This article was reposted with the permission of the author, Richard Moorhead @richardmoorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics and Vice Dean (Research) at UCL Faculty of Laws, Centre for Ethics and Law. The original article can be found on https://lawyerwatch.wordpress.com/page/2/ Political campaigns, and the journalists that surround them, love to talk of the big Mo.[…]
This post was contributed by Antony Smith of Legal Project Management Ltd Project Management in City Law Firms I am sure that many contract lawyers working in the City of London have come across the notion of Legal Project Management (LPM) and indeed have probably worked alongside legal project managers. Most of the[…]
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“Did you hear how they dealt with Paul? They asked him to leave after 15 years at the firm with just a cheque and a handshake. I know of 5 other partners at that firm who are so disgusted and concerned about their own position they are considering a move. I would have expected an[…]
So the legal market rolls from one rocky sea to another and we look to see who is at the helm of the law firms. We have been talking to the managing partners of top 50 law firms in the past six months about how they are looking to improve performance of their firms and[…]