As I posted previously on Ross’s Law Marketing Blog: Looking to get your Social Media program accredited for CLE?There are a couple great posts by CLE Guru Tim Baran at BaranCLE, which offer some useful tips and resources. He also provides sample continuing Legal Education (CLE) accredited social media…
Read Moreby Marci M. Krufka Report to Legal Management, Altman Weil July 2004 Volume 31, Number 10 Retreats can be very positive experiences for law firms. Lawyers walk away excited about new opportunities they discussed and energized by the improved…
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A few years ago, I gave a speech at a law firm retreat regarding marketing and strategic planning. It was a large firm, lawyers and marketers came in from 20+ offices, speaking dozens of different languages. And while I spoke,…
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Our firm is planning to host a seminar series. Should we make the seminars free, to increase the number of participants (and potential future clients) or should we charge a small fee to cover some of the costs (thereby possibly…
Read MoreI remember my first day as a litigation associate and realized I knew almost nothing that was useful to the actual practice of law — it was terrifying. Looking back over my gradual maturation as a practicing lawyer (I practiced…
Read MoreYes. Marketing programming at firm retreats is critical. LMA members see so much terrific marketing programming that it can be hard to remember that lawyers do not have the same regular access. The Marketing Department can help the firm, and itself,…
Read MoreQ: I have always heard that law firm retreats are terrible. Is there any way to improve them? A: Yes. I’ve spoken at over 100 retreats in recent years and there seems to be a fairly consistent theme: they want enough…
Read MoreYes. But only under certain restrictions. I’ve been asked to conduct a lot of summer associate training over the years, but only rarely have I done it exclusively for the summer kids. Instead, I typically recommend that firms make sure to (1) invite…
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