Over the past few years, I've published dozens of original articles in magazines, newspapers and websites covering the legal marketplace. Please find a selection of the best of these articles below.
Edge International
“The Business, Professional and Human Case for Law Firm Diversity”
Link: Edge International Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2012
“Why Are You Recruiting? Time to Rethink Your Approach to New Lawyers”
Link: Edge International Communiqué, March 2012
“Stop Fighting The Last Talent War”
Link: Edge International Communiqué, December 2011
“The Emerging New Capitals of Law”
Link: Edge International Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 2011
“7 Business Development Tactics in a Down Economy”
Link: Edge International Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 2011
“The Purpose-Driven Law Firm: What Market Role Does Your Firm Really Serve?”
Link: Edge International Communiqué, August 2011
“The Myth of the Two-Tiered Associate Track”
Link: Edge International Communiqué, June 2011
“The Talent Portfolio: Where, How and By Whom Your Work Is Done”
Link: Edge International Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 2011
“The Law of the Pencil: Innovation in the Legal Profession”
Link: Edge International Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall 2010
“Fixed Fees: The Thin Edge of Law Firm Transformation”
Link: Edge International Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2010
Stem Legal
“The Game Is On: LinkedIn vs. Twitter In The Social Media Race”
Link: Stem Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, Oct. 23, 2012
“Sharing the Spotlight: Website Profiles for Law Firm Staff”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, September 11, 2012
“Why Do You Still Have a LinkedIn Account?”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, June 14, 2012
“Bring Your Own Dilemma: The Implications of BYOD for Lawyers”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, April 19, 2012
“The Problem with Lawyer Advertising”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, April 3, 2012
“Where’s Your Fingerprint? Making Your Online Profile Unique”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, March 6, 2012
“In Our Private Universe: Being Yourself on Social Media”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, November 17, 2011
“Explaining Content and Why Lawyers Struggle With It”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, May 25, 2011
“Explaining Social Media and Why It’s Ideal for Lawyers”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, May 6, 2011
“Reluctant Publishers: Helping Lawyers Generate Content”
Link: Stem Legal's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog, February 15, 2011
Attorney at Work
“Client-Driven Recruitment”
Link: Attorney At Work, Nov. 16, 2011
“Would You Hire Yourself?”
Link: Attorney At Work, Oct. 24, 2011
“Ask Yourself the Moneyball Question”
Link: Attorney At Work, Sept. 19, 2011
“The Best Pricing Advice Ever”
Link: Attorney At Work, Aug. 22, 2011
“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summary Judgment?”
Link: Attorney At Work, Jul. 13, 2011
“Be the World’s Most Client-Accessible Lawyer”
Link: Attorney At Work, Jun. 14, 2011
“Demographic Business Development”
Link: Attorney At Work, March 21, 2011
“Create Legal Annual Reports for Your Clients”
Link: Attorney At Work, Feb. 21, 2011
“The Art of “We””
Link: Attorney At Work, Jan. 27, 2011
The Lawyers Weekly
“Social Media and Law Firms in Canada”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Oct. 26, 2012
“Five Steps to Establishing and Growing a Successful Niche Practice”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, April 6, 2012
“How David Fights Goliath with Social Media”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Jan. 13, 2012
“Rethinking Legal Ethics in a Wi-Fi World”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Nov. 11, 2011
“The Inconvenient Truth About Law School”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Aug. 19, 2011
“(Online) Branding: It’s All About the Client Experience”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Aug. 5, 2011
“Pricing Risk in the Legal Process”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, June 24, 2011
“Do What You Do Best and Outsource Everything Else”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, May 27, 2011
“Law Firm Diversity: Beyond the Platitudes”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, February 25, 2011
“The Future of Continuing Legal Education”
Link: The Lawyers Weekly, Dec. 10, 2010
Slaw
“CPD and the Presumption of Competence”
Link: Slaw, Dec. 30, 2011
“The Last Moneyball Article: Rethinking Law Firm Talent Acquisition”
Link: Slaw, Oct. 18, 2011
“The Purpose and Place of Pro Bono”
Link: Slaw, Aug. 23, 2011
“Articling: Back to Basics”
Link: Slaw, July 6, 2011
“Exploding Some Law School Myths”
Link: Slaw, Feb. 22, 2011
“Your Client is Not Your Enemy”
Link: Slaw, Dec. 21, 2010
“Your Call Is Important To Us”
Link: Slaw, Oct. 22, 2010
“Letting the Clients Decide”
Link: Slaw, Aug, 19, 2010
“The Quiet Canadians”
Link: Slaw, June 28, 2010
Miscellaneous
“Stop Charging So Much”
Link: Precedent Magazine, Fall 2012
“Lawyers and Social Media: Can Legal Advice be Crowdsourced?”
Link: ABA Law Practice Magazine, January/February 2012
“Disenfranchising the Turkeys”
Link: The Lawyer (UK), November 15, 2011
“Here Come the Robo-Lawyers”
Link: CBA PracticeLink, October 2011
“How to Use New Media to Access Old Media”
Link: CBA PracticeLink, March 2011
“Seniority Pay Must Die”
Link: Precedent Magazine, Dec. 10, 2010
“How to Be an Effective Client”
Link: Construction Law Musings, Aug. 13, 2010