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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
Edge International Review Winter 2010
We are very proud of our latest Edge International Review. For a complete downloadable version (or just the articles you want) click on the cover or go to EdgeInternationalReview.com
If you have any questions , comments or suggestions, please shoot me a note.
(You can also check out our Edge International web site at
Law Firm Leadership Eye Openers
Take a few moments at the beginning of your next (executive, practice group, industry group, client team) meeting and watch this piece from Australia’s George and Margaret Beaton (Beaton research and Consulting). They have been friends for a long time and not only built an amazing high end consultancy but have done it
Answer Your Outsourcing Questions
Answer Your Outsourcing Questions
- Why do some corporations and law firms outsource legal work while others do not?
- What ethical issues arise in outsourcing legal services?
- Who is doing the outsourced work and what qualifications do they have?
- What type of legal work is being outsourced? What are the concerns regarding the outsourcing of patent
Offshoring in India Changing Legal Services in the West
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
OUTSOURCING: “Lawyers are service providers. We are not gods”
"The objective is to have only the most valuable people in London or New York, and the others in India, China or Columbus, Ohio,” said Robert Profusek, co-head of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Jones Day in New York, who sends low-end work to the cheapest locations and plans to open a document center
“OUTSOURCING” – clients will prefer firms who do it, sooner than you think.
"…$18 million a year in savings to the world’s largest law firm"
"…around-the-clock attention and legal advice for global clients"
This is no longer a hypothetical. Many law firms who think this will not apply to their practice for a decade or two will soon wake up behind the eight ball.
Outsourcing is neither easy