Rees W Morrison

January 02, 2013 | Daily Report Online

During 2013, the following changes in law department management will become more apparent. That is to say, indications will appear here and there increasingly during the year, although these shifts will take several years to become established and flourish.

By Rees W. Morrison

4 minute read

June 09, 2006 | Law.com

Having trouble deciding how best to manage your law department? Just hold on, because the next five years will see a boom of in-house management resources, according to consultant Rees Morrison. In addition to an increase in information and resources from trade sources, in-house attorneys can look for more management research to be performed by law firms, vendors and academic departments. And of course, the Internet will also be a growing source for free management information and practices.

By Rees W. Morrison

9 minute read

September 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

By speaking the insider's language, relationship partners can remove barriers and generate more business.

By Rees W. Morrison and Bruce D. Heintz

8 minute read

March 18, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

Let's accept that lawyers vehemently oppose reporting their time on matters, even periodically or in units of hours. Without timesheets, where might a general counsel turn for data on what the law department has done or accomplished?

By Rees W. Morrison

7 minute read

September 22, 2008 | National Law Journal

Once upon a time, a corporate law department consisted of just one office housing a team of lawyers. But increasingly, as companies do business around the globe, some of the in-house counsel who make that possible are located in foreign offices — and for some law departments, in a raft of foreign offices. Stationing lawyers near their in-house clients enhances the efficiency and efficacy of their legal work. But it also causes problems.

By Rees W. Morrison

9 minute read

December 12, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Few would dispute that, for law departments of much size, it is a sound practice to make effective use of matter-management software, writes Rees W. Morrison. That genre of software is the most tailored for law departments and, other than company standard software, is likely to be the most widely installed.

By Rees W. Morrison

8 minute read

November 23, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essentially a highly specialized database system stocked with many fields and functions, MMS stores and reports much of what takes place in a legal department's work.

By Rees W. Morrison

8 minute read

September 18, 2006 | National Law Journal

Few law departments sufficiently appreciate how many other groups have a stake in the workings of the department's matter-management system. In particular, five groups care about the software that helps track cases, matters, and how much has been paid to outside counsel.

By Rees W. Morrison

9 minute read

May 22, 2006 | National Law Journal

The next five years will see a profound deepening and broadening of knowledge about how best to manage law departments. As many law departments could do a better job in management, this leap is important.

By Rees W. Morrison

10 minute read

July 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

Productivity � we know it when we see it, or so say law-department managers. But I'm not sure we all can agree on what causes an in-house lawyer to be productive or how we can boost productivity. Because improving in-house productivity may be the toughest management challenge we face, and yield the greatest return, let's consider what productivity is and what can be done to increase it.

By Rees W. Morrison

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