BigLaw’s Gender Diversity Problem Is The Traditional Model Itself

Anyone remember the Jerry Reed song, “She Got The Goldmine, I Got The Shaft”? The country crooner garnered a Grammy for singing about the inequitable upshot of his divorce. That song came to mind when I read the recent Law 360 “Glass Ceiling Report” on women in law firms. Perhaps a female lawyer with a good voice and an ability to strum could reprise Reed’s tune and call it: “He Got The Corner Office, I Got The Door.”

Female lawyers still get the shaft. Why?

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Posted by on Aug 31, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Lawyers | 0 comments

Profit, delusion and the BigLaw obsession

His K&L Gates provenance and the way our guest contributor began his article in Legal Business caught my eye. Tony Griffiths’ piece was titled “…on profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things”. With his permission, we quote Tony and reinvigorate the debate on the dangerous obsession with law firm league tables.

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Posted by on Aug 25, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Clients | 0 comments

How much time does BigLaw have?

Dialogue is pleased to publish, How much time does BigLaw have?, a question posed by London-based Mark Rigotti, joint CEO of Herbert Smith Freehills. Read why Mark asks this question, and my reply in the first comment.

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Posted by on Aug 22, 2016 in BigLaw firms | 2 comments

How BigLaw and NewLaw are entering the vernacular

Stories in today’s Lawyers Weekly are a pointer to how the terms BigLaw and NewLaw are entering the vernacular. Coined as neologisms to capture the essence of two types of business model for the delivery of legal services, BigLaw and NewLaw are becoming entrenched, at least in some parts of the ecosystem.

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Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Business models, NewLaw business models | 1 comment

BigLaw will remain and flourish

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Posted by on Jul 28, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Business models | 3 comments