Law Firm Management You Need These 4 Groups On Your Pandemic Advisory Team

Law Firm Management: You Need These 4 Groups On Your Pandemic Advisory Team

Nancy MyrlandAll Posts, Coronavirus Communications Center, Crisis Management, Law Firms, Management Leave a Comment

Dreamers, doers, and deliberators…you need all of these parties, plus one more, at the table to survive what we have and are going through right now. Because of the pandemic-related events of the past few years, everything has changed, but nothing has changed. When planning for the future, it has always been critical to put many factors in a blender …

Should Employees Volunteer During The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis?

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What should you do if someone in your firm comes to you seeking approval to provide volunteer assistance in the community during this COVID-19 outbreak? Even if you haven’t received any requests, I am going to share an idea for you to implement in your firm that might also turn into a morale builder. Is It Time To Volunteer Outside …

How Should You Communicate When Someone In Your Firm Tests Positive For Coronavirus (COVID-19)

How To Communicate When Someone In Your Firm Tests Positive For Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Nancy MyrlandCoronavirus Communications Center, Crisis Management, Management Leave a Comment

Someone in your firm, or someone who has visited your firm, has tested positive for the Coronavirus, COVID-19. Now what? Even if you don’t have anyone infected yet, you might. The virus seems to be spreading geographically a bit quicker than many expected. We will probably discover a sharp rise in the number infected once the testing kits are available …

Are Lawyers The Only Ones Qualified To Manage Law Firms?

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It is not a prerequisite, nor should it be, for law firm CEOs to be lawyers. The exception to this is when, as mentioned in this article in the ABA Journal, specific words in titles are not allowed. The example given was in May 2014 in Texas when the Texas bar’s ethics committee issued Opinion No. 642, deciding Texas firms …

Lawyers: The World Has Changed, So Have Your Buyers

Nancy MyrlandAll Posts, LMA 2013, Management, Marketing Strategy 6 Comments

Professor David B. Wilkins, Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, gave the opening keynote at the recent Legal Marketing Association, or LMA, International Conference, reminding us there are structural changes going on in law firms and the world that should be causing all of us to sit up and pay attention. He is part of a group that …

THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR

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As we pause to recognize Labor Day in America, I started to think about our labor, our work, and what we should expect to get from it. I always find it interesting when people ask how my business is, and if I’m as busy as I want to be.  If the conversation warranted it, I would share: “Absolutely. I have …

A Message To Law Firm Management: Put Me In Coach. I’m Ready To Play.

Nancy MyrlandAll Posts, Career Development & Education, Management, Marketing Strategy, Staffing and Recruiting 5 Comments

I remember meeting and having a lovely conversation with a Marketing Partner who attended the Legal Marketing Association annual conference in Denver a few years ago. He attended with his senior marketer, a very good friend of mine for many years.  I’ll call my friend Mark because, well, that is his name. What Are The Biggest Challenges For Legal Marketers? …