Firm Leadership, Legal Operations

Law Firms Are Bleeding Talent Because They Refuse to Build Leaders

Best Era on 7/23/2025

Law firms have a leadership crisis. Not a shortage of managing partners or practice group heads, but a fundamental inability to develop actual leaders from within their ranks. The traditional model of promoting the best...more

From Pressure to Presence: What Happens When Leaders Stop Demanding

IR Global on 7/15/2025

What if the biggest leadership breakthrough wasn’t in getting louder—but in getting clearer? In the world of law firm leadership, power often masquerades as pressure. High expectations are seen as synonymous with...more

From Dashboards to Data-Driven Decisions – The Evolving Role of Technology in Legal Marketing & BD

Society54 on 6/10/2025

As the legal industry continues to embrace innovation, marketing and business development teams are reimagining how they work, powered by technology, guided by data, and increasingly influenced by AI. In this Tech Tuesday...more

Amend (Don’t End) DEI: What SHRM’s BEAM Framework Means for Law Firms - On Record PR

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 6/2/2025

Elizabeth Catterall Ogilvie joins Jennifer Simpson Carr to unpack SHRM’s newly introduced BEAM Framework—Belonging Enhanced by Access through Merit—and what it means for law firms navigating today’s diversity, equity, and...more

Redefining Value: What Today’s Legal Buyers Want - On Record PR

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 4/10/2025

Gina Rubel and Jennifer Carr reflect on key insights from Legalweek 2025, focusing on how law firms must adapt to meet the expectations of today’s legal buyers. From the rise of millennial buyers prioritizing trust and...more

Tech Isn’t the Enemy—Complacency Is: A Call to Action for Law Firm Leaders

Best Era on 3/31/2025

The future of law isn’t just about better motions or airtight arguments—it’s about building systems, empowering people, and enabling your law firm with the right technology to thrive in a rapidly changing world....more

Proactive Pricing for Law Firms

LawVision on 3/24/2025

A few years ago, I wrote a blog on proactive profitability. Given the evolving dynamics and trends in pricing in 2025, I want to explore a parallel concept: proactive strategic pricing. ...more

Crisis: What Role Does Leadership Play in Crisis Communications?

Poston Communications on 3/14/2025

When law firms or legal departments face crises, whether that be a data breach exposing client information, allegations of professional misconduct, a high-profile case gone awry or something truly unexpected, strong...more

Changing Out of White Shoes: Why General Counsel Are Moving Work to Challenger Firms

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 2/3/2025

Market Dynamics Are Changing In-House Relationships with Law Firms - A quiet revolution is taking place in outside counsel management: general counsel (GCs) are turning away from the traditional elite law firms — bastions...more

Association Legal Administrators’ Executive Leadership Summit Highlights Future-Ready: Strategic Planning for the Evolution of the...

Epiq on 12/4/2024

Midsize to large law firms are under increasing pressure to adapt to significant changes in workforce expectations, client demands, and operational complexity. Factors such as hybrid work models, evolving client...more

The Evolving Relationships of In-House Counsel and Law Firms: On Record PR

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 7/22/2024

In this episode of On Record PR, Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Leander Dolphin, Managing Partner of Shipman & Goodwin, to discuss the evolution of the relationship between in-house counsel and law firms, and the...more

Podcast: From the Capitol to the Crescent: Growth and Culture in McGlinchey’s Louisiana Offices [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 67]

McGlinchey Stafford on 7/8/2024

Coming out of COVID, law firms are redefining themselves and adapting new models of operations. At McGlinchey, we fine-tuned our operations under an initiative called #McGlincheyForward. And part of that effort is focused on...more

A Guide to Legal & Litigation Support Service Outsourcing

U.S. Legal Support on 3/6/2024

The pandemic caused a wave of disruption throughout the legal system in 2020, and the ricocheting effects are still felt today. Initially, there was a substantial backlog of cases causing court dates to be continually pushed...more

Remote Working and Relational Roadblocks in the Law Firm Environment

Epiq on 2/14/2024

If someone told a room full of law firm employees five years ago how much of the workforce would be remote in 2024, they probably would have doubt. It was not a foreign concept, as some law firms did allow a level of remote...more

CLIENTSFirst Consulting’s Top Five Blogs and Videos of 2023

ClientsFirst Consulting on 1/4/2024

The world of marketing technology is ever-changing, and with these changes comes its own set of challenges and opportunities. This past year was no different. We saw more firms than ever before embracing new technologies such...more

Set Up Your Law Firm for Successful Content Marketing in 2023

9Sail on 1/6/2023

With a new year upon us, you likely find yourself considering how to best ensure success for your law firm in the coming year. Amidst the factors of budgets and schedules, it’s important to take the time to consider how you...more

[Webinar] Creative Leadership to Keep Legal Thriving as Budgets Shrink - October 20th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Epiq on 10/11/2022

When an economic downturn looms, many corporations reflexively freeze hiring and cut budgets. That’s when great leaders react nimbly by making strategic decisions to drive cost-efficiency and deliver returns on investment....more

What Sinek and the Innovation Curve Can Teach Us About LPM Adoption

LawVision on 7/25/2022

In part 1 of our series, we talked about the significance of why for any high-performing law firm. Success is not about how phenomenal your lawyers are and the impressive list of clients. Rather, it’s about delivering value....more

Law and Justice Powered by Artificial Intelligence? It's Already a Reality

JD Supra Perspectives on 9/3/2020

The AI wave in law is not coming, it's already here … and it’s already transforming law firms....more

The Care and Feeding of a New Kind of Customer: Working with Legal Departments of the Future [Q&A]

JD Supra Perspectives on 10/7/2019

Q&A with NetApp's Connie Brenton and Emily Teuben on how legal departments of the future need to respond to and serve a new type of client....more

3 Ways Proactive Legal Ops Teams Can Increase Organizational Efficiency

Hanzo on 8/21/2019

In every complex venture, there’s an unsung hero who’s standing outside the limelight but keeping all the parts moving smoothly. We’re talking about the ediscovery manager who ensures that every case goes off without a hitch....more

Recapping CLOC Institute 2019: To Evolve Legal Ops, Be Fearless!

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 5/24/2019

If we had to identify a key theme of CLOC 2019 Vegas Institute? It was fearlessness. Because in many different ways, it’s going to be vital to the growth and evolution of Legal Operations. ...more

Design Thinking at CLOC - Part I

JD Supra Perspectives on 5/17/2019

Kevin Bielawski with part one of a CLOC 2019 recap....more

One Legal Ecosystem: Are You Ready for Process Improvement?

JD Supra Perspectives on 3/28/2019

For those ready to enhance long-lasting business relationships, Lean Sigma has become the underpinning of great solutions engendering client loyalty to the highest degree. Merry Neitlich with a perspective....more

Lawyers: Collaboration Drives Your Success. Here's How to Do It

JD Supra Perspectives on 12/13/2018

Lindsay Griffiths with three tips she saw in action during a recent CLOC meeting that law firm leaders can implement today as they seek to ride the wave of change....more

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