US law deans ‘appalled’ by Stimson criticism of law firms for representing detainees
Official Attacks Top Law Firms
The lion on the left is a metaphor for the lawyers and law firms who stand up to attacks against our profession and justice itself.
In a New York Times article today, Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees, you will see that there is an insidious movement to have business clients fire those
Lawyers appreciate…
Lawyers appreciate good health, security and happiness – BUT WAIT, doesn’t everyone? Yes. That’s my point. Lawyers are people and the vast majority of them are really good people.
Lawyers appreciate people who treat them with the dignity and respect.
Lawyers appreciate people who recognize lawyer jokes for what they are – a form of bigotry (and who therefore pass on the opportunity to proliferate them).
Basically, I guess this means that lawyers appreciate the same things everybody else does – so whether you are a lawyer or not, may you have the things you appreciate in abundance in 2007.
Happy Holidays!
Note: This is a departure from my usual posts which are directed to Managing Partners and those who assist them in running their firms. This is a "lawyers appreciate" post conceived by Julie Fleming Brown of Life at the Bar and Stephanie West Allen of Idealawg as a way to close out the year with a flurry of appreciation in the legal blogosphere. (I am honoured to have been tapped to do a “Lawyers appreciate" post and to tap three more bloggers to do the same.)
Continue Reading Lawyers appreciate…
Congratulations to Edge Award Winners and thank you to our Review Board
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
“…A stringent “how much do I really love that” filter
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
The Future of Law is International
A tip of the pinstriped hat to my Edge International colleague, Robert Millard, for his post The Future of Law is International. This may be early in the curve, however…
Punchline: Managing Partners, if this is right, what will you wish five years from now that you started doing today?
The Tipping Point according to Bruce Marcus
Bruce Marcus makes a compelling case for his view that the legal profession is approaching "the tipping point". Have a look at his evidence in his post today, called:
ARE WE NEAR THE TIPPING POINT IN PROFESSIONAL FIRM MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE?
Note: I posted about Bruce’s thinking on the Tipping Point before he put pen
Thank you “Law Practice Today”
I owe a big thank you to “Law Practice Today” and writer Tom Mighell for including this Blog in a story about new blogs. Tom says, in part:
It’s really amazing that we have experts in legal marketing providing relevant, useful information on literally a daily basis
Tom Mighell is Senior Counsel and Litigation Technology
Pop Quiz – What do these five law firms have in common?
Pop Quiz – What do these five law firms have in common?
Dierker & Associates, P.C. of Troy, MI Epstein, Turner & Song of Los Angeles, CA Gannon & Garcia, L.L.P. of San Antonio, TX Powers & Frost, L.L.P. of Houston, TX Rojas Law Firm LLP of Miami, FL
Hint #1: They are the newest
Big law firms are making an effort to promote women
Freelance writer Sarah Doherty follows yesterday’s article “Flexible work schedules save money, research shows” about which I posted: (You Can’t Afford to Keep Losing Your Women Lawyers)with another offering: Room at the top – Big law firms are making an effort to promote women into more visible and prominent positions Here’s how the