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March 25, 2008

"Measuring Law Firm Success:" The Law Society Picks Up the Baton

The attentive among you may recall that I was in London last November where, among other things, I was pleased and flattered to have been asked by Guy Beringer of Allen & Overy to participate in a panel hosted at A&O's Bishopsgate headquarters on "Measuring Law Firm Success."  That discussion, and that topic, have now been handed over to The Law Society of England & Wales, where they recently launched coverage of the event that I was able to participate in as well as ongoing efforts.   They describe it thus:

"The Law Society is taking forward an initiative to explore ways of measuring the success of law firms. The initiative will look beyond the blunt instrument of profit per equity partner to the longer-term sustainability of firms, including business strategy, client care, employee engagement, innovation, social capital and efficiency.

"Our initiative is prompted by a significant and innovative project launched by Allen & Overy during 2007, and follows their request that the Society takes the project profession-wide. We are grateful for the opportunity to do so. "

Now available online are a summary of the seminar held at A&O, and the presentation I gave

I would be interested in any thoughts or opinions this prompts.

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Posted by Bruce at March 25, 2008 3:09 PM | TrackBack
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