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Why Every Big Firm Lawyer Should Consider Going Solo (And Why Firms Should Welcome This)

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The legal profession is experiencing a quiet revolution, and most law firms are completely unprepared for what's coming. While Big Law partners obsess over billable hours and corner offices, a new generation of lawyers is...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Seizing the Opportunity: How GCs Can Win as Gen-AI Reshuffles Big Law - January 31st, 12:00 pm ET

Hear AdvanceLaw, Haleon, DXC Technology, Simmons & Simmons, and Holland & Knight explore the impact of generative AI within law firms. Law firms are making unprecedented investments in generative AI technology that is...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

How an Associate’s Prior Work Experience Can Benefit Their Practice in Big Law

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In this episode of “Real Talk,” Lowenstein associates discuss their pre-law school careers, and how that work experience has enhanced their practices. Partners Megan Monson, and Nicole Fulfree welcome associate Amanda...more

Law School Toolbox

Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 380: Why BigLaw Isn't for Everyone (w/Sadie Jones)

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're chatting with our career consultant Sadie Jones about why a career in BigLaw might not be for everyone. In this episode we discuss: >Which firms are considered...more

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Big Law rainmaker builds a media company through his legal thought leadership - Legally Contented podcast

In this episode of the Legally Contented Podcast, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Scott Becker, a partner in the healthcare department at McGuireWoods and the founder and publisher of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Hitting Home: Law Firms Are Now The Target Of A Spate Of New Pay Equity Cases

Big Law is no stranger to providing advice on pay equity or defending pay equity lawsuits. But until recently, headlines generally featured lawsuits challenging the compensation practices of their clients, not the law firms...more

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Trends in Paid Parental Leave Come to the Legal Industry: A Call to Action for Law Firms?

As Chief Diversity and Professional Development Officer at Ogletree Deakins, I have seen that law firms specifically, and the legal industry, generally, face external pressures from clients, outside counsel, and diversity...more

LawVision

PwC – What to do about it

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As if the continuing flat market and stagnant growth for U.S. law firms hasn’t been enough, a new challenge emerged last month when, for the first time, the legal arm of PwC, one of the big four accounting firms, opened a...more

Timothy Corcoran - Corcoran Consulting Group

Understanding Change Triggers

In the Biglaw legal marketplace, it’s taken as gospel that loyalty is dead. Corporate clients that once retained the same law firms over a multi-year period may now issue RFPs and shift the work to lower-priced firms....more

Maynard Nexsen

Reflections from a former Deputy General Counsel - How the Legal Landscape is Changing & the Real Secret to Job Security

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I have seen the nature of legal services transform over the 20+ years of my career as an attorney. The evolution of the global business environment has driven some of it, but lawyers were slow adapters and we now find...more

LawVision

Superfast Whitepaper

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Is Your Firm Among the 13%? Emulating the Fastest-Growing Firms in the New Legal World - The November 2014 issue of The American Lawyer headlined with an engrossing article by Aric Press entitled “BigLaw’s Reality...more

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Top Ten Reasons Why Midsize Law Firms are Struggling or Disappearing

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Creating and sustaining a profitable midsize law firm is challenging, especially in 2015. With many firms shrinking, becoming unstable or simply dissolving, both clients and employees are pursuing stability. While there are...more

Baker Donelson

Does Law Firm Pro Bono Come At The Expense Of Paying Clients?

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Pro bono has come a long way in the last decade or two. More and more law firms have effective, structured pro bono programs, and many corporate legal departments either have pro bono programs or are working on developing...more

Timothy Corcoran - Corcoran Consulting Group

Law Firms Getting Schooled

Law firm partners have a curious approach to addressing client needs. Imagine a crowded subway car in which a General Counsel is sitting comfortably while a Biglaw partner stands next to him. When the train lurches, the...more

Timothy Corcoran - Corcoran Consulting Group

The Changing Definition of Value: What Matters Most to In-House Counsel

The rules have changed. Law firm partners worldwide reached professional maturity in a much simpler world: One delivered a quality work product and everything else fell into place. Clients were satisfied, lawyers were...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Problems with the Legal Industry

I love being a lawyer and I wanted to be one since Mrs. Rosenblum’s third grade class. I love being a lawyer a lot more since I started my own practice more than 3 years ago and one of the reasons is because by being on my...more

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