Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training and Developing Productive Lawyers (Law Office Management Series)

Whether you supervise a few associates and paralegals or hundreds, Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training and Developing Productive Lawyers will help you become a more effective, more productive manager and lawyer. The book shows you how to manage your own practice and how to develop the potential of the people reporting to you. It covers subjects such as: enhancing attorney skills and increasing profits through development of practical in-house training programs; using strategies for time and stress management; choosing CLE programs wisely; recruiting and keeping top-notch lawyers; benchmarking; grasping the basics of legal writing; teaching the essentials of negotiating, client relations and people skills; giving associates effective supervision and feedback; making the evaluation process productive; and instilling law firm loyalty. It features a cutting-edge discussion of lawyer training and making partner in the 21st century.