Managing the modern law firm
By: edited by Laura Empson.
Contributors: Empson, Laura.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780199296743
Subjects: Law offices.
Description: Featuring contributions from both management researchers and legal practitioners, Managing the Modern Law Firm presents the latest insights from Management Studies in an approachable, practical, and relevant manner.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Your partnership : surviving and thriving in a changing world : the special nature of partnership; title: Your people : valuing diversity : some cautionary lessons from the American experience; title: Your expertise : developing new practices : recipes for success; title: Your client relationships and reputation : weighing the worth of social ties : embeddedness and the price of legal services in the large law firm market; title: Your income : determining the value of legal knowledge : billing and compensation practices in law firms; title: Your capital : building sustainable value : a capital idea; title: Your competitors : mapping the competitive space of large US law firms : a strategic group perspective; title: Your ethics : redefining professionalism? The impact of management change; title: Your challenge : sustaining partnership in the twenty-first century : the global law firm experience.