Continuing the Discussion on Accurate Recording of Time in Both Alternative Fee Arrangements or Traditional Hourly Billing

Posted on September 21, 2010 by kowalskiandassociates

                          Continuing our series on Alternative Fee Arrangements, Todd Gerstein recently posted an interview of Ed Poll and me  concerning the relevance of time keeping in the world of Alternative Fee Arrangements.  Todd’s company has an interesting product, called Time Capture, which is worth taking a serious look at, not just for Alternative Fee Arrangements, but [...]

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Associate “Job Satisfaction:” Why Law Firms should care

Posted on September 13, 2010 by kowalskiandassociates

Recent surveys report that associate satisfaction is at its lowest rate since 2004. Are these significant statistics? The fact is that despite the headlines, associate job satisfaction is not at crisis levels. However, associate disaffection does adversely affect a law firm’s bottom line and dissatisfied associates should not simply be dismissed as “cranky” or whining. The issue of associate job satisfaction shoud be addressed by management and a law firm’s partnership, if only to improve profitability. The cure: largely candid open communications and a measure of management transparency.

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Is There a Crisis in Legal Education?

Posted on September 10, 2010 by kowalskiandassociates

Plainly. the nation is turning out far more law school graduates than can be absorbed by the profession. Even in light of that fact, law schools are admitting ever increasing numbers of students each year. At the same time, new law schools are being opened or are on the drawing boards, such as in Shreveport, Louisiana and n Dallas, Texas. At the same time, the ABA is seriously considering accrediting foreign law schools. We have, in recent years not only graduated a significant number of lawyers and an additional number of law students will graduate in the coming years. Are we creating a “lost generation” of lawyers? Is there a law school tuition loan bubble of serious consequence?

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Yet a Little More on Legal Project Management

Posted on August 29, 2010 by kowalskiandassociates

Legal Project Management – Jerry Kowalski interviewed on the importance of Recruiting and Building Legal Project management Talent.  Legal Project Management  Interview of Jerry Kowalski on the Importance of Recruiting and Building Legal Project Management Talent. August 27, 2010

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What if They Built a New Law School and Nobody Came?

Posted on July 25, 2010 by kowalskiandassociates

The real problem is that Kevin Costner’s character in “Field of Dreams” was right: If you build it, they will come.

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