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Monthly Archives: August 2011
College of Law Practice Management 2011 Futures Conference, Chicago, IL
I’m pleased to be moderating a panel on international developments in the practice of law at the College of Law Practice Management’s 2011 Futures Conference: Challenging the Law Practice Model in Chicago on October 28-29.
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Federation of Law Societies of Canada Annual Meeting, Charlottetown, PE
I’m honoured to join a special panel on the lawyer admission process at the annual meeting of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, September 16-17.
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Goodbye to all that
Last week, having written about the rise of online disruptors and the emergence of super-boutiques, I promised that the final entry in this de facto trilogy would identify how lawyers and law firms can ensure their profitability in this new environment. But then I spent three days at ILTA’s Rev-elation, the 2011 annual meeting of [...]
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The rise of the super-boutique
Yesterday, I advanced the notion that lawyers’ profitability now depends on what they do and how they do it. One reason is disruptive internet-based providers that not only are grabbing commodity work and profiting from it, but more dangerously, are also changing the values clients associate with “good legal service” to emphasize speed, affordability and [...]
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Here come the disruptors
Lawyers used to have the Midas Touch: whatever we did, however we did it, we were profitable, because no one else could do it (and no one else was allowed to try). From now on, lawyers’ and law firms’ profitability hinges completely on what we choose to do and how we choose to do it. [...]
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Innovation pays
I’m willing to wager that the one phrase most frequently spoken in partnership meetings, when the subject of potential new initiatives comes up, is: “Are any other firms doing this?” Law is virtually the only industry where a negative answer to that question is met with disappointment. Doing what everyone else is doing will get [...]
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On the road and on the Net
Before providing a series of links to articles I’ve recently published elsewhere, I want to bring your attention to my next two public speaking appearances and encourage you to come check them out. First, I’ll be in Toronto this Friday, August 5, at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association. I’m honoured to be [...]
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