Love Your Lawyer Day is Nov. 6 this year, but Thomson Reuters has been celebrating for more than a week. Thomson Reuters commemorated the day with a webinar, Leadership, Motivation and Resiliency: Focusing on Yourself This Love Your Lawyer Day, featuring acclaimed filmmaker and motivational speaker Brett Culp as keynote speaker. Established in 2001 by …
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Navigating the New Risk Environment: Insights From the 19th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum
Thomson Reuters Institute hosted the 19th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum last week, and among the highlights was a session moderated by Haile Arrindell, director of Market Development for Global Large Law at Thomson Reuters. In the session A Fell Clutch of Circumstance: Navigating the New Risk Environment, panelists explored the risk environment that …
- November 5, 2020
- Carrie Brooker
Global Lawyer Hackathon Addresses Climate Change
Hundreds of lawyers around the world are participating in a unique global “hackathon” to create new contracts and model laws to help fight climate change. The Chancery Lane Project aims to create legal frameworks to enable and encourage businesses and communities to have a positive impact on the environment, and envisions a world where every …
- November 3, 2020
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters Earns Pro Patria Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Thomson Reuters earned a Pro Patria award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves (ESGR) of Minnesota during a virtual ceremony held last week. The nomination for the award came from Johnny DiMenna, client account manager, for the company’s support of him while he was deployed with the Army National Guard in 2016. The award …
- October 30, 2020
- Carrie Brooker
SYNERGY 2020: Comedian James Corden to Host Thomson Reuters Conference
James Corden will host the Thomson Reuters SYNERGY annual user conference, which features Legal Tracker sessions for legal professionals on Nov. 11-13 and sessions for accounting and tax professionals on Nov. 10-13. This year’s conference will take place virtually, and Corden will kick off the opening sessions of each conference track with recorded monologues. Corden …
- October 28, 2020
- Carrie Brooker
Small Law Firms Find Challenges, Opportunities in Current Market – 2020 State of the US Small Law Firms Report
Small law firms have had to endure not only the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal market, but also the additional challenges of being a small business during the current conditions. The 2020 State of the U.S. Small Law Firms Report looks at how small firms are faring against the recent challenges. Mark …
- October 27, 2020
- Leonard Lee
Nov. 3 Webinar: Advancing Equality for Women at the Bar
The Thomson Reuters Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law (TWLL) program will host the fifth webinar in its series focused on the evolving circumstances due to COVID-19 on Nov. 3. The series began in May to explore the practical methods for advancing gender equality and to help organizations support necessary cultural change. The series also …
- October 26, 2020
- Carrie Brooker
Top Performing Firms Invest in Brand Development, Operational Efficiencies
What separates the top-performing law firms from the rest of the pack? A new study looks at some of the differences. The 2020 Dynamic Law Firms Report from Thomson Reuters Institute, Peer Monitor and Acritas, part of Thomson Reuters, looked at the top quartile of law firms, as measured by overall firm profits, revenue per …
- October 22, 2020
- Leonard Lee
Oct. 20 Webinar: Advancing Equity in Leadership
The Thomson Reuters Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law (TWLL) program and University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School are hosting a three-part webinar series on advancing equity in leadership, exploring new research around allyship and inclusivity. On Oct. 20, the second session in the series, Setting C-Suites for Sea Change, will examine work-family policies and workplace …
- October 15, 2020
- Carrie Brooker
New Brexit and European Resources on Practical Law and Westlaw Edge UK
To help users stay ahead of new European Union and country-specific legislation and developments, Thomson Reuters today announced Brexit, EU and EU member state enhancements on Practical Law, plus a Divergence Tracker feature on Westlaw Edge UK. Practical Law’s team of expert lawyer-editors collaborated with leading European lawyers and law firms to deliver maintained Practical …
- October 14, 2020
- Carrie Brooker