manager: Your Heart"
Find out which graph ought to represent your
So, how many stars does your firm have?
Not sure?
You had better pay a visit to my friend and colleague Robert Millard at The Adventure of Strategy, and in particular, his post: Banks Use Star Rating to Force Law Firms to Compete
My view: The future does not care whether you like it or
Ernie the Attorney (Ernie Svenson) and The Adventure of Strategy (Robert Millard) both came at the same issue today but in entirely different ways. Unbeknownst to each other, they posted on a common theme: lawyers leaving their law firms.
Ernie referred to Denise Howell of the Bag and Baggage blog: "So, now Denise is taking
Question One: Do you know the difference between "sex" and "Sachs"
If "YES", go to "Question Two"; if NO, click here
Question Two: Do you know the difference between "Goldman Sachs" and "Goldmansex"
If "YES", go to "Question Three"; if "NO"
Seth Godin’s blog post on Receptionists is 100% correct. When I was a managing partner, my firm required a receptionist for our largest office. I personally reviewed 215 applications myself and created my "A list", about 42 applicants, whom I invited for interviews late one afternoon. I asked 6 of my partners to help
