It’s not unusual for law firms to invest $1M or more in recruiting, hiring, training, and retention of Associates over the first four years of their legal career. However, if you look at the actual retention rates through the fourth or fifth year, it is essentially a coin flip on whether the firm retains, or loses that talent. Bryan Parker, CEO of Legal Innovators thinks that it is not a good return on the law…

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The Geek in Review Ep. 73 – Heidi Gardner and Brian Stearns: Remote Collaboration from Tools to Psychology

By Greg Lambert & Marlene Gebauer

April 3, 2020

Heidi Gardner, Distinguished Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, and Brian Stearns, Chief Commercial Officer at Workstorm, talk with us about collaboration when most of us are under a shelter-in-place order. There are definitely tools to make it easier to collaborate remotely, but there is a process that must be evaluated first. There’s also a human element that must be considered in who people react to the stress they are currently…

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The Geek in Review Ep. 72 – Let’s Talk About Our Side Projects

By Greg Lambert & Marlene Gebauer

March 26, 2020

There is no reason why we should let an emergency go to waste. So, we’ve both taken on a side project while we work remotely. Marlene’s new daily ILTA blog presents a quick update on the skills we need to work on while we’re working from home. Her first post, Be Sheltering: Not Sheltered discusses a number of initiatives going on which we all can contribute. You can find out more on the ILTA blog …

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In Seclusion – New Daily Podcast on Legal’s WFH Experiences

By Greg Lambert

March 23, 2020

I am launching a podcast miniseries called In Seclusion. The first episode dropped this morning. This is a Marathon, Not A Sprint – Jim Calloway – Oklahoma Bar Association #oklaHOMEa In the inaugural episode of In Seclusion, I talk with Jim Calloway, the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program (MAP). Calloway and I go back to my early legal days with the Oklahoma Supreme Court Network. He discusses the issues facing…

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The Geek in Review Ep. 71 – Charlie Uniman on How Failure is not the Ugly F-Word Lawyers Think It Is

By Greg Lambert & Marlene Gebauer

March 18, 2020

We try… and fail to stay off the COVID-19 topic this week, but it’s just too ingrained in our lives right now. For those of you out there doing the remote work thing, we understand and hope you are adapting to the new work mode with little interruption. We, too, are working remotely, and hope there are not too many background noises of kids, refrigerators, or pets making cameo appearances on this week’s show. We…

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The Limits of Incremental Improvements

By Casey Flaherty

March 10, 2020

At the recent, excellent Law 2030, Vijay Govindarajan observed, “There is only so much Six Sigma you can do.” Despite my affinities, I concur. Low baselines can have an outsized impact on the efficacy of interventions—but then baselines stop being low. Consider buying a car with an eye towards better gas mileage. Which technological leap saves more gas? Improving a car’s miles per gallon (i) from 10 mpg to 20 mpg or (ii) from 20…

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The Geek in Review Ep. 70 – A Chat About Chatbots and The Law With Katherine Lowry and Diego Alcala

By Greg Lambert & Marlene Gebauer

March 5, 2020

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Using Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Natural Language Processing to hold a conversation might seem like a far off idea when it comes to the legal industry, but it is not. We sit down with Baker Hostetler’s Katherine Lowry, and Puerto Rico defense attorney Diego Alcala to get a better understanding of how chatbots work, and what value they can bring from legal practices ranging from BigLaw Bankruptcy practice to a solo attorney’s criminal…

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The Geek in Review Ep. 69 – What Should Law Firms Do To Prepare for a Possible COVID-19 Epidemic? With the ALA’s April Campbell

By Greg Lambert & Marlene Gebauer

February 27, 2020

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With all of the news about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) making its way into the United States, it is time for law firms to think about what they are going to do to prepare for a possible outbreak that will affect their business operations. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans need to be dusted off and updated to manage the different scenarios that may come our with over the next few months. We asked the Association of …

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The Geek in Review Ep. 68 – The Innovative Concept of Legal Writing in Plain English

By Greg Lambert & Marlene Gebauer

February 19, 2020

The legal industry relies upon the writings and communications of lawyers, judges, and lawmakers. For the citizens and clients who are subject to these legal writings, understanding the legalese is painfully frustrating. We were asked by a fan of the show (in full disclosure, it was Greg’s sister-in-law Wendy) why lawyers can’t write in plain English. We pulled together a panel of four experts on legal communications and asked them just that. It turns out…

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The Geek In Review Ep. 67 – Nick Pryor and BCLP³’s Global Innovation Mission

By Greg Lambert

February 14, 2020

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We reach across the Atlantic Ocean and talk with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s Nick Pryor on his work the firm’s BCLP³ innovation objectives. Nick heads up the firm’s European, Middle East, and Asia innovation projects, and gives us some insights on the joys and hardships that come with innovation in the global legal market. Whether it is regulations, cultural challenges, competition, or setting a long-term vision, innovation is challenging. However, Nick also stresses that it…

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Blog Authors

The Geek In Review Ep. 74 – Why Retention of Legal Talent Can’t Be The Equivalent of a Coin Flip – Bryan Parker of Legal Innovators

The Geek in Review Ep. 73 – Heidi Gardner and Brian Stearns: Remote Collaboration from Tools to Psychology

The Geek in Review Ep. 72 – Let’s Talk About Our Side Projects

In Seclusion – New Daily Podcast on Legal’s WFH Experiences

The Geek in Review Ep. 71 – Charlie Uniman on How Failure is not the Ugly F-Word Lawyers Think It Is

The Limits of Incremental Improvements

The Geek in Review Ep. 70 – A Chat About Chatbots and The Law With Katherine Lowry and Diego Alcala

The Geek in Review Ep. 69 – What Should Law Firms Do To Prepare for a Possible COVID-19 Epidemic? With the ALA’s April Campbell

The Geek in Review Ep. 68 – The Innovative Concept of Legal Writing in Plain English

The Geek In Review Ep. 67 – Nick Pryor and BCLP³’s Global Innovation Mission

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