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.

Anatomy of a Law Firm Website (Re)Design
If your law firm website is meeting the expectations of visitors and your lawyers are still championing it, it could still have some life left. But, if it’s no longer effective in attracting regular visits and your lawyers are reluctant to contribute content, it’s time for a critical review.

• Outsourcing is “In” … But Be Sure to Demonstrate Value
• Take Your Practice to the Next Level: Hire a Coach
• The ABCs of SEO
• Podcast: The Complex Conundrum of Cash and Lawyer Compensation
• Law Firm Marketing Functions: A Forensic Review
• Make Your Marketing Pitch in a 30-Second Elevator Speech

Quick Tips

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.