Nicole Black’s new endeavor Legal Tweets is keeping track of a conversation about whether the billable hour is still feasible for law firms. It’s an interesting discussion, and I think it wouldn’t hurt for you to go check it out and follow the links to the different ideas. Now, I definitely think there are places…
Jordan Furlong has an interesting look at the current economic malaise in the legal industry. He’s convinced the downturn is part of a “regeneration” of law, People will always need lawyers, and lawyers will still be here to do what we do best: counsel, advise, advocate, analyze, facilitate and connect. The legal profession will be…
As someone who works as non-attorney staff, I found this article really interesting, and probably much closer to the truth than I might want to admit. Legal Secretaries Find Door to Advancement Shut Now, to be fair, I’ve seen this sort of thing play out at places outside of law firms as well. You have…
Back in November I told you about an ABA Journal Survey of lawyers regarding the impact of recession on their practice. Today, as part of the special recession issue, they’ve shared the results. The numbers that jump out at me, and not just because they are front and center of the page, are that 31%…
Last week when I talked about my concern with the concept of “if you can’t manage it, ban it”, this was exactly the sort of clash of priorities I was thinking of. 2008 ABA Tech Survey Sees More Mobility Hmm, so attorney’s are going to want more mobility, and clients always want more responsiveness from…
The ABA Journal is asking lawyers to take a survey about the job market and the current state of the legal economy. I’m not a lawyer so I can’t take it, but I’m very interested in seeing how the results work out. I think all of us have seen, at the very least, a belt-tightening…