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• Ten best posts in February on LawDepartmentManagementBlog.com

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  Rees Morrison

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  Ten best posts in February on LawDepartmentManagementBlog.com

  Fear of being seen as a “sales person” inhibits general counsel from portraying the value of their department (Feb. 1, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  General counsel need to publicize the work and accomplishments of their team.
  
  
  Pushing past the standby of lawyers per billion of revenue (Feb. 4 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  What sounds so simple – lawyers per billion of revenue – breeds definitional and operational complexity lurks.
  
  
  During the past year, seven articles by this blogger, collected for you to download (Feb. 4, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  Here are the posts that announced them.
  
  
  Not CYA, but speed sometimes justifies calling a big brand law firm (Feb. 5, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  When you need help, fast, the well-known large firms can usually leap into action.
  
  
  Visual analytics (VA) and its potential (or mirage) to help legal department managers make sense of voluminous data (Feb. 10, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  Software exists that could go so much farther with visual manipulation of legal department data, but it will take years to penetrate.
  
  
  Commitment contracts as a way to induce lawyers to monitor budgets, alternative fees, discounts, etc. (Feb. 15, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  A clever method to harness commitments and give them some bite.
  
  
  Cost per hour of inside counsel interacts with lawyers as a percentage of all legal staff (Feb. 17, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  Take part in the largest benchmarking database ever assembled! Get your full report in late April or May by clicking here to take the six-minute, confidential online survey based on your fundamental 2009 metrics. More than 450 departments have responded since late January.
  
  https://www.novisystems.com/NoviSurvey/n/benchmark.aspx
  
  
  15 percent more productivity from wide-screen flat-panel monitors (at least for discovery) (Feb. 19, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  Two monitors doesn’t double productivity, but as a low-cost boost, they could make a difference to a legal team.
  
  
  Institutional isomorphism and legal department practices and benchmarks (Feb. 23, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  “[t]he tendency of organizations in a particular sector to converge on a common way of working and set of beliefs that justify that way of working” probably applies to legal departments.
  
  
  Intriguing idea based on Sabine Chalmers’: post-mortem competitions by law firms (Feb. 25, 2010)
  
  http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_ma...
  
  After a major deal, ask some firms that were not involved to suggest how it could have been handled more efficiently.
  This post was modified on 04 May 2010 at 03:26 am.
  • 04 May 2010, 03:21 am
  Rees Morrison wrote: > Fear of being seen as a “sales person” inhibits general counsel from > portraying the value of their department (Feb. 1, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/fear-of-being-seen-as-a-sales-person-inhibits-general-counsel-from-portraying-the-value-of-their-department.html > > General counsel need to publicize the work and accomplishments of > their team. > > > Pushing past the standby of lawyers per billion of revenue (Feb. 4 > 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/pushing-past-the-standby-of-lawyers-per-billion-of-revenue.html > > What sounds so simple – lawyers per billion of revenue – breeds > definitional and operational complexity lurks. > > > During the past year, seven articles by this blogger, collected for > you to download (Feb. 4, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/during-the-past-year-six-articles-by-this-blogger-collected-for-you-to-download.html > > Here are the posts that announced them. > > > Not CYA, but speed sometimes justifies calling a big brand law firm > (Feb. 5, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/not-cya-but-speed-sometimes-justifies-calling-a-big-brand-law-firm.html > > When you need help, fast, the well-known large firms can usually leap > into action. > > > Visual analytics (VA) and its potential (or mirage) to help legal > department managers make sense of voluminous data (Feb. 10, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/visual-analytics-va-and-its-potential-or-mirage-to-help-legal-department-managers-make-sense-of-voluminous-data.html > > Software exists that could go so much farther with visual > manipulation of legal department data, but it will take years to > penetrate. > > > Commitment contracts as a way to induce lawyers to monitor budgets, > alternative fees, discounts, etc. (Feb. 15, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/commitment-contracts-as-a-way-to-induce-lawyers-to-monitor-budgets-alternative-fees-discounts-etc.html > > A clever method to harness commitments and give them some bite. > > > Cost per hour of inside counsel interacts with lawyers as a > percentage of all legal staff (Feb. 17, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/cost-per-hour-of-inside-counsel-interacts-with-lawyers-as-a-percentage-of-all-legal-staff.html > > Take part in the largest benchmarking database ever assembled! Get > your full report in late April or May by clicking here to take the > six-minute, confidential online survey based on your fundamental 2009 > metrics. More than 450 departments have responded since late January. > > https://www.novisystems.com/NoviSurvey/n/benchmark.aspx > > > 15 percent more productivity from wide-screen flat-panel monitors (at > least for discovery) (Feb. 19, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/15-percent-more-productivity-from-wide-screen-flat-panel-lcd-monitors-at-least-in-discovery.html > > Two monitors doesn’t double productivity, but as a low-cost boost, > they could make a difference to a legal team. > > > Institutional isomorphism and legal department practices and > benchmarks (Feb. 23, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/institutional-isomorphism-and-legal-department-practices-and-benchmarks.html > > “[t]he tendency of organizations in a particular sector to converge > on a common way of working and set of beliefs that justify that way > of working” probably applies to legal departments. > > > Intriguing idea based on Sabine Chalmers’: post-mortem competitions > by law firms (Feb. 25, 2010) > > http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/2010/02/intriguing-idea-based-on-sabine-chalmers-post-mortem-competitions-by-law-firms.html > > After a major deal, ask some firms that were not involved to suggest > how it could have been handled more efficiently.