Make More Rain : client service

Thoughts on the ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey

MichelleStPierre — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:16:00 GMT

The 2009 ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey , as reported at Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting this week in Boston , has some interesting notes which are relevant to what we've been blogging about lately: Predictability...(read more)

Client Attentiveness

MichelleStPierre — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:25:00 GMT

I recently read an interesting article by Chris Mondics in the Philadelphia Inquirer about how some area law firms have been able to hedge against the recession woes facing many of their peers by relying on recession proof practice groups, international...(read more)

Putting a Price on Training

MichelleStPierre — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:54:00 GMT

I'm sure that many of our readers may disagree with my colleague Brian's statement yesterday that salary is not the only driving factor impacting a young lawyer's decision to join a law firm. I'm not a lawyer, and I didn't go to law school, nor did I carry a huge amount of debt upon my graduation from college, but I was fortunate enough to graduate with an Economics degree and a minor in Finance when the job market was considerably more robust than it is today. I entertained no fewer than six job offers out of college, from Wall Street Investment banks to commercial banks. And it's the absolute truth when I tell you that I took the job with one of the lowest salaries because they offered a perk that no other company came close to matching...

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