The New Year Issue | December 2017
In this issue of ABA Law Practice Today:
The plan must address the logistical and psychological hurdles that lead people to resist change. Traditional legal training ignores the human skills that are essential to business success. Better productivity starts with getting better organized. Even for complex legal work, sometimes doing it yourself is faster and costs less than outsourcing. Setting goals and writing an action plan to achieve them will help get you on the track to success. Tips for evaluating your law firm’s next billing system. Anne Brafford’s book on the benefits of work engagement is a must read for law firms. Many people conflate marketing and business development; it may be useful to clarify what they mean as you develop your plans for the new year. Lawyers need to reframe their view of what “failure” means to succeed in business development. The old saying is true—you can’t manage what you don’t measure. To limit risk, law firms should increase training on how to review and clear conflicts. An overview of legal assistance for disaster recovery in Florida. Why is it difficult for law firms to retain and advance non-white attorneys, even as law schools continue to enroll record numbers of minority students?A Post-Merger Integration Strategy That Works
Retrain Your Lawyer Brain and Grow Your Business
Five Simple Steps to Organize Virtually Anything
Why Clients Are Insourcing Legal Work
Get Going on Goal Setting in 2018
Sponsored Key Demands for Your Next Cloud-Based Law Firm Billing Program
Positive Professionals: A New Approach For Building Better Law Firms
The Marriage of Marketing and Business Development
Reframing Failure To Succeed In Business Development
Top Three Firm Metrics for 2018
Don’t Overlook Training For Conflicts Of Interest
Lessons Learned in Providing Disaster Legal Services in Florida
Big Law’s Relentless Diversity Problem—What Firms Need to Do Now