Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:35 AM
Welcome to the new year. A few headlines that caught my eye this morning...
Attorney Kathleen Wu's piece in Texas Lawyer, Gain a Recruiting Advantage by Bringing Back Departed Lawyers, offers some interesting thoughts about the legal recruiting process by looking at it from a different angle:
There's been an awful lot written about what the legal profession can do to try to stop the flow of women leaving the profession after they have children and find 60-hour workweeks unsustainable. But I've seen very little written about how, once they've left the profession, firms can bring them back.
Kevin O'Keefe notes in a post that Law firm Internet marketing to grow in 2008 : Warning to large law marketing & PR heads.
In 2008, it'll be up to you employed in large firms and PR agencies advising large law to assess whether you really know what you are doing when marketing via social networking. If not, it's time to get some help rather than dismissing marketing mediums you don't understand. Dismissing innovation only hurts the law firm and is ultimately going to cost you your job.
And, in the article 'Auld Lang Syne' for Dictation, Michael Barnas at Law Technology News writes about changes afoot for dictation systems:
As manufacturers move away from analog dictation systems to digital versions, many firms will have no choice but to upgrade systems. If you are an IT chief evaluating a new digital system, here are some suggestions to help ease the process of installing a new system.
The article continues by offering useful tips, questions to ask and thoughts on planning for a conversion/upgrade. For those facing the above situation, the article is a worthwhile read.