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Eliminating Bias in Work Allocation Is a Growing Focus for Law Firms

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Does your law firm work allocation model leave too many associates behind? Historically, work allocation in law firms has primarily been driven by partner s. This is just part of the reason why some firms, especially larger ones, have been gradually shifting away from this model. But it’s a trilogy.

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Roger Royse: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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However, I believe that I would have ended up in the same place no matter which law school I attended. Part of my journey included founding and growing the Royse Law Firm from a solo practice to 27 lawyers over 15 years. What do you think will be the future of how law offices operate? Where do you go from here?

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Top Lawyers: Sheila Murphy of Focus Forward Consulting On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law

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For over 20 years, as a former senior legal officer for a Fortune 50 company, Sheila Murphy successfully developed, coached, and transformed talent in corporate America, and law firms. However, in law school, my focus switched to corporate law because I was a severe introvert with a fear of public speaking.

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Using Your Website as the Flywheel for Law Firm Growth

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All the successful law firms you see on TV are full of sharpshooters with the smartest teams, the sleekest offices, and the sharpest suits in town. But wait—is their website still stuck in the dial-up era? Having a law firm website is as much of a no-brainer as owning a law library or sporting that indispensable power suit.

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Norman Harris: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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Tier of school is most likely more important to big named law firms and to those who choose that legal path. What do you think will be the future of how law offices operate? I work both remotely and in a physical office. I believe hybrid is the future of how law offices will operate. I prefer hybrid.

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Rick DeMedeiros: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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Both before and after law school, I have been told many, many times by “older” lawyers who went to top-tier schools that they found students who went to GSU were better prepared and harder workers than students from “top-tier” schools. What do you think will be the future of how law offices operate? We got a good laugh.

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Top Lawyers: Stacey A. Giulianti of the Florida Peninsula Insurance Company On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law

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After spending just one year at a large law firm in South Florida, I joined a few law school colleagues in a boutique law firm representing policyholders against insurance carriers for failing to pay benefits. To a smart law firm, those contacts were pure gold — much more than a degree from a well-known law school.

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