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Make Partners Face Up to Each Other at a Firm Retreat
When combining law firms, or seeking greater cohesiveness within any firm, no tool is more effective than face to face communication among lawyers in an all-firm meeting. Retreats bring together partners to confront tough issues, change the firm's direction, focus on a strategic plan, and develop a consensus.
Keeping Them by Sending Them Away: Sabbaticals and Lawyer Retention
Sabbaticals can involve considerable planning and even a change of your firm’s culture. Read on to determine if a sabbatical solution is right for you and your firm: the arguments for and against; the building blocks of a program; the keys to successful implementation; and a sample policy which can serve as a starting point for your firm.
Making a Graceful Exit: Transitioning Key Clients to the Next Generation
As the population ages, law firms need to find ways to help their senior leaders retire gracefully. At some point, any lawyer must confront the issue of transitioning the practice to others. Successful transitions come as the result of thoughtful planning that smooth the path into life beyond the law.
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Lawyer Marketing with Twitter
Twitter is widely considered the fastest-growing tool of web influence, and will have a trickle-down effect for the legal industry.
The New Breed of Associate
Calgary’s Thackray Burgess might just revolutionize associate compensation.
