Read all of the Top Ten Predictions from the Futurist for 2009 and on – possibly most relevant to the legal profession are:
Call for US lawyers to get involved in voters’ rights issues
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I am passing this forward for my good friend, Kirk T. Hartley, of the Chicago litigation boutique, Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP.
He cares a lot about voting rights!
Kirk asked me to direct you American Lawyers who care about voting rights to his post Offtopic – Lawyers and Voters’ Rights 2008 – Get
“How the ‘Cravath System’ Created the Bi-Modal Distribution.”
Law Professor William D. Henderson (click on photo for bio)
Managing Partners and law firm H.R. Executives should contemplate the meaning of Indiana University School of Law’s Prof. Bill Henderson’s post: "How the ‘Cravath System’ Created the Bi-Modal Distribution."
Professor Henderson builds on the work of NALP (The National Association for Law
“once-in-a-lifetime” – Valorem Law Group
As Nicole Nehama Auerbach joins Valorem, she says:
“I saw Valorem as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to really make a difference in the way litigation is handled… I was captivated by the firm’s commitment to provide real value to business clients, and, in particular, its emphasis on alternative fees. Alternative fees are more important than ever
“economically-irrational” associate salaries hit ceiling
The Wall Street Journal has a post called: Big-Law Associates Facing 2008 Salary Cap by Dan Slater.
Here is a key paragraph from that post from which my title was derived:
"We called around to firms to find out whether associate salaries, called economically-irrational in some quarters, have finally (or, at least, for now) hit
American and Canadian Lawyers – IMPORTANT & TIME SENSITIVE
Hero: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry asks lawyers to sacrifice
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry — fired by Musharraf Saturday — in a phone call to a gathering of lawyers urged them to go to "every corner of Pakistan and give the message that this is the time to sacrifice."
This in the face of:
"Baton-wielding police fought with lawyers outside courthouses in Islamabad and
Montreal’s legendary Desjardins Ducharme to close
It is with personal sadness that I post this news. In September, one of Canada’s most respected law firms will close its doors forever according to a story by lawyer/journalist Jim Middlemiss in today’s Financial Post: “Lawyer exodus shutters Desjardins”.
Jim starts his story:
An era will end for the 100-lawyer law firm Desjardins Ducharme
ZEN and the art of lawyering
This is a San Francisco Chronicle article in which Chronicle Staff Writer Heidi Benson begins:
“Mary Mocine, a 63-year-old Zen priest and former litigator, teaches meditation to burned-out attorneys at weekend retreats at Tassajara in Big Sur and Green Gulch Farm at Muir Beach.”
Litigators may be comforted by this: "You can still
First Law Firm Goes Public – shares up 40% on first day of trading
The Wall Street Journal posts: Slater & Gordon: The World’s First Publicly Traded Law Firm
Managing Partners and other members of law firm C suites had better look at Slater & Gordon’s prospectus – it’s a gold mine, (pun intended).
Have a look at how risks are described – the Wall Street Journal post quotes