The WLC furthered this program
with rainmaking forums and other initiatives that are open to all female attorneys.
I see these numbers is in spite of helping lawyers write and work personal marketing plans, running lunch - «n - learn workshops on how to get new clients, offering one - on - one coaching help, hiring outside coaches and trainers, sending lawyers off to seminars at snazzy resorts, distributing articles
with rainmaking ideas and, when all else failed, cajoling, nudging and browbeating them into making an effort.
If billing partner status does not correlate
with rainmaking, and there isn't other hard data that tracks rainmaking to specific matters, then profitability by billing partner should not be used.
The accelerator will launch this September in partnership
with Rainmaking, a global collective of serial entrepreneurs who bring together startups to scale new businesses.
Not exact matches
To inspire innovation and also get access to new customers, Tryg partnered
with coworking space company
Rainmaking Loft to build a custom space «The Camp» at its headquarters in Ballerup, Denmark.
London is one of three trendy
Rainmaking co-working office spaces,
with others in Berlin and Copenhagen.
According to Dr. Larry Richard, who has examined thousands of lawyers
with the Caliper test, «low sociability scores have broad implications for many aspect of law firm management — mentoring, teamwork,..., and
rainmaking... rainmakers scored nearly three and a half times higher on Sociability than service partners!»
As
with last year's demise of firms like Thacher Profitt, Thelen and Heller Ehrman, Wolf Block's failure, as described by The Legal Intelligencer, follows the same pattern: failed merger attempts,
rainmaking partners jumping ship and a primary practice area (real estate) that suffered in the economic downturn.
This incentive compensation basis implies that the attorneys who are the better attractors of new paying work must spend time
with the other attorneys discussing their ideas about business development, client service and
rainmaking.
My guess is that even
with added incentive for
rainmaking (i.e., «finding»), most lawyers prefer the minding or grinding.
Make time for marketing: Some lawyers find
rainmaking very natural and easy, others struggle
with it, and some are oblivious to the need to market their services.
The program, entitled How to Get the Business: A Conversation
with Givers and Getters, featured a group of givers, in - house counsel who routinely direct their organization's business to outside counsel, and getters, firm lawyers who have been particularly successful at
rainmaking.
New Solo — Host Adriana Linares (along
with guest lawyers and relevant professionals) covers topics including transitioning to a solo practice,
rainmaking, law practice management, networking, job searching, technology, and more.
The competitive advantages that these companies offer have nothing to do
with knowledge of local laws or, in most of their cases,
with the personality or
rainmaking capabilities of any particular lawyer or lawyers.
One major firm drove a
rainmaking lawyer out because he was developing too big of a brand
with his individual blog being followed by general counsel and peer law firms.
While not all of these will be involved in
rainmaking, he says there is value in having them be familiar
with the approach and language used.
Via
Rainmaking Oasis: Recognizing the need to approach client problems and needs
with broader and deeper substantive disciplines than just...
- Apps for family lawyers - Interviews
with top judges -
Rainmaking - Balancing work and personal life - How technology can improve their law practice - Increasing income and decreasing stress - Making a difference in their community