Freelance Law: Lawyers’ Network Helps These Women Keep a Hand in the Workforce

Aug 1, 2011 6:40 AM CDT

Hired Gun: Making Full-Time Work Out of Bits and Pieces

Aug 1, 2011 6:30 AM CDT

Law Job Stagnation May Have Started Before the Recession—And It May Be a Sign of Lasting Change

The legal profession is undergoing a massive structural shift—one that will leave it dramatically transformed in the coming years.

Jul 1, 2011 9:40 AM CDT

A Professional Renewal: Why Great Lawyers of the New Age May Be ‘System Designers’

Can we preserve the best values of the legal profession in the face of the commercial and technological change that constitutes the “New Normal”? As our world grows more interconnected and complex, and as law grows more pervasive, law is evolving from an activity that is an occasional part of…

Jun 8, 2011 7:43 PM CDT

A Big Play for BigLaw: Ethics 20/20 Considers Separate Conduct Rules for Large Firms

Jun 1, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

LPO Use Gains Traction at UK Firms, Survey Says

Primarily driven by cost-saving needs, nearly 15 percent of U.K. law firms are outsourcing work—a significant boost from prior survey reports of only 5 percent in 2009. While 6 percent of in-house legal teams employ legal process outsourcing providers, both groups expect the use of LPO services to grow over…

May 6, 2011 11:07 PM CDT

Commission Seeks Input on Issues Related to Technology, Globalization

May 1, 2011 8:10 AM CDT

Ethics 20/20 Commission Settles on Recommendations on Outsourcing, Confidentiality, Foreign Lawyers

The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 today reached consensus on the first pieces of the package of recommendations it will submit next year to the association’s policy-making House of Delegates. The nature of the recommendations might come as some relief to members of the legal community who have been concerned…

Apr 16, 2011 12:59 AM CDT

Suit Accuses Dewey and Staffing Firm of Failing to Pay OT

A technology worker claims in a lawsuit that he has been working as much as 56 hours a week at Dewey & LeBoeuf since 2009 without receiving any overtime pay. The suit by Charlemagne Dumay names as defendants the staffing firm that employs him, Robert Half International, as well as…

Apr 6, 2011 1:00 PM CDT

Keeping Score: 6 Ways to Know if Change Is Really Happening

I attended an excellent meeting at Georgetown University Law Center last week, “Trends in the Delivery of Corporate Legal Services.” The theme was “is change really happening?” We can point to conflicting signs: Some firms are thriving, some are failing, many clients are touting “alternative” fee structures, others are hesitant…

Mar 21, 2011 1:53 PM CDT

What Does the Future of Law Hold? Three Predictions

I have learned so much from my friend, adviser and fellow New Normal blogger, Paul Lippe. Paul is as an astute observer of the legal profession as there is, something especially important to people who are trying to understand the changes occurring in the profession and reshape their practices, firms…

Mar 15, 2011 1:21 PM CDT

Top 10 Ways to Better Manage Legal Spending

As it becomes increasingly apparent that 2011 and beyond won’t bring a “return to normal” for annual double-digit growth in legal budgets, I thought it would be useful to recap the top ways I’ve found to better manage legal spending. None of these are new, but all are rooted in…

Feb 17, 2011 6:39 PM CST

Vendor or Competitor? Pangea3 Purchase Pleases Some, Worries Others

Feb 1, 2011 7:50 AM CST

Thomson Reuters Hiring Attorneys for New LPO Outfits in Michigan, Texas

Updated: When we reported Thomson Reuters’ acquisition of Indian legal process outsourcing company Pangea3 in the February issue, the publishing giant hadn’t yet disclosed where it would build document review centers in the U.S., aimed to mirror those overseas. This week, however, we discovered a Thomson-Pangea3 post on job-search website…

Jan 27, 2011 7:53 PM CST

What Today’s Outsourcing Boom Means for Legal Practice (Podcast)

When Thomson Reuters announced its acquisition of one of India’s largest legal outsourcing firm late last year, we wanted to know: Is the legal information giant entering into direct competition with its law firm clients? Listen to find out more.

Jan 3, 2011 2:37 PM CST