From Tradition to Innovation: Modern Era Succession Planning
The legal profession is undergoing a significant transformation, especially in terms of practice management and succession planning.
The Big Ideas Issue (July/August 2024)
Volume 50, Issue 4
Features
Preparing Your Practice for Succession
Preparing for succession in a law firm involves strategic planning to ensure continuity, client satisfaction, and financial stability. This includes creating a plan, evaluating the firm's current pos…
The Power of Intentional Intergenerational Mentoring
As younger generations enter the workforce, law firms can leverage cross-generational relationships to enhance personal development, build community and foster innovation.
How to Train and Retain Your Law Firm Partners: Best Practices and Strategies
Law firm success hinges on continuous partner development, from new to senior stages, emphasizing tailored training for each career phase.
New Dimensions: Preparing for the Spatial Computing Era
This piece explores how spatial computing is revolutionizing legal practices and the broader implications for privacy, data management and litigation.
Nonlawyer Ownership Is Not the End of Professionalism
Nonlawyer ownership of law firms would not necessarily kill professionalism. Lawyers have an obligation to regulate the profession in the public interest
Editor's Note & Perspectives
Spark Your Next Big Idea!
The Big Ideas issue of Law Practice aims to inspire readers with innovative ideas and effective strategies for adapting to changes in the legal profession.
Chair’s Perspective
Lawyers should leverage AI as an additional tool to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. AI can assist with contract reviewing, drafting, and management.
Frontlines
Successfully Surmount Other’s Strong Negative Emotional Responses
Delivering legal services with aplomb in the face of clients’ or colleagues’ strong negative emotional responses is a skill that can be learned.
How Well Are You Implementing Your Strategic Plan?
Key takeaways from a white paper based on the survey can help law firms improve their strategic planning.
Lowering UPL Risk for Nonlawyer Legal Help
Innovators are doing their best to deliver legal help to consumers using AI- and software-driven tools.
The Latest Legal Technology Is Core to the Law Practice Division
ABA TECHSHOW has been a significant event for 39 years, providing live programming and a vibrant EXPO.
Technology
Viva Personal Insights
Viva Insights is designed as an integrated employee experience platform within Microsoft 365 and Teams to help boost productivity and engagement, as well as improve the well-being of team members.
The Why and What of Windows 11
Learn about compatibility, the upgrade process, new features and potential challenges when upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11.
Exploring VR Meetings
Exploring the potential and impact of using virtual reality for video meetings. VR headsets could revolutionize professional meetings, causing a shift from traditional video calls to immersive, 3D in…
Business
Service to Nonprofits: Dealing with the Conflict-of-Interest Dilemma of Dual Service
Rule 5.1 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct has complexities and responsibilities for lawyers in management positions.
Quotable Quotes on the Impact of AI on the Legal Profession
As law firms consider and test AI products trying to determine whether to adopt them, we look for inspiration and wisdom from experts to help guide us into this new future.
Mastermind Groups
Lawyers can benefit from joining “mastermind” groups where they learn from peers and get support facing business and personal challenges.
Transforming Law Firm Legal Finance Through Artificial Intelligence: A Deep Dive into Legal Design Thinking
The convergence of AI and the legal profession is revolutionizing law firm financial management by streamlining procedures, enhancing decision making and improving operational efficiency.
Book Reading is Fun[damental]
By incorporating reading into their routines, lawyers can improve cognitive functions, mental health and workplace culture.
Preparing for the Unexpected Departure
Employee departures are as inevitable as death and taxes, yet we tend to be caught unprepared when they occur.