Recent Articles

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Articles relating to Legal Departments

Articles relating to Law Firms

LEGAL DEPARTMENTS

Legal Department Positioning & Strategy

	"Designing the Smaller Law Department" Lexpert, Vol 11, No 2, Nov-Dec 2009
	"Why Strategy Doesn't Work in Law Departments" Lexpert, Vol 10, No 7, May 2009
	"Re-evaluating Cost and Value" Lexpert, Vol 10, No 4, February 2009
	"The Value Challenge" Lexpert, Vol 10, No 3, January 2009
	"The Future for In-House Counsel" Insider Corporate Legal, Issue 9 June 2008
	"SMART Rewards - The Contribution of the Law Department to Corporate Priorities" CCCA Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2008
	"Looking Ahead to 2008 and Beyond: Unsure Economic Times" Lexpert, Volume 9, Issue 3, January, 2008
	"Drawn and Quartered: The Municipal Law Department" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 5 (March 2006)
	"Redefining Expectations" Lexpert, Vol. 5, No. 7 (May 2004)
	"Alignment for Effectiveness" Lexpert, Vol. 4, No. 5 (March 2003)
	"Five Alignment Strategies for Insurance Clients" Insurance Law News, Vol. 13, No. 2 (February 2003)

Organization and Resources of the Legal Department

	"Of Clouds and Silver Linings" Lexpert, Vol. 10, no 8, June 2009
	"The Global Legal Department" CCCA Magazine, Vol. 3, no 2, Summer 2009
	"Lawyering Beyond Borders" Lexpert, Vol. 9, No. 6, April, 2008
	"Taking the International Pulse of In-House Counsel" CCCA Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2007
	"Innovation in Legal Services - Doing More With Less" Inside Counsel, Summer edition, 1997

Workflow and Workload in Legal Departments

	"Evaluating Value" Lexpert, Vol 11, No 2, January 2010
	"Timekeeping Revisited" ACLA Journal, Vol 19, No 4, Winter 2009
	"Workloads and Workflows in Large Canadian Law Departments" CCCA Magazine, Fall 2009
	"Workloads and Workflows in the Legal Department - Which is the Greater Challenge?" CCCA Magazine, Fall 2008
	"Managing Workloads and Workflow" Lexpert, Vol. 9, No. 10 and ACLA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3; September 2008
	"The Demand for In-House Counsel" CCCA Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2008
	"Complex Work in Law Departments" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 8 (June 2005)
	"Best Practices for Partnering Between Corporate Counsel and Law Firms" Report to Legal Management, Vol. 29, No. 12 (September 2002)

Performance Management in Legal Departments

	"Performance Management" Lexpert, Vol 11, No 1, October 2009
	"A Valuable Asset?" Lexpert, Vol 10, No 9, July/August 2009
	"Are General Counsel Too Risk Averse?" Lexpert, Vol 10, No 5, March 2009
	"Under Pressure" Lexpert, Vol. 10, No. 2, Nov/Dec 2008
	"Competencies for Lawyers" Lexpert, Volume 9, Issue 7, May 2008
	"Law Department Audit is an Opportunity for Law Firms" Addendum - Practice News and Developments from the CBA (Law Firm Leaders Edition), December 2007
	"Should the Law Department be Audited? " Lexpert, September 2007
	"The Five Pillars" Lexpert, Vol. 8, No. 2, pg. 122 (November/December 2006)
	"Lawyers and Retirement Planning" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 9 (July / August 2006)
	"The Peanut Principle" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 3 (January 2006)
	"Key Performance Indicators for the Law Department" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 5 (March 2005)
	"Reporting Results from the Law Department" Lexpert, Vol. 5, No. 3 (January 2004)
	"Auditing in Legal Services" Lexpert, Vol. 5, No. 1 (October 2003)
	"Performance and Service Standards" Lexpert, Vol. 4, No. 1 (October 2002)
	"Symptoms and Solutions for the Ageing Law Department" CCCA 11th Annual Conference brochure (1999 Annual Meeting)
	"Competencies for Counsel" Lexpert, Vol. 3, No. 6 (April 2002)

Managing Total Legal Spend

	"Alternative Fees are on Their Way" Lexpert, Vol 11, No 3 (February 2010)
	"Changing the Business Model for Legal Services: Who is Responsible for the Cost of legal Services" The 2009-2010 Lexpert CCCA Corporate Counsel Directory and Yearbook, pg 95
	"In-House Counsel Needs a Reality Check on Value" The New Lawyer (Australia), August 20, 2009
	"Who is Responsible for the Cost of Legal Services?" CCCA Magazine, Vol 2, No. 4, Winter 2008
	"Billing Practice Alternatives" Lexpert, Volume 9, Issue 4, February, 2008
	"New Ways to Keep Client Costs Down" New Jersey Lawyer, December 10th, 2007
	"Risk Aversion in Retaining Outside Counsel" Lexpert, Vol 8, No. 8 (June 2007)
	"Achieve Success with Partnering" Lexpert, Vol 8, No. 6 (April 2007)
	"The Law Department as Informed Purchaser" Lexpert, Vol 8, No. 4 (February 2007)
	"New Ways to Keep Client Costs Down" Lexpert, Vol 8, No. 1 (October 2006)
	"Negotiating Long-Term Fees" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 9 (July/August 2005)
	"Saving Money: Location and Buffers" Lexpert, Vol. 5, No. 11 (October 2004)
	"The Cost of Choice" Lexpert, Vol. 5, No. 5 (March 2004)
	"Keeping the Lid on Legal Costs" Lexpert, Vol. 3, No. 8 (June 2002)

Retreats and Surveys

	"Benchmarking for Legal Departments - Part III" ACLA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2008
	"Benchmarking for Legal Departments - Part II (Non-Financial Concerns) " ACLA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2; June 2008
	"Benchmarking for Legal Departments - Part I (Roles, Responsibilities, Legal Spend)" ACLA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1; March 2008
	"Corporate Law Department Surveys: Worthy or Worthless?" Lexpert, November / December 2007
	"The Strategic Client Survey"" Inside Counsel, February 2000

LAW FIRMS

Business Strategy and Structures

	"Strategic Lapse" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 3 (January 2005)
	"Business Strategy Is Not Fuzzy" Lexpert, Vol. 5 No. 10 (September 2004)
	"Time Accelerates" National, Vol. 13, No. 4 (June / July 2004)
	"Strategy Means Choosing" National, Vol. 12 No. 2 (March/April 2003)
	"From Gridlock to Greatness" National, Vol. 11 No. 3 (May 2002)
	"Choice Determines Direction" Lexpert, Vol. 3, No. 4 (February 2002)

Business Development

	"Legal Services in Mature Markets" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 7 (May 2005)
	"Counter-Intuitive Cross Selling" Lexpert, Vol. 4, No. 10 (September 2003)
	"We're Busy, But We Could Be Busier" Lexpert, Vol. 3, No. 10 (September 2002)
	"Business Development Needs to be Managed" Lexpert, Vol. 2, No. 2 (November / December 2000)

Profitability Improvement

	"New Ways to Keep Client Costs Down Lexpert, Vol. 8, No. 1 (October 2006)
	"The Psychology of Hourly Rates Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 2 (November/December 2005)
	"Delegation as a Partnership Skill" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 10 (September 2005)
	"A Closer Look - Five Steps to Better Profitability" National, Vol. 13, No. 1 (January / February 2004)
	"The Pricing Puzzle" National, Vol. 12, No. 8 (December 2003)

Client Relationship Management

	"Big Clients and the Next 3 Years" Lexpert, Vol. 8, No. 7 (May 2007)
	"Building and Developing Sustainable Client Relationships" Lexpert, Vol. 8, No. 5 (March 2007)
	"Keys to Client Satisfaction" Briefly Speaking, March 2007
	"Effective Client Teams" Lexpert, Vol. 5, No. 8 (June 2004)
	"A Meaningful Relationship" National, Vol. 13 No. 3 (May 2004)
	"The Strategic Client Survey"" Inside Counsel, February 2000

Leadership

	"Looking Ahead to 2008 and Beyond: Unsure Economic Times" Lexpert, Vol. 9, No. 3 (January 2008)
	"Leadership in Law Firms: Nature or Nurturing?" Lexpert, Vol. 8, No. 9 (July/August 2007)
	"2007 Resolutions for Law Firms" Lexpert, Vol. 8, No. 3 (January 2007)
	"In Search of Leadership" Lexpert, Vol. 6, No. 4 (February 2005)
	"Good Management is Hard to Get - and Keep" Lexpert, Vol. 4, No. 8 (June 2003)
	"Are Managing Partners Obsolete?" Lexpert, Vol. 1, No. 5 (February 2000)

Performance Management and Compensation

	"Talent Management: The Young Lawyer" Lexpert, Vol. 9 No. 1 (October 2007)
	"Top Performance and Knowledge Workers" Lexpert, Vol. 7 No. 8 (June 2006)
	"Talent Acquisition and Management" Lexpert, Vol. 6 No. 6 (April 2005)
	"The Old Guard" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 6 (April 2006)
	"Redesigning Associate Compensation"" National, Vol. 5, No. 1 (January / February 1997)
	"Partner Responsibility and Associate Performance"" Lexpert, Vol. 3, No. 10 (September 2002)

Knowledge Management

"Top Performance and Knowledge Workers" Lexpert, Vol. 7 No. 8 (June 2006)

Execution and Change Management

	"Gaining a Competitive Edge" Lexpert, Vol. 7 No. 10 (September 2006)
	"The Will to Get Things Done" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 7 (May 2006)
	"The Knowing Doing Gap" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 4 (February 2006)
	"Curing FTI (Failure to Implement) Disease" National, Vol. 12, No. 6 (October 2003)
	"Nothing is Hard-Wired" Lexpert, Vol. 4, No. 9 (July / August 2003)

Other Articles

	"Developing New Products" Lexpert, Vol. 7, No. 1 (October 2005)
	"Spending More in Tough Times" Lexpert, Vol. 2, No. 6 (April 2001)
	"Velocity" Lexpert, Vol. 5 No. 6 (April 2004)
	"Expanding a Law Practice: Effective Strategies for Growth" CBA Law Practice Management & Technology Newsletter, May 2003
	"From Gridlock to Greatness" National, Vol. 11 No. 3 (May 2002)
	"Fear of Flying" National, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January / February 2003)
	"Systematic Decision-Making" Lexpert, Vol. 2, No. 4 (February 2001)
	"Corporate Counsel and the Corridors of Power Lexpert, Vol. 3, No. 6 (April 2002)
	"Leverage in the Law Department Inside Counsel, Spring edition 1998
	"Hire the Lawyer and the Firm" National, Vol. 11, No. 4 (June / July 2002)
	"Compensating Lawyers in Law Departments" Inside Counsel, CCCA (Spring 2004)
	"The Billable Hour" Lexpert, Vol. 4, No. 4 (February 2003)