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Corporate Counsel

Pro Tip: Achieve Professional Success by Building a Winning Team

Being a strong leader requires having a strong team supporting you. Growing functional, efficient and highly collaborative teams with the best possible chance of success requires ongoing care and feeding.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Overworked Lawyers Say They're Logging Too Much Unbillable Time

"The timekeepers doing the work are spending far too much time on what we call low value tasks, both billable and nonbillable," Chris Ford, of ZERO, said.
3 minute read

Law.com

Your Colleagues Want You to Stop Bragging About How Much You Work: The Morning Minute

The news and analysis you need to start your day.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Arnold & Porter Delays Office Return While Removing Access for Unvaccinated

If the firm does not receive a vaccine card, colleagues "are no longer able to access" Arnold & Porter's offices, the firm said.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Robots Are Coming for the Lawyers but Might Also Be Their Rainmakers

If partial automation means an overwhelmed lawyer now has time to take more clients' cases or clients can now afford to hire a lawyer, everyone might be better off, law professors write.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Starting and Running a College Consulting Practice

Despite the scandal surrounding Operation Varsity Blues in 2019, most IECs are members of professional organizations that require members to adhere to strict ethical policies (national organizations include IECA, HECA, NACAC and AICEP).
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Prioritizing Staff and Attorney Engagement in a Remote World

Firms that allow some amount of remote work will face logistical challenges and questions about how to maintain engagement with staff and attorneys not physically in the office. Here's how law firms can maintain—and even grow—employee engagement in a remote environment.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Big Law Goes Back to the Office, Akerman Commits to Hybrid Working Policy

Chairman and CEO Scott Meyers said the adaptive work model "preserves the benefits of flexibility we've experienced over the past 16 months."
2 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Why 'Sticking To One Thing' Can Be Strategic And Lucrative for Midsize Law Firms

Midsize firms generally didn't hit it out of the park in 2020. But some, which are known for a specific practice, performed quite well.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Centralized and Specialized: Fox Rothschild's Realignment Follows Growing Trend for Big Law Support Staff

Legal industry consultants have said the pandemic bore out what they've been telling law firms for years—that their support teams are overstaffed.
5 minute read

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