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Comment on Learning to run by Sue Connor

Sue Connor — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:14:50 +0000

The problem is that law schools are housed within universities, which do not often value the practice-oriented teaching you advocate. They want professors who can bring in research grant money and professors who will publish, publish, publish. Those who teach the more practice-oriented subjects are often not appointed as professors but as lecturers and instructors. This doesn’t just indicate less respect but also less salary.

Comment on Law firms on demand by Dan Toombs

Dan Toombs — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:48:32 +0000

Great post. The great attraction to these outfits I think will come from the lawyers themselves who are wanting to be freed from the tight grip of the traditional law firm.

Comment on How to compete on price by Professional Services Marketing 3.0 Gets a Rave in Legal Innovation | Professional Services Marketing 3.0

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:28:05 +0000

[...] article that combines these two perspective is Jordan Furlong’s article from last year “How to compete on price” on why lawyers should stop following the old advice not to compete on price and instead learn how [...]

Comment on About Jordan by 3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Marketing 2.0 - Part 1

3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Marketing 2.0 - Part 1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:41:26 +0000

[...] 2.0 – Part 1 Later this month I will be co-presenting with Jordan Furlong at the ACLEA Mid-Year Meeting in New Orleans. Our topic is using social media as part of your web [...]

Comment on The year of living dangerously by The Future of the Legal Profession: Expert Predictions for 2012 and Beyond « Legal Business Development Updates

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:46:32 +0000

[...] Edge International and a senior consultant with Stem Legal Web Enterprises, in a blogpost entitled: The year of living dangerously states: ” [2012] looks like a year in which the limits of perseverance will be reached and [...]

Comment on About Jordan by The Future of the Legal Profession: Expert Predictions for 2012 and Beyond « Legal Business Development Updates

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:05:57 +0000

[...] Jordan Furlong partner with Edge International and a senior consultant with Stem Legal Web Enterprises, in a blogpost entitled: The year of living dangerously states: ” [2012] looks like a year in which the limits of perseverance will be reached and breached. There are just too many places within the traditional legal community where resistance to change will weaken and ultimately collapse.” Furlong sees: ” [more] law firms disappearing, a rise in the influence and competitiveness of Asia-based law firms, an increase in alternative business structures and macro-economic and geopolitical events” all impacting the legal profession to restructure and reposition itself for a more competitive future. [...]

Comment on The year of living dangerously by Positioning Your Practice for Change- Property Shop

Positioning Your Practice for Change- Property Shop — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:38:07 +0000

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Comment on The year of living dangerously by Susan Cartier Liebel

Susan Cartier Liebel — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:38:53 +0000

This piece evokes images of the raw footage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami with people on the beach watching it happening but not being able to digest what was coming…and running for cover too late.

Thanks for another excellent piece in a long list of excellent prescient articles on the legal profession.

Comment on The year of living dangerously by 2012, a year of danger for law firms « Beaton Blog

2012, a year of danger for law firms « Beaton Blog — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:10:13 +0000

[...] Here’s a confirmatory perspective from the other side of the world–note Jordan’s emphasis of the significance of King & Wood Mallesons: http://www.law21.ca/2011/12/16/the-year-of-living-dangerously/. [...]

Comment on The stewardship crisis by The year of living dangerously

The year of living dangerously — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:24:49 +0000

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