The April, 2015 issue of Edge International Communique is now available online.
Check out feature articles by three of my Edge International colleagues:
– David Cruickshank talks about improving client relationships
– Bithika Anand addresses the issue of when lawyers should retire
– Sean Larkan shares some tools for building (or rebuilding) an effective firm
In most law firms, brainstorming processes are dominated by power partners or simply those with force of personality. When this happens, the scope of the process is narrowed and many participants may be disenfranchised. If the goal of a brainstorming session is to tap the brain trust of all participants, then “brainwriting” might be
I was privileged to have been asked by the American Bar Association to write an article about the future of the legal profession for “The Annual Big Ideas Issue” of Law Practice Magazine (July/August 2014). Click on the image to read the article in full.
I hope you enjoy it.
Gerry
The Legal Intelligencer has launched a series of articles that focus on “competitive intelligence” in the context of legal practice.
The term “competitive intelligence” refers to the ways in which one company makes itself aware of what other companies in the same field (i.e., its “competitors”) are doing. This may include tracking their business practices,
At first blush, you might ask what a bionic arm catching objects in mid-flight has to do with the practice of law. I assert: “Everything.”
Who are the lawyers who represent these evolutionary products? Clearly, there will be lots of intellectual property involved, but I say that the list goes on.
Here are just three
According to communications expert Nick Morgan, merely presenting data is no way to convince people of anything – no
In recent years, boutique and even mid-sized firms have begun to offer increasingly specialized ranges 
of legal services. One notable example in this regard was recently the subject of an article in The Philadelphia Business Journal.
Helbraun Levey & O’Donoghue was established in Manhattan in 2005 to meet the specific needs of one industry
An article by my friend Michael P. Maslanka, “Seven Mindsets of Effective General Counsel,” appeared recently in Texas Lawyer. It includes advice that I found useful, and I hope you will as well.
In the article Mike suggests that "How lawyers think determines how we act." With that in mind, he encourages general counsel to
Some law firm leaders complain that they can’t give orders in a partnership. Gettysburg was proof that you can not get your orders obeyed even in the military if you are not a true leader.
A number of weeks ago, I spent the day in the battlefields of Gettysburg with two retired army colonels.
I am pleased to present you with the latest Edge International Review.
The focus of this issue of EIR is on law-firm growth and expansion, particularly in the international arena. Examination of this topic is timely, as we anticipate that the legal market generally is now entering another year of hectic consolidation activity on
