The Value-Able Lawyer Blog

To delegate or not to delegate?

August 19, 2018 by Steve Lauer

In order to realize the greatest value in legal service, the work should be performed at the most appropriate level by the most appropriate individual. Does this general rule require that all work be “downstreamed” or delegated to the most junior level?

What is value if not cost?

July 21, 2018 by Steve Lauer

When we speak of the value of a service or product, we naturally think of the cost of that service or product.

Small law departments and value

June 22, 2018 by Steve Lauer 12,060 Comments

Small corporate law departments (i.e., those with no more than ten in-house attorneys) face the same challenges as their larger brethren when seeking to maximize the value of the legal service that they purchase and manage for their companies.

Value and fee arrangements

May 25, 2018 by Steve Lauer 11,090 Comments

Designing a fee arrangement that yields or leads to greater value for the client has proven to be a daunting task for many in-house and outside attorneys.

The language of value

April 20, 2018 by Steve Lauer 7,899 Comments

As long as law firms define a “productive” associate as one who bills more hours (the more hours, the more productive), value will remain an elusive quality at best for the clients of those firms.

Select your team members deliberately and specifically to maximize value

March 31, 2018 by Steve Lauer

Traditionally, corporate law departments have selected law firms to handle work that the in-house lawyers could not handle for whatever reason.

Value is not an immutable term

March 17, 2018 by Steve Lauer 7,903 Comments

Value means different things to different people and, often, different things at different times or in different contexts. In litigation, cost may be the most important consideration or it may rank much lower in the priority list than, say, a quick resolution.

To delegate or not to delegate?

What is value if not cost?

Small law departments and value

Value and fee arrangements

The language of value

Select your team members deliberately and specifically to maximize value

Value is not an immutable term

The need for pro-active management by in-house lawyers

Why the client’s view of value must prevail

Do the ethical rules require a discussion of value?

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