Ari Kaplan asked an interesting question this past week in his National Law Journal article, “Would law school warning labels make any difference?” Ari wondered what would happen if prospective law students were warned that 90% of students graduating law school are ranked below the top 10% of the class?
In the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the main character faces a huge crisis. He discovers the Earth is about to be destroyed to make room for a hyperspatial express route. Fortunately, a tip and a certain guidebook are able to help save his life. Recent events have made me wonder if I…
Brian Watkins who handles social media for Adobe commented on Twitter this past week, “Social media policies should do two things. 1. Protect the organization and 2. Empower employees.” It occurs to me that law firms are all about protection- it is the empowerment they have a hard time with. “If our lawyers use LinkedIn,…
“Are all lawyers so cynical?” “No, there are a lot of really happy lawyers,” I explained to my wife. “It just seems that so many of the practicing lawyers you interact with online aren’t especially happy.” We joke about this all the time, but is there truth to it? This past week I had the…
This last week I was asked this question on Twitter: How can I use social media in an area that is relatively small and many clients don’t use Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin? Good question, one I hear often- so I thought I would write a quick response. The easy answer is, if your market is…
Strategy, a word of military origin, refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. How a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: the terms and conditions…
(As originally posted by Above the Law October 2, 2010) Don’t take it personally. Nobody is perfect, but unfortunately, when it comes to law firm bios, well, most of them stink. They tout the vast accomplishments of the lawyer: where they went to law school, if they graduated with honors, whether they were on law…