Monthly Archives: April 2010

Book Review: The LegalBizDev Survey of Alternative Fees

By Jordan Furlong | Published: April 20, 2010
The LegalBizDev Survey of Alternative Fees, by Jim Hassett, Ph.D. (Boston: LegalBizDev, 2009) Okay, strictly speaking, it’s a report rather than a book. But I’m so interested in talking about this publication and its importance to the developing field of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs, a topic we’re focused on these days at Edge) that I’m [...]
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Pieces of me

By Jordan Furlong | Published: April 12, 2010
There’s now textual and videographic evidence that I’ve been kind of busy the last few weeks. If you’re interested, here are some links to assorted content I’ve been producing or helping produce elsewhere than Law21: 1. Two blog posts in the last month at Stem Legal’s Law Firm Web Strategy blog have focused on social [...]
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How I learned to stop worrying and love project management

By Jordan Furlong | Published: April 9, 2010
Project management is about as close to a silver bullet as the legal profession could ask for these days. Consider: It’s easy to understand. It’s inexpensive to implement. It lowers costs. It improves quality. It enhances communication. It facilitates lawyer training. It makes fixed fees profitable. It makes clients happy. If it could cure cancer [...]
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Media Strategy Service at Stem Legal

By Jordan Furlong | Published: April 8, 2010
Since entering the consultancy world last October, I’ve been (and continue to be) fortunate to work with two great organizations, Edge International (where my focus is on strategic planning for law firms and the rapidly evolving legal marketplace) and Stem Legal (where my focus is on communications, media and social media for law firms). Today, [...]
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The blind side

By Jordan Furlong | Published: April 5, 2010
My newest column has been posted at Canada’s best legal website, which regular readers will know is Slaw.ca. Even though the article is also posted here for posterity, take the opportunity to absorb all of Slaw’s great information by going to read it there.
Posted in Big Firms, Competition, Innovation | 4 Comments

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