How would you assess the current climate among big law firms in the country?
Large law firms know that they need to be responsive to clients. They’re looking at alternative billing; they’re looking at the existing competition not only in the United States but worldwide. The American legal system has always been a great exporter of legal services throughout the world. They’re doing everything they can to keep that position as the number one exporter, but there are people all over the world, when you look at issues such as outsourcing, public ownership of law firms, that would like to challenge the American legal system. The big law firms are up to that challenge.
This story originally appeared in The Am Law Daily.
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