Not exact matches
But
at least one analyst who tracks
big Wall Street
firms» bonds says there may be an even
bigger problem: Investors, pressured by the need to generate income, simply don't care
whether the banks are too
big to fail — one way or the other.
This is true
whether you are an attorney working for a
big firm, an associate
at a boutique law office; or a solo practitioner.
Whether you work
at a
big firm or have a solo law practice, there are always times when things are slow and staying productive can be tricky.
I just wrote a post about
whether the solo - small realm is better than working
at a
big firm.
Don't follow in the auto industry's footsteps: A post on The Am Law Daily includes a summary of the Leading Legal Innovation conference organized by the Southern California Innovation Project
at the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law, which asked
whether law
firms, by failing to innovate, might be headed down the same path as the
Big 3 automakers.
Excluded from the process, associates
at these
firms continue to work hard never knowing
whether the
big equity partnership payoff will ever be within their grasp, and for most, it will not.
While nothing is guaranteed in life or law, attorneys and
firm management consultants say taking a step back and looking
at the
big picture,
whether you're a solo practitioner or
at a large
firm, is essential to knowing where you've been, where you're going, and how you will keep growing.
Towards the end of 2017, Legal IT Insider sponsored by Accenture brought together six of the
biggest name CIOs / COOs from international law
firms to discuss cyber best practice, including looking
at whether we can create a security readiness index.
At the base, it comes from the fact that every lawyer,
whether sole practitioner or associate — or partner — in a
big firm, essentially works for him or herself.
That said, the Law
Firm Index provides insight into
whether and how law
firms are innovating, especially when looking
at the
big picture, and the Catalog of Law
Firm Innovations identifies concrete innovations that law
firms have implemented.
But
whether at the level of the
big firm or the solo practitioner's laptop it will always come down to a password protected way into the system.