Law & reorder : legal industry solutions for restructure, retention, promotion & work/life balance / / Deborah Epstein Henry
| Law & reorder : legal industry solutions for restructure, retention, promotion & work/life balance / / Deborah Epstein Henry |
| Autore | Henry Deborah Epstein <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : American Bar Association, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Soggetto topico |
Practice of law - Economic aspects - United States
Lawyers - Fees - United States Legal services - Technological innovations - United States Lawyers - Job satisfaction - United States Quality of work life |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61438-051-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Why I Wrote This Book; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Thomas L. Sager, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Dupont; Introduction: The Key to Understanding This Book; PART I: STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS FOR LEGAL EMPLOYERS; CHAPTER 1: CHANGE IS GOOD; Change Comes to the Legal Profession; Why the Billable Hour No Longer Works; Why the Billable Hour Is So Entrenched; The Economic Downturn-Furthering the Push to Eliminate Billable Hours; Clients Demanding Change
Law Firm Talent: Further Undermining the Stability of the Existing ModelDisaggregation and Globalization of Work; Intersection of Commoditization and Technology; CHAPTER 2: THE RISE OF NEW MODELS OF LEGAL PRACTICE; Axiom and Other New Law Firm Models; Virtual Law Firms; Firms Abandoning the Billable Hour; Hybrid Firms; Blended Professional Services Firms; Publishing Law Firm; Small Firm Alternatives to Practice; Alternative Hour Firms; Flex-Time Firms; Women-Owned Firms; Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO); The Junior Lawyer Fallout; CHAPTER 3: THE LARGE LAW FIRM OF THE FUTURE; Alternative Fees Fix or Flat Fees/Unit PricingSuccess, Bonus, or Incentive Fees; Holdbacks; Retainers; Contingent Fees; Alternative Fee Variations of the Billable Hour; Discounted Hourly Rates; Volume Discounts; Blended Rates; Frozen Rates; Per Diem Rates; Fee Cap; Hybrid; Alternative Fee Opportunities for Women and Work/Life Balance; Changes in Legal Staffing; Use of Temporary Attorneys; Shrinking Associate Classes and Increasing Use of Staff and Non-Partnership Attorneys; Levels/Tiers of Associates; Temporary, Staff, and Non-Partnership Track Attorney Work: The Impact on Women; Compensation Changes in RecruitingContemplating Outside Investors; Ultimate Challenge Facing Large Law Firms: Determining Value; CHAPTER 4: REDESIGNING LAWYERS' CAREER PATHS; Core Competency Programs; Training, Evaluations, and Promotions; Compensation; Billing Rates; Elimination of Bias; Impact on Women; Impact on Reduced-Hour Lawyers; Compensation; Accountability; Contribution; Misconstruing Work/Life Balance as Lack of Aspiration; Progression and Promotion; Apprenticeship and Training; Changes to Law Schools and Law Student Paths; Remaining Challenge: Who Will Train Law Students and Incoming Lawyers? CHAPTER 5: DESIGNING A WOMAN-FRIENDLY EMPLOYERWhy Design a Woman-Friendly Employer?; How to Design a Woman-Friendly Employer; Workforce Profile; Representation; Recruitment and Attrition; Family-Friendly Benefits and Policies; Parental Leave; Phase Back; Childcare; Reentry; Retirement; Flexibility; FLEXIBLE AND REDUCED HOUR ARRANGEMENTS; Reduced-Hour Usage; Reduced-Hour Promotion; Full-Time Flex-Time; Other Flexible Work Arrangements; Leadership, Compensation, and Advancement of Women; Leadership; Promotion; Compensation; Development and Retention of Women; Training and Business Development Mentoring |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465008803321 |
Henry Deborah Epstein <1967->
|
||
| [Place of publication not identified] : , : American Bar Association, , 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Lawyer's guide to collaboration tools and technologies : smart ways to work together / / Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell
| Lawyer's guide to collaboration tools and technologies : smart ways to work together / / Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell |
| Autore | Kennedy Dennis M. <1958-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | American Bar Association |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Soggetto topico |
Law offices - United States - Automation
Practice of law - Technological innovations - United States Teams in the workplace - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Collaboration at the crossroads -- Collaboration inside the office -- Collaboration outside the office -- First steps -- The evolving role of social media -- Benefits of improving document collaboration and using document collaboration tools -- Basic collaboration on documents -- Creating a document online : getting started with the major players -- Working simultaneously on a document -- Hidden dangers, security and metadata -- Benefits of collaboration in lawsuits and transactions -- Simple collaboration tools for productivity -- Instant collaboration--from conference calls to instant messaging -- How to hold a meeting on the internet -- Simple project management : basecamp -- Setting up a simple client portal -- Email as a platform -- Sharepoint -- Collaborating inside and outside the office : client portals and intranets -- Adobe Acrobat -- Slack -- Other web collaboration tools -- Specialized, high-end, and alternative collaboration platforms -- Must-have features for your collaboration tools -- Free vs. paid -- Involving clients in your decisions -- Determining which factors will drive your strategic planning -- Getting the word out to your collaborators -- Ethics, security and other practical issues -- Ownership, control, and other legal issues -- Potential pitfalls of collaboration--where to be wary -- Implementing collaboration tools -- Recommended choices for common scenarios, from solos to large firms -- Creating a culture of collaboration -- The future of collaboration in the practice of law. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910671299103321 |
Kennedy Dennis M. <1958->
|
||
| American Bar Association | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The Lawyer's Guide to Office Automation : Tools and Strategies to Improve Your Firm and Your Life
| The Lawyer's Guide to Office Automation : Tools and Strategies to Improve Your Firm and Your Life |
| Autore | Fortier Christopher R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cleveland, : American Bar Association, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 pages) |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Soggetto topico |
Law offices - Automation
Office management |
| ISBN |
9781639052318
1639052313 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction: Why Automate? -- Chapter 1: The Ethical and Data Protection Rules -- Part I. The First Steps toward Setting Up a More Efficient Business -- Chapter 2: Plan, Design, Lay It Out: Strategy and Workflow -- Chapter 3: How to Decide What to Buy -- Chapter 4: The Spreadsheet (the Master of Data) -- Chapter 5: Timekeeping, Billing, and Payment -- Part II. Using Forms to Capture Data and Feed It Securely to Other Automation Tools -- Chapter 6: Get to Know the Form -- Chapter 7: Forms: Beyond the Basics -- Chapter 8: Add-ins and Add-ons -- Part III. Leveraging Automation for Client Communication and Scheduling -- Chapter 9: Auto-Replies, Rules, and Notifications -- Chapter 10: Scheduling Automation -- Part IV. Generating Better Documents in Less Time -- Chapter 11: Document Assembly -- Chapter 12: Proofreading and Editing -- Chapter 13: The Fillable PDF and E-sign -- Part V. Making Your Automation Tools Work Together -- Chapter 14: Integrating Multiple Automation Apps Like Zapier with Other Software -- Chapter 15: The Multi-Step Zap or Automation -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911008918303321 |
Fortier Christopher R
|
||
| Cleveland, : American Bar Association, 2023 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The lawyer's guide to succession planning : a project managment approach for successful law firm transitions and exits / / John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D., CMC
| The lawyer's guide to succession planning : a project managment approach for successful law firm transitions and exits / / John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D., CMC |
| Autore | Olmstead John W. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers - Retirement - United States
Retirement - United States - Planning Practice of law - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN | 1-63425-351-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Reasons for early retirement and succession planning -- Coming to terms with aging -- What other firms are doing -- Where and when to start -- Firm size : challenges, issues, and impact upon succession and transition/exit -- Strategies and approaches -- Finding candiates and opportunities -- Valuatin -- Buy-in/buyout/compensation -- Developing the plans -- Implementation of the strategies -- Key documents and agreements -- Ethical issues -- Key chapter takeaways -- Last words : starting your journey. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796735703321 |
Olmstead John W.
|
||
| Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2016] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The lawyer's guide to succession planning : a project management approach for successful law firm transitions and exits / / John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D., CMC
| The lawyer's guide to succession planning : a project management approach for successful law firm transitions and exits / / John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D., CMC |
| Autore | Olmstead John W. |
| Edizione | [1;2016-07.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cleveland, : American Bar Association, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers - Retirement - United States
Retirement - United States - Planning Practice of law - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN | 1-63425-351-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Reasons for early retirement and succession planning -- Coming to terms with aging -- What other firms are doing -- Where and when to start -- Firm size : challenges, issues, and impact upon succession and transition/exit -- Strategies and approaches -- Finding candidates and opportunities -- Valuatin -- Buy-in/buyout/compensation -- Developing the plans -- Implementation of the strategies -- Key documents and agreements -- Ethical issues -- Key chapter takeaways -- Last words : starting your journey. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971485003321 |
Olmstead John W.
|
||
| Cleveland, : American Bar Association, 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Legal Records at Risk
| Legal Records at Risk |
| Autore | Cowling Clare |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : University of London Press, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Collana | OBServing Law |
| Soggetto topico | Law |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Records and correspondence |
| ISBN | 1-911507-15-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Legal Records at Risk |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910571775103321 |
Cowling Clare
|
||
| London, : University of London Press, 2019 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Liquid Legal : Towards a Common Legal Platform / / edited by Kai Jacob, Dierk Schindler, Roger Strathausen
| Liquid Legal : Towards a Common Legal Platform / / edited by Kai Jacob, Dierk Schindler, Roger Strathausen |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (631 pages) |
| Disciplina |
174.3
340.068 |
| Collana | Law for Professionals |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Law and legislation
Mass media - Law and legislation Strategic planning Leadership Business information services IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property Business Strategy and Leadership IT in Business |
| ISBN | 3-030-48266-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Roger Strathausen, Kai Jacob and Dierk Schindler, Introduction: Designing Tomorrow’s Legal – The Common Legal Platform -- Barbara Chomicka, ”Let me have men about me that are fat.” Using a Common Legal Platform to Expand the Legal Services Providers’ Pie -- Tobias Broda, What Digital Legal can learn from Industrie 4.0 collaboration -- Micha-Manuel Bues and Michael Grupp, Lex Automata: is it finally time? -- Thomas Barton, Artificial Intelligence and Probability: Designing a Legal System to Prevent and Resolve Legal Problems -- Bruno Mascello, Products and Platform as Next Challenges to Legal Service Providers – How Trusted Relationships May Help -- Andreas Lenk, Navigating the Future of Inhouse-Legal -- Astrid Kohlmeier and Joaquin Santuber, Is the Common Legal Platform a Wicked Problem? A Legal Design Approach and Case Study -- Stephan Breidenbach, The New School of Law -- Martina Seidl, Digital Leadership -- Dierk Schindler, The New Legal is Agile – And It Has a NewDNA -- Zoë Andreae, The Common Legal Platform Revolution -- Ines Maria Curtius, Legal and Contract Innovation in a Corporate Environment: Contract Innovators @ Airbus -- Rainer Markfort and Patrycjusz Zamorski, AI + EI = Future -- Fritjof Nelting, Health Compass for Lawyers -- Uwe Bandey and Silvio Kupsch, A Common Legal Platform in the Age of Constant Acceleration -- Sven von Alemann, How SMEs Can Compete in a Data-driven Economy Through Collaboration -- Roger Strathausen and Ingrid Nikkels, Contract Is Code – How to Make Contracting Smart -- Thomas Northoff and Klaus Gresbrand, Writing It Up Right – Which Documentation Automation Tool. Is Right for Me? -- Sebastian Schüssler, Harmonia Est Discordia Concors – a little war story about LegalTech implementation and collaboration -- Thomas Berger, Patrick Jouvenal, Nina Endres and Justus Wilke, A Field Report: Practical Insights from establishing an innovative Legal Spend Management System at Deutsche Bahn -- Christian Bosse and Jan Schulz, Legal Department 4.0 – Operating Model of the Future -- Jan Phillip Rektorschek and Tobias Baus, Protectability and Enforceability of AI-Generated Inventions -- Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche, Data Protection 4.0 for Industry 4.0 -- Bernhard Fiedler and Tino Duttiné, DAC6 – Development of a Common Notification Platform -- Emma Ziercke, Dirk Hartung and Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt, What does the Digital Revolution mean for Legal Education? -- Kai Jacob, Commoning and Tribes of Competence -- Philipp Glock and Alexander Weiß, Legal Service Platforms – Balancing Commercial and Common Interests -- Baltasar Cevc, Open Source User Foundation – Blueprint for the Common Legal Platform?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910416140503321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Managing the modern law firm [[electronic resource] ] : new challenges, new perspectives / / edited by Laura Empson
| Managing the modern law firm [[electronic resource] ] : new challenges, new perspectives / / edited by Laura Empson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EmpsonLaura |
| Soggetto topico | Law offices |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-14564-5
9786611145644 0-19-153800-0 1-4294-9196-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; PROLOGUE; 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2. YOUR PARTNERSHIP: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN A CHANGING WORLD: THE SPECIAL NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP; 3. YOUR PEOPLE: VALUING DIVERSITY: SOME CAUTIONARY LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; 4. YOUR EXPERTISE: DEVELOPING NEW PRACTICES: RECIPES FOR SUCCESS; 5. YOUR CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND REPUTATION: WEIGHING THE WORTH OF SOCIAL TIES: EMBEDDEDNESS AND THE PRICE OF LEGAL SERVICES IN THE LARGE LAW FIRM MARKET
6. YOUR INCOME: DETERMINING THE VALUE OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE: BILLING AND COMPENSATION PRACTICES IN LAW FIRMS 7. YOUR CAPITAL: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE VALUE: A CAPITAL IDEA; 8. YOUR COMPETITORS: MAPPING THE COMPETITIVE SPACE OF LARGE US LAW FIRMS: A STRATEGIC GROUP PERSPECTIVE; 9. YOUR ETHICS: REDEFINING PROFESSIONALISM? THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT CHANGE; 10. YOUR CHALLENGE: SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIP IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE GLOBAL LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451267903321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Managing the modern law firm [[electronic resource] ] : new challenges, new perspectives / / edited by Laura Empson
| Managing the modern law firm [[electronic resource] ] : new challenges, new perspectives / / edited by Laura Empson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EmpsonLaura |
| Soggetto topico | Law offices |
| ISBN |
1-383-04410-4
1-281-14564-5 9786611145644 0-19-153800-0 1-4294-9196-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; PROLOGUE; 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2. YOUR PARTNERSHIP: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN A CHANGING WORLD: THE SPECIAL NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP; 3. YOUR PEOPLE: VALUING DIVERSITY: SOME CAUTIONARY LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; 4. YOUR EXPERTISE: DEVELOPING NEW PRACTICES: RECIPES FOR SUCCESS; 5. YOUR CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND REPUTATION: WEIGHING THE WORTH OF SOCIAL TIES: EMBEDDEDNESS AND THE PRICE OF LEGAL SERVICES IN THE LARGE LAW FIRM MARKET
6. YOUR INCOME: DETERMINING THE VALUE OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE: BILLING AND COMPENSATION PRACTICES IN LAW FIRMS 7. YOUR CAPITAL: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE VALUE: A CAPITAL IDEA; 8. YOUR COMPETITORS: MAPPING THE COMPETITIVE SPACE OF LARGE US LAW FIRMS: A STRATEGIC GROUP PERSPECTIVE; 9. YOUR ETHICS: REDEFINING PROFESSIONALISM? THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT CHANGE; 10. YOUR CHALLENGE: SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIP IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE GLOBAL LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777463203321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Managing the modern law firm [[electronic resource] ] : new challenges, new perspectives / / edited by Laura Empson
| Managing the modern law firm [[electronic resource] ] : new challenges, new perspectives / / edited by Laura Empson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 340.068 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EmpsonLaura |
| Soggetto topico | Law offices |
| ISBN |
1-383-04410-4
1-281-14564-5 9786611145644 0-19-153800-0 1-4294-9196-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; PROLOGUE; 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2. YOUR PARTNERSHIP: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN A CHANGING WORLD: THE SPECIAL NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP; 3. YOUR PEOPLE: VALUING DIVERSITY: SOME CAUTIONARY LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; 4. YOUR EXPERTISE: DEVELOPING NEW PRACTICES: RECIPES FOR SUCCESS; 5. YOUR CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND REPUTATION: WEIGHING THE WORTH OF SOCIAL TIES: EMBEDDEDNESS AND THE PRICE OF LEGAL SERVICES IN THE LARGE LAW FIRM MARKET
6. YOUR INCOME: DETERMINING THE VALUE OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE: BILLING AND COMPENSATION PRACTICES IN LAW FIRMS 7. YOUR CAPITAL: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE VALUE: A CAPITAL IDEA; 8. YOUR COMPETITORS: MAPPING THE COMPETITIVE SPACE OF LARGE US LAW FIRMS: A STRATEGIC GROUP PERSPECTIVE; 9. YOUR ETHICS: REDEFINING PROFESSIONALISM? THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT CHANGE; 10. YOUR CHALLENGE: SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIP IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE GLOBAL LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824537203321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||