Better Law Practice Through Better People Management
The partner smack down has begun.
Here’s the most recent tally for equity partner announcements: Skadden, Arps named 8 new partners, down from 25; Debevoise & Plimpton named 2, down from 6; Weil, Gotshal promoted 3, down from 7; Cleary Gottlieb elected 4 new partners, half as many as in 2008; Ropes & Gray named…
While no one in his or her right mind yet concedes it, let’s just assume that the tides have turned and the billable hour is a thing of the past. What becomes of all the firm procedures and evaluation and promotion and compensation systems triggered or run by billable hours?
How do you tell your associates how much you expect them…
From Mitt Regan, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center: “I’m using your piece on ‘What the New Law Firm Looks Like’ for the Law Firms course that I will be teaching at Harvard Law School this spring. It does the best…