By Guest Blogger Stella Skaljac Esq., SHRM-SCPFor years, employee handbooks contained policies that explicitly stated employment would automatically terminate if an employee failed to return to work after taking leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This was a
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The Nimble Services Blog, published by Nimble Consulting, focuses on topics relevant to legal professionals and law firm management. It covers areas such as personal injury law, legal industry trends, lawyer career development, and law firm operations. The blog also addresses practical issues like building a professional brand on social media, human resources strategies for legal organizations, and the impact of legal technology and alternative legal service providers. It provides insights into lawyer satisfaction, partnership structures, and strategic HR practices tailored to law firms and legal departments.
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Nimble Legal Trends – 05 April 2019
Here’s what’s trending in the Legal Industry:
BIG NEWS: An Alternative Legal Service Provider filed for an IPO
Last month, Axiom, an alternative legal service provider, filed a draft registration statement with the SEC to hold an initial public offering of shares of stock. This is a big deal in the legal industry. Law firms
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5 Things Agile Organizations Do Well
5 Forms of Legal Innovation
Innovation in the legal industry isn’t limited to just technology. It takes many forms. A recent post by Roy Strom in the American Lawyer titled “Are Lawyers Ready to be Managed by Metrics?” and our April 3rd Nimble
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Hiring and Retention Efforts
A recent Insight post by Rachel Gezerseh entitled “INSIGHT: Big Law Needs to Better Connect With Associate Talent – Cocktail Hours Aren’t Enough” got us thinking about some ways that law firms can improve both their hiring and
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REPORT: Law Firms Are Increasingly Turning to Alternative Legal Service Providers
Law firms are increasingly turning to alternative legal service providers (or law companies) for strategic business reasons according to a new report by Thomson Reuters “Alternative Legal Service Providers 2019: Fast Growth, Expanding Use and Increasing Opportunity”. Some of
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What Legal Operations Does and How It Gets Results
We were honored to be one of the contributors to the “Legal Operations: Getting More from In-House Legal Departments and Their Outside Counsel” study by the Boston Consulting Group and Bucerius Law School. While Legal Operations is
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Nimble – 2018 Year in Review
TREND: U.S. Law Firms Creating Agile Legal Workforce
Following in the footsteps of other industries, U.S. law firms are finally embracing an agile workforce according to a recent article from the American Lawyer entitled “Amid Concerns Over Lawyer Workloads, U.S. Firms Embrace Agility”. Law firms like
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