Practical advice about law firm outsourcing from White & Case's administrative partner: "Although law firms have traditionally outsourced services like security, travel or mail, the allure of Thomas Friedman's 'flat' world has some law firms looking hard at whether to outsource other functions. The options are no longer limited to an outside vendor running a service in-house. Instead,...
Don't you think paralegals have just as much to contribute to partnership decisions as associates? "Making partner usually means stiff competition with other associates. "But at Latham & Watkins, associates are asked to put down their swords and shields and objectively evaluate whether their peers have what it takes to make partner. "Most firms wouldn't do it. They'd be looking...
Should I be pleased that The New York Times mentioned paralegals in a fashion article or peeved because of how it's worded?"COLLETTE LOVULLO had some qualms about decorating Coco & Delilah, her year-old boutique on St. Marks Place near Avenue A. 'I was trepidatious about the chandelier,' she said, eyeing the multi-tentacled fixture dangling from the ceiling. 'I worried that people would...
More outsourcing of legal work, this time in Sri Lanka: "WNS, a NYSE-listed business process outsourcing (BPO) major, is seeing a huge momentum in legal services. "Riding high on the legal process outsourcing wave, WNS has started legal services in Sri Lanka about eight months back and now has over 30 lawyers there. It has also scaled up the existing Pune operations, with more than 80...
Next big outsourcing move -- legal secretaries? "Starting in the early 1990s, I noticed that secretarial work was changing as a result of widespread lawyer use of PCs. Yet I have seen few articles about this much less smart management reaction. "Already in 1991, I thought secretarial roles needed re-thinking. By 2003, when the main reaction seemed to be tinkering with the ratio, I...
OK, is it me? Or am I the only one who knows about 100 people who can use this new product? "It’s no secret that lawyers lead incredibly stressful lives: they operate under relentless time pressures in an adversarial environment that breeds hostility, conflict and cynicism. Now, you can relieve your stress with Slam-A-Gavel. "Slam-A-Gavel comes with a gavel, nine blocks with different...
Good news from this Robert Half Legal survey looking ahead to 2007! "Average starting salaries for legal professionals in the United States are projected to rise 4.7 percent in 2007, according to the just-released Robert Half Legal 2007 Salary Guide. Larger increases in base compensation are expected for attorneys with one to three years of experience at small to midsize law firms, first...
Yeah, this AlterNet post is only tangentially related to the legal field. But don't most lawyers & paralegals use cell phones? "Just a short reminder that we're all hopeless monkeys trapped inside one giant National Geographic special, via TechDirt : "Well, it appears some things don't change much. Almost exactly six years ago, we wrote about a study that said that men tend to use...
Just announced on the Law Librarian Blog: "With ths work one can find the definitions of hundreds of terms used in legal research and bibliography. The dictionary coverage includes the judicial, legislative and executive branches of federal, state, and local government. This handy reference work is useful for law librarians, paralegals, public librarians, law review staff, and law students...
News about chocolate and paralegals? A must-read article for all chocoholics! "If you're missing a paralegal, check the new chocolate shop. "(And if you're missing some chocolate, check your paralegal's office.) "The new chocolate shop is Schakolad Chocolate Factory in White Plains, and it does indeed seem to lure legal assistants - and a lot of other professionals. "'I just...