Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives

by Laura Empson

Overview

Featuring contributions from both legal practitioners and management researchers, Managing the Modern Law Firm seeks to present the latest insights from Management Studies in an approachable, practical, and relevant manner for lawyers involved directly and indirectly with the management of law firms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199589647
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/22/2010
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Laura Empson is a Professor in the Management of Professional Service Firm at the Cass Business School in the City of London.

Table of Contents

Prologue, John J. Gabarro1. Introduction and Overview, Laura Empson and Stuart Popham2. Your Partnership: Surviving and Thriving in a Changing World: The Special Nature of Partnership, Laura Empson3. Your People: Valuing Diversity: Some Cautionary Tales from the American Experience, David Wilkins4. Your Expertise: Developing New Practices: Recipes for Success, Heidi Gardner, Tim Morris, and N. Anand5. Your Client Relationships and Reputation: Weighing the Worth of Social Ties: Embeddedness and the Price of Legal Services in the Large Law Firm Market, Brian Uzzi, Ryon Lancaster, and Shannon Dunlap6. Your Income: Determining the Value of Legal Knowledge: Billing and Compensation Practices in Law Firms, Huseyin Leblebici7. Your Capital: Building Sustainable Value: A Capital Idea, Stephen Mayson8. Your Competitors: Mapping the Competitive Space of Large US Law Firms: A Strategic Group Perspective, Peter D. Sherer9. Your Ethics: Redefining Professionalism? The Impact of Management Change, Royston Greenwood10. Your Challenge: Sustaining Partnership in the 21st Century: The Global Law Firm Experience, Tony Angel

Editorial Reviews

"Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives by Laura Empson
As the legal profession evolves, competition heats up and law firms continue to grow, an increasing number of firms are choosing to run themselves more like businesses and less like loose confederations of sole practitioners. Many lawyers are appalled by this creeping "corporatization" of the profession, while others believe it's time to adopt more streamlined structures and management practices. This book, edited by Laura Empson, provides a rich blend of historical perspective, scholarly analysis, and practical insight by an impressive group of professionals and academicians. It gives firm leaders plenty to think about."
— Managing Partner Forum, US

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