Fear of being seen as a “sales person” inhibits general counsel from portraying the value of their department (Feb. 1, 2010)
http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/fear-of-being-seen-as-a-sales-person-inhibits-general-counsel-from-portraying-the-value-of-their-department.html General counsel need to publicize the work and accomplishments of their team. Pushing past the standby of lawyers per billion of revenue (Feb. 4 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/pushing-past-the-standby-of-lawyers-per-billion-of-revenue.html What sounds so simple – lawyers per billion of revenue – breeds definitional and operational complexity lurks. During the past year, seven articles by this blogger, collected for you to download (Feb. 4, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/during-the-past-year-six-articles-by-this-blogger-collected-for-you-to-download.html Here are the posts that announced them. Not CYA, but speed sometimes justifies calling a big brand law firm (Feb. 5, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/not-cya-but-speed-sometimes-justifies-calling-a-big-brand-law-firm.html When you need help, fast, the well-known large firms can usually leap into action. Visual analytics (VA) and its potential (or mirage) to help legal department managers make sense of voluminous data (Feb. 10, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/visual-analytics-va-and-its-potential-or-mirage-to-help-legal-department-managers-make-sense-of-voluminous-data.html Software exists that could go so much farther with visual manipulation of legal department data, but it will take years to penetrate. Commitment contracts as a way to induce lawyers to monitor budgets, alternative fees, discounts, etc. (Feb. 15, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/commitment-contracts-as-a-way-to-induce-lawyers-to-monitor-budgets-alternative-fees-discounts-etc.html A clever method to harness commitments and give them some bite. Cost per hour of inside counsel interacts with lawyers as a percentage of all legal staff (Feb. 17, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/cost-per-hour-of-inside-counsel-interacts-with-lawyers-as-a-percentage-of-all-legal-staff.html Take part in the largest benchmarking database ever assembled! Get your full report in late April or May by clicking here to take the six- minute, confidential online survey based on your fundamental 2009 metrics. More than 450 departments have responded since late January. https://www.novisystems.com/NoviSurvey/n/benchmark.aspx 15 percent more productivity from wide-screen flat-panel monitors (at least for discovery) (Feb. 19, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/15-percent-more-productivity-from-wide-screen-flat-panel-lcd-monitors-at-least-in-discovery.html Two monitors doesn’t double productivity, but as a low-cost boost, they could make a difference to a legal team. Institutional isomorphism and legal department practices and benchmarks (Feb. 23, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/institutional-isomorphism-and-legal-department-practices-and-benchmarks.html “[t]he tendency of organizations in a particular sector to converge on a common way of working and set of beliefs that justify that way of working” probably applies to legal departments. Intriguing idea based on Sabine Chalmers’: post-mortem competitions by law firms (Feb. 25, 2010) http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/intriguing-idea-based-on-sabine-chalmers-post-mortem-competitions-by-law-firms.html After a major deal, ask some firms that were not involved to suggest how it could have been handled more efficiently. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LawSource" group. To post to this group, send email to lawsou...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lawsource+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lawsource?hl=en.
