Dan Packel
Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
May 02, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: A Brewing Talent Fight, on a Broader BattlefieldTo maintain a competitive edge, law firms will need to recruit top minds in AI. But they're fighting with a larger crowd to land these talents.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 25, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Making Strategy in Big Law, and Making It WorkPartners need to be part of the process. But they can gum it up if they're allowed to focus on minor, internal concerns. Instead, the real prize is identifying big picture opportunities.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 19, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: For Office Attendance, is Music a New Carrot?Mayer Brown's Charlotte office has a record room—for listening to LPs, not storing boxes of documents.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 11, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: A Fight Over Names That Just Won't Seem To EndThe debate over how to refer to legal industry professionals without law degrees isn't a new one, and it maps onto larger concerns about a "caste system" in Big Law.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
April 09, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Dentons Ex-US Leader McNamara Exits Partnership for CEO Role at Industry Advisory ShopMike McNamara is now an equity partner as well as the first CEO at Baretz + Brunelle. He stepped down as the leader of Dentons U.S. in July 2021.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 04, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Getting a Head Start on the Office of the FutureKatrina Kostic Samen, leader of Savills Workplace Studio, argues that the office is going to make a comeback. And she says that smart firms should start conceptualizing what this looks like now.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
March 28, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Are Big Law's Remote Lawyers a Vanishing Species?New NALP figures show that the number of law firms willing to hire associates and partners in areas where they don't have offices is steadily declining.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
March 21, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: As Reddit Goes Public, Big Law's Redditors Rail Against a Start UpTwo former Big Law associates wandered into r/Biglaw looking to recruit for their remote, tech-forward firm. They were not made to feel welcome.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
March 14, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Who Would Want to Manage a Big Firm Anyway?In a week when one Am Law 100 managing partner stepped down abruptly while another was elected to a new term that will last into 2029, the pressures on leaders are thrown into even starker relief.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
March 07, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Orrick, Reed Smith and Dechert Make Time to Get Comfortable With AIFor five years, Orrick and Reed Smith have been giving associates billable hours credit for innovation work, and in that interval, generative AI has jumped to the forefront.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
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