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If you're one of the many students who came to law school not to practice law, you need to know about the growing practice of legal operations. Whether you have [...], * Legal operations, a growing field in the legal industry, offers career opportunities for law students not interested in practicing law. This field involves applying business and technical practices to improve legal services, focusing on strategic planning, financial management, project management, and technological expertise. * Legal ops teams comprise professionals from various backgrounds and play a crucial role in streamlining legal processes. They help reduce outside counsel costs, automate tasks, and enhance client services. * Law firms are increasingly adopting legal ops to provide consultancy services to clients. Legal tech investments are on the rise, making this an attractive field for students looking to work in a nontraditional legal role.

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"A third of our practice groups work well, a third are hit or miss, and a third are dysfunctional." Such was one of the responses I got when taking an [...]

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Our purpose here is to present a new approach to law department performance benchmarks and, in that context, to identify and discuss three such basic benchmarks. These metrics are relevant, [...]

Tower Snow is a marked man in a souring economy. After all, it was Snow, as chairman of San Francisco-based Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP, who led the 75-year-old law [...]

As you reflect on the past year and plan the next, what questions should you ask yourself about your past effectiveness as a leader? What questions should you ask your [...]

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Since 1990, the percentage of lawyers seeking outplacement services has more than doubled, and lawyers at all levels are being laid off. Lee Hecht Harrison, an outplacement consulting firm, surveyed [...]