Demand for legal services has shifted dramatically and quickly from two years of unprecedented growth and profitability to deep uncertainty and threats of recession. Most firms are employing a mix of budget tightening, layoffs, planned attrition, and conservativism in undertaking strategic initiatives. To sustain revenue and buoy profits without damaging the firm for the mid- and longer-term with excessive cost reduction and headcount reduction, a savvy portfolio of no- and low-cost business performance investments can be made even in times of economic uncertainty and slumping legal demand. We will discuss the potential damage in undertaking some of the tactics firms are employing and illustrate options that can not only sustain the firm but ultimately set it on a course to more sustainable profitability and deeper client relationships.
Learning objectives:
• Understand firm business operations, client relationship building, and talent sustainability options to increase profitability in periods of slipping demand
• Clarify no-cost and low-cost ideas and investments that should still be pursued even in a downturn.
This presentation examines how “sense memory,” a core acting technique, can help lawyers...
The CLE program expands on the artistic techniques that make stories resonate, including tempo, sens...
MODERATED - Session 2 of 10 - Mr. Kornblum, a highly experienced trial and litigation lawyer for ove...
This program explains the architecture of storytelling in the courtroom, using narrative arc, rhythm...
Part I introduces the foundational principles of cross?examination, explaining how lawyers must meth...
The always idiosyncratic Nassim Taleb likes to say, “Nothing is more permanent than ‘tem...
Cellphones represent one of the fastest-changing areas of legal practice. Mobile device evidence is ...
The direct examination presentation outlines how attorneys can elicit truthful, credible testimony w...
Scam typologies help legal professionals by providing a framework to understand, identify, and preve...
Part 1 of 2 - Lawyers at all levels of experience and even sophisticated law firms and general couns...