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Volume 12 Issue 10
- New beginnings
This April sees the first edition of a brand new-look Managing Partner designed for the modern global law firm.
Volume 12 Issue 9
- Good vibrations
The concept of a workplace culture is a curious thing. However hard an organisation tries to define and then ‘live’ its chosen values through clever communication initiatives, it remains extremely difficult to articulate just how general positive feeling in a workforce is fused and fed.
Volume 12 Issue 8
- Editor's letter
Trial or error?
Volume 12 Issue 7
- Editor's letter
AS THAT familiar festive feeling comes around once again, many business marketing teams may be wrestling with a classic communications roast chestnut.
Volume 11 Issue 4
- Editor’s letter
I have just typed the word ‘Facebook’ into the Google search engine. At the time of writing, the second result on the first page reads: “Welcome to the official Facebook Page of Barack Obama. Get exclusive content and interact with Barack Obama right from Facebook.”
Volume 11 Issue 1
- Editor’s letter
I am writing this foreword on ‘Earth Day’ – April 22nd. It is commonly taken to be the day – in 1970 – that the modern ‘environmental awareness’ movement was born.
Volume 10 Issue 10
- Editor's letter
According to the charity SANE, the statistics suggest a quarter of people reading this will be directly affected by mental illness at some point in their lives.
Volume 10 Issue 9
- Editor’s letter
I thought a little trip down memory lane this month.
Volume 10 Issue 8
- Editor's letter
HOWEVER REWARDING your job or rosy your outlook, I think few would dispute that returning to work on 2 January is invariably something of a headache.
Volume 10 Issue 7
- Editor's letter
As the countdown to Christmas begins in earnest, law firms have already started toasting a pretty promising set of half-year results. The annual champagne quaffing and party antics seem unlikely to be spoilt by suggestions in the wider business world that the fall-out from this summer’s ‘credit crunch’ could rumble on for some time to come.
Volume 10 Issue 5
- Editor's Letter
LAST MONTH marked 50 years since the publication of the Wolfenden Report. Given the seismic change in law that followed, it is an event with which many readers may be familiar.
Volume 10 Issue 4
- Editor's Letter
IN THE last issue I mentioned meeting the team in charge at the new London base of US class-action firm Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll. Now the firm has hit the headlines nationwide, announcing it will pursue collective action on behalf of any consumers affected by the British Airways and Virgin price-fixing incident.
Volume 2 Issue 1
- Editor's Letter
THE BATTLE between British consumers and their banks took a further twist at the end of June.
Volume 1 Issue 10
- Editor's Letter
AS TONY Blair slowly takes his leave of the political limelight, prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown has pledged “to build trust” in the Labour Party through “a different type of politics, a more honest and open dialogue”.
Volume 1 Issue 9
- Editor’s foreword
Law firms have traditionally had a culture of contributing to society through pro bono, community investment and philanthropy. In addition to supporting their local communities, they are now devoting greater attention than ever before to environmental and workplace issues. It is only recently, however, that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a differentiating factor in the highly competitive legal services marketplace as existing and potential clients, and stakeholders place greater emphasis on the way law firms conduct their business and fulfil their social responsibilities. This among other factors has led many firms to follow the example of their corporate counterparts and adopt a strategic approach to managing and promoting CSR by drawing together their various activities, initiatives and campaigns into organized firm-wide programs.
Volume 1 Issue 8
- Editor’s foreword
Welcome to this spring issue of Managing Partner. Writing from Ark’s head office in the UK, there is always a discernible change in mood at this time of year, as the first warm days of the summer improve everybody’s sense of well-being and optimism for the future.
Volume 1 Issue 7
- Editor’s foreword
As 2007 speeds along its course it seems there is little time to reflect on the opportunities or challenges ahead before the moment has already passed.
Volume 1 Issue 6
- Editor's foreword
As another year draws to a close, many firms will be thinking about the year or even years ahead. Some consideration, at the very least, is likely to be given to expansion strategies: how can firms best meet the needs of an increasingly international marketplace?
Volume 1 Issue 5
- Editor’s foreword
It is amazing how time flies. It seems like only yesterday that we launched Managing Partner US edition and already it is on its fifth issue, taking us to the halfway point in its first year of publication. These first six months have been incredibly busy as I have gathered contacts from firms across the US and worked hard to expand my knowledge in this vast legal market. But it has also been an enlightening process particularly in seeing the similarities and differences in legal practice management between US and UK firms.
Volume 1 Issue 4
- Editor's foreword
This issue of Managing Partner is truly international, reflecting the rapid expansion of law firms across the globe. Where once there would have been marked differences between law firms operating in different jurisdictions, the growth of business across the international marketplace has led to a consequent expansion in the legal profession, and there are now many similarities in the challenges facing law firms in every part of the world.
Volume 1 Issue 3
- Editorial Foreword
Volume 1 Issue 2
- Editorial Foreword
Volume 1 Issue 1
- Editor’s foreword
I WOULD like to welcome you to the first US issue of Managing Partner. The magazine, which aims to provide practical guidance in effective law-firm management, was launched in the UK over nine years ago. Since then, it has become an important tool for law firms looking to transform their partnerships into the competitive businesses of today.
