Part of our coverage of “Law Firm Evolution:  Brave New World or Business As Usual?”, a conference held March 21-23, 2010 by the Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession.  For all our posts on the conference click here.  Reported by: Gregory P Bufithis, Esq.    Founder, ThePosseList.com/ProjectCounsel.com The panel “Business Models: Strategy and Governance” consisted of  [...]

We all know about the paradigm shift in the legal industry.  It has been well chronicled by Richard Susskind,  Jordon Furlong, Ron Friedmann and many others.  The legal industry melt down, the deep and rapid technological advances (of the disruptive kind), our relentless connectivity and burgeoning electronic legal marketplace — all have led to major threats to various aspects [...]

From the Above the Law blog: Sign of the Times: Orrick Offers Jobs in Wheeling, WV to GULC Students There’s an interesting job opening Orrick is extending to a number of recent graduates. We got this information from Georgetown University Law Center, but we understand that Orrick has posted this job at a couple of top [...]

Orrick: “more contract attorneys!!” As we reported over the weekend, the big news at the Hildebrandt Institute’s 14th Annual “Law Firm Leaders Forum” this week was Orrick’s announcement of it’s new “talent model” which includes a three-stage partner track for associates and an increased presence of contract attorneys. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ralph Baxter [...]