Toward client industry alignment

In ‘Toward client industry alignment’ Heather Suttie suggests that BigLaw practice is shifting cautiously toward focusing on and organising around client sectors and industries. Read why…

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Posted by on Jul 11, 2018 in BigLaw firms, Strategy | 5 comments

Who’s In Dialogue: 05

Who’s In Dialogue: 05 is in its 5th week; thanks for playing.

Who’s in Dialogue this week? He graduated in law at the University of Auckland in 1980. And if you need another clue, he’s partial to rare single malt whiskeys, or is it whiskies?

In case you suspect this Contributor is Ed Reeser on account of his also being a single malt connoisseur, think again. Ed graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1976. 

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Posted by on Jul 10, 2018 in Who's In Dialogue | 1 comment

To build a BigLaw sales force, start small

‘To build a BigLaw sales force, start small’ is a thoughtful piece from John Grimley, one of our long-time Contributors to Dialogue. John critiques and elaborates on an article in The American Lawyer by longtime Chief Marketing Officer for K&L Gates Jeffrey Berardi.

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Posted by on Jul 6, 2018 in BigLaw firms, Innovation | 3 comments

Remaking news of the week: Talent algorithm

This week we feature a talent algorithm; it speaks for itself. Recently with Alastair Morrison and Alan Peckham at the RSG Consulting event in Australia, Jodie Baker formulated this algorithm for attracting and motivating the best talent. It’s quintessential, to say the least.

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Posted by on Jul 5, 2018 in BigLaw firms, Talent | 0 comments

Deep thinking on the theory and practice of law

Ken Grady’s exercise in deep thinking on the theory and practice of law should be read, nay imbibed, by every practicing and aspirant lawyer, law firm leader, law school teacher and all others who care about the role of lawyers in society. Remember Philip Wood’s riveting The Fall of the Priests and the Rise of the Lawyers? If Ken and his kindred spirits are not heard, we may well be reading the sequel, The Fall of the Lawyers and the Rise of the…     

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Posted by on Jul 4, 2018 in Future, Lawyers | 1 comment

Who’s In Dialogue: 04

Who’s In Dialogue: 04 is in its 4th week; thanks for playing.

Who’s in Dialogue this week? Her hair colour is not a carbon copy.

Hint this question is in the form of a crossword clue. And if in doubt, listen here.

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Posted by on Jul 3, 2018 in Who's In Dialogue | 0 comments

Seeing legal services as a kaleidoscope

As my colleagues and I were researching Remaking Law Firms: Why & How we realized we were seeing the legal services landscape as a kaleidoscope. This vision became one of the pillars of our 2016 book in which Chapter 5 is titled The 2025 Kaleidoscope Scenario.

Less than three years on from the publication of Remaking Law Firms, the kaleidoscope is no longer a futurist’s scenario; it’s already here.  

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Posted by on Jun 29, 2018 in Future, Remaking Law Firms book | 0 comments