Nationwide's rating process for the evaluation of approved counsel.
A comprehensive employment survey discussing the job market in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, the Middle East, Australia, Asia, and North and Latin America.
This "How To" resource is helpful in assessing various aspects of Legal Division operations and translating goals into measurable units to show progress and improvement.
Read for some tips as to how to design a learning and development program to best enhance your company's performance!
With such an emphasis on value these days, law firms may be judged on their ability to shed the confines of the billable hour, improve efficiency and resourcefulness. But the most rewarding results may come from mastering the age-old concept of work/life balance.
Company-wide training: It sounds good on paper and is theoretically designed to improve your staff's knowledge and performance. But long after the hours are completed, the booklets are shelved and the notes are misplaced, how much will you and your colleagues be able to recall from that hour or so of company training? Find some realistic solutions to making that information stick.
This ACC Value Practice piece highlights the Zurich North America law department’s practices relating to performance/value assessments for outside counsel, billing and convergence
Check this "How To" for a guide to why evaluation of outside counsel makes sense, and how to approach these evaluations for best results.
The topic of value and cost effectiveness is a common one, but not a new one. There's often a disconnect between how firms bill for services (hourly) and how clients wish to pay for them (value). But there are tools available to counsel to make these two notions sync.
Southern California Edison Company Law department uses a review committee to conduct annual performance reviews of law firms and create report cards, and to make recommendations on conflict waivers.