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The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Legal project management is not just for law firms. With more and more frequency and in more and more companies and other organizations, law departments are coming to understand the benefits provided by legal project management (LPM) and are integrating LPM principles into their service delivery models.
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From Putting Them in Their Place to Helping Them Find Their Place
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
As a student employee at UCLA's law library, Wanda Flowers filed books in the stacks, riffling pages to scan for loose papers, rips and pencil marks. The young woman from Jacksonville, Fla., who as a child would race to her community bookmobile to return her well-thumbed but lovingly cared-for borrowed volumes, was horrified to find that students were slicing pages out of the law books.
May You Live in Less Interesting Times:
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
There's an old curse that goes, "May you live in interesting times." Today, many clients certainly wish they lived in less interesting times.
Study Finds In-House Salary Increases Decreasing, But Does It Matter?
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The past few years have seen dramatic shake-ups in private practice, including mass layoffs and significant salary cuts. The recession has made a rough go of it for many attorneys practicing in law firms, but has it been any easier on in-house counsel?
Cost Becoming Less of a Concern for In-House Counsel
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
High costs are still far and away the biggest bone of contention in-house counsel have with their outside lawyers, but there are a number of factors that show rates are becoming less of a concern than in the past.
Project Attorneys Filling the Gap in Corporate Law Depts.
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
In an era when cost predictability reigns supreme, corporate law departments are increasingly using project- or contract-based attorneys to help handle an increased workload on a shrunken budget.
Comings & Goings
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Morgan Lewis & Bockius announced Jan. 11 that Karen D. Cyr, one of the longest-serving general counsel in the history of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has joined the firm's energy practice as a senior counsel. An attorney at the NRC for three decades, Cyr was the top lawyer from 1994 until her retirement in 2009. In that role, she advised the commission on all matters of law and legal policy, and she represented the commission before other government agencies, Congress and foreign governments.
Compliance Officers Break Ties to Legal Departments
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
In a world of regulations, recession and corporate scandal, the creation of compliance and ethics roles has been on the rise.
GCs Speak Out on Hiring Trends
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Last year, in "Yes, Now IS the Right Time to Add Headcount" (GC Mid-Atlantic, March 2009), we explored the reasons many corporations were bucking current hiring trends and bringing on more legal staff.
Finding a Job During (and Despite) the Recession
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Job-hunting during a recession can be a discouraging and miserable experience, but every economic downturn has the potential to create career opportunities for those with the right skill-sets and a little bit of luck.
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