Practice Strategy and Management is the only academic center in the United States devoted exclusively to the study of management issues facing both public and private law offices. The work of the Center includes the Partners Leadership Forum for private law offices and the General Counsel Exchange for public law offices. In addition, the Center undertakes consulting projects for both public and private law office clients. Partners Leadership Forum Created in 1995, the Partners Leadership Forum is a discussion group comprised of managing partners from Washington, D.C.'s most prominent private law firms.
Members assemble six times each year to discuss a management issue chosen in advance by the members.
Topics have included Difficult Personnel Issues, Teams, Recruiting and Retaining Associates, Marketing, Diversity, Firm Size and Competitive Advantage, Conflicts of Interest, Branding, and Mergers. Members convene eight times each year in order to analyze four topics chosen by majority vote of the members. In addition to the programs described above, the Center undertakes consulting projects for various public and private law offices. Such projects range from seminars for private law firms on effective feedback techniques to strategic planning for large public law offices. For the last twenty-two years, he has provided executive management, leadership seminars and retreats for the attorney managers of both public and private law offices.