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Remote Laterals’ Success Depends on Communications
The pre-pandemic model of in-office work has long limited firms to hiring lawyers in the cities where they have established practices. To bring on someone who lived elsewhere, even a strong candidate whose skills would benefit the firm, would force the firm to spend on office space, and clients might raise an eyebrow at the idea of their attorney not being physically present in meetings. Why change the Way We've Always Done Things?
How to Make Remote Meetings Less Painful
Well, October has arrived, and that means you’ve been working from home for seven months! Back in March, it would have been impossible to imagine that, come fall, we’d still be meeting virtually with co-workers and clients. But here we are.
According to a report published in June 2020 by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), just over...
Are Award Submissions Worth the Effort?
Attorneys react to the subject of awards submissions in a few different ways.
At one end of the spectrum is an enthusiastic cohort of lawyers who are happy to throw their hats in the ring (and don’t mind doing the work on the nomination to get there). At the other end are the attorneys who would rather let their practices and reputations do the talking.
But there is a third group of attorneys somewhere in the middle who feel ambivalent. While they would be thrilled to win an...
What the Heck Is a LinkedIn Pod?
Elsewhere on the blog, we’ve stressed the importance of social media during this period of limited networking and remote work. Tools such as LinkedIn help you stay connected and market your practice in a way that meets current and prospective clients where they are.
But attorneys who have built a strong LinkedIn profile and regularly share high-quality content know that it can be pretty demoralizing to craft the perfect post, only to have it sit unread, without a “like” or a...
How Can Law Firms Market Non-COVID Work?
Even as the global pandemic continues to present law firms and their business clients with new challenges and questions, the essential work of traditional areas of practice goes on.
Intellectual property portfolios must still be managed and protected, employee handbooks must still be updated to include guidance around the latest Supreme Court decisions (such as the