Sentences with phrase «resources than the law firm»

Meanwhile, the defendants may be represented by an insurance company defense litigation firm with many more resources than the law firm that you could hire on your behalf.

Not exact matches

She writes that less than 15 years ago, law firm partners often handled human resources, recruiting, marketing and communications tasks, but as firms have grown, these day - to - day operations have become too onerous for lawyers:

More than 10,200 members in corporate law departments and private law firms benefit from the CCCA's leadership, educational programming, knowledge resources, and networking opportunities.

Some may argue that many of the «independent» European law firms are smaller in total size than the large US and UK global firms and perhaps don't have the resources for AI systems.

Assistance from a strong firm such as Inkelaar Law can help an individual seeking injury compensation as a firm will have more resources at their disposal to fully investigate a collision than a solo practitioner.

Albert M. Ferlo (Washington, D.C.) is a member of the firm's Environment, Energy & Resources practice and has more than 30 years of experience in environmental law.

Back when the downturn first started to bite, it was an acknowledged — if not popular — fact that many law firms were more heavily resourced than they needed to be, and so for many it was no great surprise when the first wave of redundancies hit the market in 2008 - 09.

Since its launch, the flexible resourcing company has grown to an active network of more than 6,000 screened, vetted attorneys and has clients ranging from boutique law firms to Fortune 500 companies and AmLaw200 law firms.

Law firms are structured for continuity rather than change, and the predominant model of today places most of the power and resources within BigLaw in the hands of the people with the least to gain, and potentially most to lose from promoting change.

These great successes prove that the «unaffordable legal services problem» can be solved with the power of a collectively as represented by a law society, rather than attempting to do so by way of the very limited powers and resources of individual law firms negotiating with high - powered investors.

Big law firms have more resources — including money, staff, and lawyers — than boutiques, small firms and solos.

For example, procedural questions may turn on unfamiliar sources of enacted law — such as court local rules or judges» administrative or standing orders — that may be more conveniently found on a given court's official website than on Lexis or Westlaw, if they are available on subscription databases at all.60 And for practicing attorneys, jurisdiction - specific forms and the previous work of other attorneys who have done similar things can be valuable resources.61 So legal blogs, firm white papers, and actual filings available through PACER or Bloomberg Law can be valuable tools — at least as a jumping - off poilaw — such as court local rules or judges» administrative or standing orders — that may be more conveniently found on a given court's official website than on Lexis or Westlaw, if they are available on subscription databases at all.60 And for practicing attorneys, jurisdiction - specific forms and the previous work of other attorneys who have done similar things can be valuable resources.61 So legal blogs, firm white papers, and actual filings available through PACER or Bloomberg Law can be valuable tools — at least as a jumping - off poiLaw can be valuable tools — at least as a jumping - off point.

The cloud, or even a partial adoption of a «hybrid model» cloud, will enable law firms to refocus IT resources on innovation rather than reacting to «recover an Exchange server.»

Experienced HR leader joins Aaron & Partners LLP Law firm with offices in Chester and Shrewsbury appoints Kate Robertson to drive HR strategy for more than 120 staff and to support the company's growth Chester law firm Aaron & Partners LLP has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of an experienced human resources managLaw firm with offices in Chester and Shrewsbury appoints Kate Robertson to drive HR strategy for more than 120 staff and to support the company's growth Chester law firm Aaron & Partners LLP has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of an experienced human resources managlaw firm Aaron & Partners LLP has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of an experienced human resources manager.

It's the fear of every mom - and - pop shop, small business, and boutique law firm: a major player with national name recognition enters your area and begins offering exactly the same thing your business does, investing more money and resources in advertising than you could ever dream of.

Rather than building full - service firms, they are concentrating on areas of law that complement their existing services: immigration, which sits nicely with expatriate tax work; labour, which goes with human - resources consulting; compliance; commercial contracts; and due diligence.

Our students are invited to attend the Head Start program that is organized by the Edmonton Law Libraries Association so our orientation week library session is a half day refresher of our firm specific resources and writing protocols rather than a general research... [more]

What I think clients are looking for, is to have an experienced lawyer they can trust, who understands their sector and can help deliver value for money solutions to suit their business needs, rather than what many law firms do in the current market — retro - fit their own resources and cost model to how they deliver service rather than listen to the client and understand what the client actually wants.

It's reactive rather than proactive and it's nearly impossible for law firms to align its business development resources in one cohesive sales motion.

For the World's Largest Collection of Law Firm Interview Resources Click Here Participating in the call - back interview process is different than being an on - campus interviewer.

By contrast, there are few organized entities, other than the bars (assuming that they'd play nice and pool their resources) or law schools, with the resources and influence to actually focus on solo and small law firm practice the way that schools like Harvard or Indiana do, or even the way that someone like Bruce Macewen does for biglaw at Adam Smith, Esq..

While many large departments look to legal ops teams for efficiency and ideas for doing more with in - sourced resources that cost less money than law firms, that's a strategy that places their teams in direct competition with ALSPs, which can effectively demonstrate to executive management that they offer less expensive and more flexible outsourcing arrangements that provide more efficient, agile and effective solutions for cost conscious companies.

• The Top Ten Legal Technologies — What Every Solo and Small Law Firm Should Be Using • Collaborating and Communicating with Clients in a Web 2.0 World • Speech Recognition Software and Digital Dictation — Talk to Your Computer — it will listen • Moving to a Paperless Office — It's Easier Than You Think • Your Bottom Line and PCLaw — How it Can Make Your Life Easier and Your Firm More Profitable • Identity Theft and Fraud — Protecting Client, Firm and Personal Data in a Wired World • Adobe Acrobat and PDF Files — The New (and only) Standard for Sharing Information • Microsoft Office — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most Out of These Essential Tools • Surviving and Thriving in Tough Economic Times — How to Buld and Maintain a Better Clientele and a Successful Practice • Productivity Tools to Help You Attain Work - Life Balance in Trying Times • Hiring, Evaluating, Retaining, Firing — Managing Human Resource Issues in Small Firm • E-Discovery for the Rest of Us — Dealing With Electronic Information on Smaller Matter • Email Emancipation — How to Cut the Time that Email Takes Out of Your Day • Mobile Lawyers and the Remote Office — Maintaining Productivity from Home, the Cottage, and Overseas • Succession Planning and Retirement — Preparing for the Day You Stop Lawyering

Survey respondents included 150 lawyers (split between law firms and in - house counsel); more than 270 chief financial officers; 270 chief information officers; 150 senior human resources managers, 50 advertising executives, and 200 marketing executives, all of whom have hiring authority.

Only law firm and private company law libraries spend less than half of their content / materials budgets for print resources.