June 26, 2018
This new model for lawyer professional development — far better aligned to the present and future than the old, divided responsibility model — is offered as a starting point for a revolution in talent development.
January 18, 2018
Scott Westfahl, HLS Professor and Faculty Director of Executive Education, speaks with Good2bSocial’s Tim Baran about the new model for developing lawyers – including the emergence of design thinking and creativity thinking principles, using networks for problem solving, and teaching law students to work in teams to promote innovation.
January 18, 2018
Collaboration will be more important tomorrow than it is today. During this Legal Marketing 2.0 podcast episode, Dr. Heidi K. Gardner, Distinguished Fellow at HLS Center on the Legal Profession, joins Good2bSocial’s CEO Guy Alvarez to discuss the research based benefits of smart collaboration in the legal industry.
December 7, 2017
In this article published in Law Practice Magazine, Professor Scott Westfahl and Anusia Gillespie discuss how delegating work within law firms satisfies both client and associate needs.
November 21, 2017
Legal marketers can help their firms implement industry sector strategies, but what does it take to be successful? In this episode, LMA President Jill Weber and Dr. Heidi Gardner discuss ways you can help your firms succeed with industry-focused collaboration.
November 2, 2017
In this article, author Heidi Gardner, distinguished fellow at the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, is interviewed by Anusia Gillespie on the necessity of a law firm’s transition to an industry sector approach, and the steps to get there.
October 11, 2017
View this Facebook Live session with Accelerated Leadership Program Chair and CLP Distinguished Fellow, Dr. Heidi Gardner. Watch here!
September 12, 2017
On the most recent episode of LeftFoot podcast, Professor Scott Westfahl speaks with host Nicole Giantonio about working with Millennials. How are they different from previous generations and how can their strengths be leveraged? Listen online or download from iTunes.
July 24, 2017
The issue. For over 15 years, 50 percent of law school graduates have been women, and yet women comprise only 18 percent of the equity partnerships at AmLaw 200 firms. This meager 2 percent increase from the number of female equity partners in 2006 — which could, with a bad few years, just as easily be reversed — reinforces the existence of a proverbial leak in the pipeline.[1] Yet as globalization and technology build the thunderclouds of disruption over our heads, the corporate legal profession resists meaningful reflection and change.
July 6, 2017
Notwithstanding the increasing importance of technology, the practice of corporate law is—and is likely to remain for the foreseeable future—a human capital business. As a result, law firms must continue to attract, develop, and retain talented lawyers. Unfortunately, the traditional approach, which divides responsibility for professional development among law schools, which are supposed to teach […]