Recent news reports suggest broad-based support for a major free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. Many are confident that a pact will be concluded within…
I was catching up on a pile of reading when I was confronted with a piece about the “fear” among general counsel of alternative fee arrangements. Just a few days…
As calls for reform of legal education continue to suggest a variety of directions, one thing is certain. Law schools will be expected to do more with less. We often…
A key part of my job as dean of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law is to improve value for our students. That means both improving the educational…
In 1938, Karl Llewellyn lamented (PDF) the age of industrialization. “Specialized work, mass-production, cheapened production, advertising and selling—finding the customer who does not know he wants it, and…
I recently wrote a piece for Corporate Counsel magazine that suggested that law firms might want to think twice about sending out their annual rate increase letter.…
It’s time we face a fundamental problem that’s existed for the past 35 years after we moved away from fixed prices, retainers and other approaches that had previously been used…
I routinely am asked for copies of our engagement letters by people who want to utilize an alternative fee arrangement with their client. To address these queries, I have boiled…