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quality assurance: Where to start?

One of the persistent themes of this blog has been the power of quality assurance as a profitability tool for law firms. It also can be a low-cost, high-yield investment for corporate legal departments by improving the ability of in-house … Continue reading

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How do you know?

Perhaps the two most important components of business strategy in professional services firms are to know what your clients want today and how those needs will change tomorrow. Unfortunately, most law firms and lawyers guess at both of these questions. … Continue reading

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“We don’t need to worry about profitability.”

There are a significant number of law firms that appear to be doing quite well. My colleagues and I occasionally meet them at international conferences and other events. When we begin to describe Walker Clark LLC and the services we … Continue reading

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Something better than carrots and sticks

What should you do about partners and practice areas that chronically lag behind the rest of your firm in terms of profitability?  Some firms go straight to changes in their partner compensations systems, to add some carrots and sticks that … Continue reading

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What can law firms learn from the Dreamliner?

The February 4, 2013, issue of the  New Yorker includes a short piece on current problems with the Boeing Dreamliner.  It should be at the top of the reading list for every law firm managing partner who is considering the … Continue reading

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Survival skills: communicating competitive advantages

Why should someone hire your law firm instead of one of your equally competent competitors? This is the last in a series of nine posts about business skills that will be essential for the continued success of most law firms … Continue reading

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Survival skills: quality assurance and risk management

This is the fifth of a series of posts about eight business skills that will be essential for the continued success of most law firms in 2013 and beyond. Designing and managing alternative fee agreements to remain competitive and profitable Strengthening … Continue reading

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Survival skills: managing alternative fee agreements

This is the second of a series of posts about eight business skills that will be essential for the continued success of most law firms in 2013 and beyond: Designing and managing alternative fee agreements to remain competitive and profitable Strengthening … Continue reading

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8 survival skills for 2013… and beyond

This is the first of a series of  nine posts that highlight management skills that law firms will need to ensure sustained financial performance through the rest of this decade. We call them survival skills for 2013 because firms that do not … Continue reading

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5 symptoms of quality assurance problems

One of the major reasons for disappointing fee productivity among lawyers is the poor — or in some cases nonexistent — state of their firms’ quality assurance policies and procedures. As a result, lawyers unnecessarily spend many valuable — and … Continue reading

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