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NAMWOLF's Joel Stern on Diversity and Inclusion in Legal: Part 3
PERSUIT got together with Joel Stern, the CEO of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc. (NAMWOLF) for the thir…
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NAMWOLF's CEO Joel Stern on Diversity and Inclusion: Part 2
PERSUIT got together with Joel Stern, the CEO of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc. (NAMWOLF) for the seco…
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NAMWOLF's CEO Joel Stern on Diversity and Inclusion: Part 1
PERSUIT got together with Joel Stern, the CEO of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc. (NAMWOLF), and as a pa…
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Questions to Ask Firms When Negotiating Annual Legal Rates
It’s a new period, and you’re negotiating legal rates with your preferred law firms. Where do you start? What are the most important questio…
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The Problem for Clients When Negotiating Legal Rates
So you have your panel of preferred firms, it’s a new billing period and you’re negotiating legal rates. You may run into a few problems whe…
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How to Measure Legal RFP Savings
Obligatory Peter Drucker quote, “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Requests for Proposals in legal : a seemingly simple solution, bu…
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How to Capture Diversity & Inclusion Information
The Diversity and Inclusion Problem: In short, there’s a lack of it. A 2018 NALP survey found that only 19% of law firm equity partners are …
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What is a Legal RFP
For those just joining the wonderful world of RFPs and legal procurement (quite wonderful if we do say so ourselves), we wanted to provide a…
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5 Big AFA (Alternative Fee Arrangement) Myths: DEBUNKED
AFAs (Alternative Fee Arrangements) are trending in the legal industry, but firms have still not yet adopted them at high rates. AFAs have b…
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How to make law firm panels more effective
New research suggests that law firm panels are losing popularity to matter-level hiring (Buying Legal Council, 2020). What can we do to impr…