Law Practice Magazine
Retirement Special Issue
Your Next Managing Partner
Succession Planning Strategies: Dos and Don'ts.
Table of Contents
Features
Rethinking Retirement: Understanding the War for Legal Talent in the Changing Marketplace
Today firms face a shortage, not a surplus, of talented lawyers. To compete they will need to replace the traditional concept of retirement with flexible options to keep lawyers of all ages working productively and happily.
Plus: A Managing Partner's Journey: Coming to Terms with Change
That Magic Number: Divining the Monies You Need for Retirement–And More
Everyone’s looking for “the number” of dollars they need to have at retirement. Although there is no predictable number that applies to everyone, there are, fortunately, imprecise rules of thumb to help.
What It Takes: Making Retirement a Transition Rather Than a Jump Off a Cliff
Firms of all sizes are struggling with retirement policies. Holland & Hart is tackling the issue with a pumped-up flex-time program.
Plus Manadatory Requirement: Abolish or Pay? by Joan Feldman
Selling Your Practice: Fundamentals for Retiring Solos
After investing years in growing a practice, why forgo the chance to reap the benefits? Here is a crib sheet on the whens and hows of selling a law practice.
- Journeying in the Neutral Zone by Edward H. Flitton
- Learning to Savor a Many-Splendored Pathway by Bruce Ian Feldman
- 10 Rules for Before and After by Scott McArthur
Your Next Managing Partner: Succession Planning Strategies—Dos and Don’ts for Passing the Torch
Law Practice Case Study
Building for the Future: Advice on Balancing Succession and Retirement Planning
Technology
NEW ABA TECHSHOW TIDBIT
How to Back Up Your PCs and Macs: An Obsessive’s Guide for the Small Law Firm
In this new column, we feature some of the best pointers from ABA TECHSHOW® in snippets of sage advice from past presentations.
Hot Buttons
Ethics in the Electronic Era: 25 Ways to Get in Trouble With Technology
Tips & Tricks
Untangling Web Addresses: When Capital Letters Matter–And When They Don’t
Pointers about case sensitivity.
Business
Profitability
Following the Road Map to Retirement Security
Advice on how to cross the difficult chasm between knowing what funds you need for retirement and actually getting there.
Marketing
Before You Leave: Making the Marketing Handoff
Managing
Envisioning Your Active Retirement Years
Exercises to help you prepare for the next exciting stage in your life.
Rip It!
Essential Attributes of Successful Managing Partners
Frontlines
What REALLY Works
Narrowing Marketing Efforts to a Single Industry
Define and dive deep into your niche, then watch your business grow.
Ask Bill
There's big buzz about the legal marketplace competition coming from China. What’s the scoop?
Law Firm Strategy
How to Create a Sense of Urgency
Advice for promoting change even when a firm is doing well.
Five Things
How to Lead a Revenue-Focused Group
How do you get the members of your practice group to focus on generating more revenue?
