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INFOGRAPHIC: 5 Takeaways from the “2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market”
The President of the United States recently gave his “State of the Union” address, a customary annual message that the President gives to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, detailing just that — the...
View ArticleSecond Annual Law Firm Financial Forum: Pragmatic and Informative Insights
NEW YORK — The Second Annual Law Firm Financial Forum was a resounding success. We built on the foundation of the first year, focused on three critical areas of inquiry, and were able to drill deeper...
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Live Blog: CFO & COO FORUM — Managing Your Law Firm in a Changing Market
NEW YORK — The first panel of the Legal Executive Institute’s 14th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum aptly set the stage for the two-day event, outlining the massive changes that will continue to...
View ArticleGeorgetown Law-Peer Monitor Report Offers the Legal Industry its own Kodak...
The 2016 Georgetown Law-Peer Monitor Report on the State of the Legal Market begins with an unflattering comparison. It characterizes the position of law firms today as similar to the position of Kodak...
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James W. Jones of Georgetown Law Speaks on the “2016 State of the Law Firm...
James W. Jones, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law, spoke on a recent podcast posted on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Current about the “2016 State of the...
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CodeX FutureLaw Conference: The Legal System on Trial (Part 1)
STANFORD, Calif. — At the annual CodeX FutureLaw 2016 conference, hosted by Stanford Law School’s CodeX center, legal tech was on trial — literally and figuratively. The tone was set very well by Jim...
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The “2017 Report on the State of the Legal Market”: Stagnation, Innovation &...
EAGAN, Minn. & WASHINGTON, D.C. — Law firms must find ways to effectively adapt to evolving competitive conditions — including the effective demise of the billable hour — or risk further erosion of...
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Georgetown Report Analysis: The Demise of the Hourly Billing Model
The 2017 Report on the State of the Legal Market — colloquially known as the Georgetown Report — was released late last week by The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University...
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Conflict Management Is a Growing Issue for Firms, Says Georgetown Law’s Jones...
Risk management has become an area of intense interest for law firms, and one particular aspect — conflict management — has become a major point of concern for some members of the legal industry. Legal...
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Live Blog! The 16th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum: The Difference a Decade...
NEW YORK — The heady question of what’s happened in the legal industry over the past 10 years since the Financial Crisis and ensuing Great Recession was discussed at some length during the opening...
View Article2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market: Transformation of Legal...
“The market for law firm services is being transformed — by clients, by law firms that ‘get it,’ and by alternative service providers — and that pace of change in this transformative process is...
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AdamSmithEsq.com: Reflections on the 2018 Report on the State of the Legal...
The following article was written by Bruce MacEwen & Janet Stanton of the website Adam Smith, Esq., exclusively for the Legal Executive Institute blog. The article can also be found on the...
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INFOGRAPHIC: 5 Takeaways from the “2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market”
The President of the United States recently gave his “State of the Union” address, a customary annual message that the President gives to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, detailing just that — the...
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Live Blog: The State(s) of the US Legal Market at the 17th Annual Law Firm...
NEW YORK — As today kicked off the Legal Executive Institute’s 17th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum, the idea that systemic change on a number of fronts was continuing to transform the U.S. legal...
View ArticleVideo: COO & CFO Forum 2018 — Data Intelligence Strategies within Law Firms
Marlene Gebauer, Director of Knowledge Solutions at Greenberg Traurig, spoke with James Jones, Senior Fellow at the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center, about...
View ArticleAlternative Legal Service Providers Report 2019: ALSP Market Experiencing...
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, WASHINGTON, D.C., & LONDON — The market for alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) is seeing rapid growth at a rate the is exceeding expectations as large law firms and...
View ArticleLegalweek 2019: ALSPs Altering Legal Landscape and Clients Are Responding,...
NEW YORK — The legal industry is being significantly impacted by a growing force of alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) that are offering a wider array of more sophisticated legal services to...
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Podcast: The Duties & Challenges of a Midsize Law Firm GC
In a new podcast, we’re holding a key discussion about the duties and responsibilities of a general counsel within a midsize law firm. We are featuring Jim Jones, a Senior Fellow at the Center on...
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Forum Magazine Infographic: Landmark Study Shows ALSPs Thriving, Thanks to...
Just two years ago, many in the legal profession could credibly claim that they didn’t quite understand what alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) did, nor why they were important. No more. A...
View ArticleNew White Paper Details How Law Firms Are Using ALSPs
Is the emergence and growth of the market for alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) a threat to the dominance of law firms in the eyes of their clients, or an opportunity to be leveraged? A new...
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