The Future of BigLaw, Part 1 – The Numbers Don’t Lie, or Do They?
It’s easy to be a little confused about the state of BigLaw today. Some commentators are preaching doom and gloom, e.g., Noam Scheiber of the New Republic in “The Last Days of Big Law – You can’t...
View ArticleFeeling the Squeeze – The Future of BigLaw (Part II)
As I discussed in Part I, there is a mighty debate raging over the future of BigLaw. The Staunch Defenders point to the latest increased revenue and profit numbers as a sign that the Good Ship BigLaw...
View ArticleHow Fixed Fees Are Going to Change BigLaw Forever
Artwork by Brenda Hall This is Part III of “The Future of BigLaw” series. It could also be seen as Part IV of “The Billable Hour is Dead (to Me)” series. BigLaw has big problems. It’s biggest just...
View ArticleTransparency is BigLaw’s Kryptonite
This is the fourth installment of “The Future of BigLaw” series. Oh ye battered clients, the time has finally come to rejoice! The Reign of Terror is over. Cue up some classic Frank Sinatra, because...
View ArticleWhat Clients Want and Why BigLaw Can’t Deliver
What modern legal clients want, or should want, is obvious. We need look no further than the ACC Value Challenge which prefaced it’s 2013 ACC Value Champions with the following motto, essentially the...
View ArticleClient’s Guide to Legal Spend Management: First Steps
Just in case you missed it, there is a no-holds-barred cage fight going on over in the “comments” section to Dr. George Beaton’s lightning-rod of a post, “The rise and rise of the New Law business...
View ArticleThe Myth of BigLaw Quality
BigLaw has a Big Problem. Really Big. Big Big. Pull the plug Big. End of an era Big. Okay, enough already, we get it. Just tell us what the problem is. Sure. It’s simple really, but...
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