Blog Glob: Monday morning shorts
Excerpt from Managing Partners' Forum Strategy Panel . . .
I'm delighted to announce that together with Bruce MacEwen in New York and Andrew Hedley in London, I have taken on the task of director of the Managing Partners' Form's Strategy Panel. Should be fascinating. We will be running regular surveys and other research projects on topics of strategic importance to managing partners of professional service firms and then presenting and discussing the results at meetings of the panel at various cities across the United Kingdom, USA and beyond.
Excerpt from "Work-life balance more than buzzword at law firms trying to improve retention" (subscription required) . . .
Although it's not a law firm, the "lawyer-to-lawyer" business [Counsel On Call] places attorneys in flexible jobs at leading firms.
"We are a company and not a firm and these are people who are choosing to practice in a different way," says Jane Allen, president and founder of Counsel On Call. "Work-life balance is a big issue for everybody and this is a different way to practice that didn't exist 15 to 20 years ago."
Counsel On Call has offices in Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago and Memphis, with plans to open an office in Charlotte in the coming weeks. The company made the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies.
Excerpt from Our [the Heath brothers] Fast Company Columns . . .
Here are the links to our Fast Company columns to date. They make great weekend reading. Sort of.
July 2007: Leadership is a muscle. How is your attitude about your abilities affecting your success?
June 2007: Give ‘em something to talk about. Your product may be good, but will it spark a conversation?
. . .March 2007: The myth about creation myths. The power and perils of a great backstory.
Excerpt from Lost in the blogosphere : Excellent read in Sunday's Boston Globe . . .
Sven Birkerts, editor of the journal Agni, published at Boston University, and the author of several books, including "The Gutenberg Elegies" and, most recently, "Reading Life: Books for the Ages, has an excellent article in Sunday's Boston Globe on literary blogging. Just as legal blogs are impacting traditional law reviews, literary blogs are eroding traditional literary review, with the result being a plus for all.
Total Mind and Body Fitness Carnival #8
Excerpt from "'Blawgs' let attorneys share experiences with peers, clients" (subscription required) . . .
Lawyers also can run into trouble with their cases if they're too free with what they post.
[Gregory] Herbert cited one instance in which he found an opposing attorney's comments on an Internet message board.
"His legal position in court was different than the legal position he posted online, and we used that against him in the case," says Herbert. "The more exposure you have and the more statements you make, the more risk you have."
Despite the risk of blawgs, they serve a specific service in the legal community, says Rex Stephens, a partner at Baker Hostetler LLP, who specializes in employment counseling and litigation.
"Where blawgs, Web sites and chat rooms are coming into play for a lot of attorneys is to get your name out there," he says. "If you're providing information that seems legitimate, you're going to get an enhanced reputation.
Excerpt from Free, Valuable Advice for New Criminal Defense Attorneys . . .
I asked blogging criminal defense attorneys from all over the country some questions applicable to the burgeoning criminal defense attorney. Several of them took time out of their busy lives to answer the questions.
Excerpt from "Newly minted lawyers put greater stress on balance" (subscription required) . . .
"When I [Patricia Mitchell] was working here as a summer associate during law school I made a point to talk with the attorneys," said the 31-year-old first-year associate. "I watched the schedules the attorneys kept and saw the work-life balance. The secret is to self-check; know when to say no to a new project and know when to work extra long hours."
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