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Midsize Firms Outpace Am Law 200 In Key Growth Metrics
While many of the country's largest law firms contend with financial volatility that has resulted in financial declines and workforce overcapacity, the 20 midsize firms included in the Am Law 200 outperformed the 2023 Am Law Second Hundred in key financial metrics.
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AI Regulation In the U.S.: What's Coming, and What You Need to Do, Part 2
Part Two of a Two-Part Article In Part One, last month, the authors addressed the industries most affected by AI, and began the discussion on U.S. federal and state regulations to expect in 2023. Part Two continues the discussion on potential federal AI regulation and what companies can do to prepare.
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Using the Generational Gap to Enhance Engagement
For over a decade, starting when the first millennials graduated law school, efforts to seamlessly integrate — or, perhaps in some cases, strong-arm — new hires into the law firm business model have been a source of focus; and, for many, consternation. Distinct contrasts in ways of working, personal motivators and prevailing attitudes have left many leaders frustrated and disillusioned.
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The Wild West of LawCity, Web3 and the Metaverse
But what is the metaverse? Is it a game? Is it virtual reality? Is it AI? Let's put aside any scoffing that the metaverse is simply a gaming environment for teenagers to play in. We need to accept the real-world legalities and practicalities that law firms today have to understand about how they, and the next generations of their lawyers, will be conducting business.
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Mindset for Happiness: Retrain Your Brain
Happiness is not a permanent feature or personality trait, but a more fleeting, changeable state. Progress on our professional and personal goals can make us feel happier and more satisfied with life. The pursuit of happiness can be a goal, but it is important to remember that happiness is not permanent, and it is normal to experience negative thoughts and emotions.
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How to Handle Layoffs from a PR and Crisis Management Perspective
No industry is immune from layoffs in a global (and shrinking) economy, and law firms must prepare for this highly delicate situation to hit home. Handling layoffs from a PR and crisis management perspective requires sensitive, transparent and clear communication.
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AI Regulation: What's Coming and What You Need to Do
Part One of a Two-Part Article Despite the steady growth of global AI adoption, there is no comprehensive federal legislation on AI in the United States. Instead, the U.S. has a patchwork of various current and proposed AI regulatory frameworks. It is critical for organizations looking to harness this novel technology to understand these frameworks and to prepare to operate in compliance with them.
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Client Development Through Law Firm Health & Hygiene: A Practical Guide
Your clients are what they are, clients. The idea that they can be turned into bigger clients by you developing them is a myth. If you need to develop yourself to make your clients bigger — such that they send you more of their business more often — how do you go about it?
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Mapping Your Content for Potential Clients' Planning Stage
At the "unawareness" stage of the buyer's journey, potential clients may not have (or don't know they have) a legal problem that requires a lawyer. They may not be "on the road." Yet it's important to consider prospects at this stage in your content planning, in part because clients can go from "not really looking" to "considering options" very quickly when the need for legal services arises.
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Associate's Viral Slide Demonstrates How Firm Culture Can Be Set Throughout the Firm
Law firms, in order to create lines of succession, need to empower younger attorneys to take leadership roles. That is how they learn, and the associate's slide demonstrates how tone, culture and expectations can be set throughout a law firm — not just by those sitting in the executive ranks.
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