Contemporary Law Office Management

Chapter 2- The Changing Structure of Law Firms from Solo to Mega

1. What effect has media coverage of the business of law firms had on the firms themselves?
2. How can lawyers' risk being accused of the unauthorized practice of law?
3. Why are so many law firms consolidating via merger?
4. Why can't lawyers engage in multidisciplinary practice?
5. Why are law firms motivated to develop subsidiary businesses?
6. What must a lawyer do to become a specialist in a certain area of the law?
7. Why does some clients turn to boutique practices for legal help?
8. What advantages do alternative forms of business organization have over a traditional law partnership?
9. Why the law firms sometimes dissolve?