Judge Frederic Block offers a behind-the-scenes look into the trials of a federal court judge in DISROBED: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge, providing readers a view into his personal life and his experiences with controversial legal topics throughout his career. A sitting judge on one of the …
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Finding greater efficiencies in firms
The buzzword in a lot of firms these days is “efficiency”. Firms are under pressures from client to demonstrate greater value in the services they provide. That often means achieving greater efficiency in how the firm manages cases. The result is often higher productivity for the firm, and lower costs for the client, creating a …
- May 14, 2012
- Susan Martin
How legal research can improve legal project management
While the words “project management” may make many of us cringe, legal project management is becoming an increasing buzzword in legal circles. With many firms still struggling to gain momentum amidst sluggish demand and client pricing pressures, firms are exploring many new avenues to re-examine, and if need be, re-invent some of their processes. Firms …
- April 12, 2012
- Susan Martin
ABA Journal Legal Rebels blog post: “Time to Explore New Approaches for Law Firm Management?”
Program Director of Hildebrandt Institute’s Peer Monitor, Mark Medice, recently contributed a post to the ABA Journal blog, Legal Rebels, highlighting new approaches and trends seen in law firm management. Today, law firms are pressed to find ways to deliver legal services to their clients more efficiently in an effort to better position themselves in a challenging and volatile market …
- March 20, 2012
- Susan Martin
Legal Rebels post on ProView
Recently Anne Ellis, senior director, Librarian Relations, spoke to a group of law librarians who are part of a pilot group testing the new Thomson Reuters ProView eReader. Her key take-aways on the evolution of technology in the law library, and library management, are highlighted in a recent Legal Rebels post at ABA.com. Whether conducting a spot check of court rules with ProView, …
- January 4, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Perla named Legal Rebel
The ABA Journal recently announced the 2011 Legal Rebels and chose 10 individuals from the legal profession that have, in many ways, changed the rules. One in particular, David Perla, CEO of Pangea3, a Thomson Reuters business and the global leader in legal outsourcing, was selected to the list. You can learn more about Perla by …
- September 7, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
