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Three Good Articles from Law.com

Is a Switch to Law Frim Management a Good Move for Lawyers?

In the news: "Headlines heralding shrinking first-year associate classes, law firm downsizings and reduced lateral opportunities have attorneys thinking about other career options, including a possible role in law firm management. But landing a position within the firm managerial structure is neither easy, nor is it sure to be the anticipated panacea, warns management consultant Maureen M. Reid. Much of the nature of management work conflicts with the very things that make practicing law so appealing, Reid says."

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Large-Firm Lawyers Increasingly Striking Out on Thier Own

In the news: "Lawyers from larger firms are increasingly striking out on their own -- both by necessity and by choice. Legal consultant Edward Poll says the numbers of inquiries he has received about lawyers starting new firms has more than tripled in the last year, and statistics from Martindale-Hubbell on the growth in number of firms over the past year back up Poll's experience. Financing a new firm is particularly tricky in a tight credit market, but economics can also work in favor of small firms and their clients."

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Making a Case for Disaster Recovery

In the news: "At Sheppard Mullin, CIO Donna Paulson needed a disaster recovery infrastructure that could live up to the strictest data protection and business continuity standards. After intensive product testing, Paulson's team chose InMage's DR-Scout for its continuous data protection technology."

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Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 22 May 2009. Copyright 2008.  ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe   <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).