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Feeding the Beast: Improving Time-tracking

After all the sophisticated analysis and strategies are stripped away, the key to a successful law practice often comes down to getting the fundamentals right. Just as the success of a baseball team ultimately depends on the proper execution of "throw, catch and hit," so too law firms have to facilitate the execution of those processes which are fundamental to the firm's business. The time-tracking process is the one law firm fundamental that has proven to be the most resistant to improvement. Yet, this tradition-bound process can most benefit from a fresh all-inclusive approach.

21 minute readOctober 01, 2003 at 03:38 PM
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Dan C. Felean
Feeding the Beast: Improving Time-tracking

After all the sophisticated analysis and strategies are stripped away, the key to a successful law practice often comes down to getting the fundamentals right.

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