Who’s in Dialogue: 06

Who’s In Dialogue: 06 is in its 6th week; thanks for playing.

This week turn your mind to South Dearborn Street where he plays rhythm guitar in the firm’s band, saying it’s the best place from which to lead a BigLaw firm.

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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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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.

Be first to answer by Replying below.

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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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What’s on clients’ minds

After a break, Aric Press is back in Dialogue with What’s on clients’ minds. My partners and I have spent the last three years talking to hundreds of law firm clients. And we have good news and bad news to report.

Most clients like and appreciate the work they get from their outside firms, but only a minority told us that they were “very satisfied” by their outside lawyers. We heard heartwarming praise—“They were in the foxhole with me”—and the familiar “too” complaints: too expensive, too inefficient, too slow to change.

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