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Scott Westfahl, Leveraging Lawyer Strengths and Training Them to Be More Effective in a Crisis, in Crisis Lawyering: Effective Legal Advocacy in Emergency Situations (Ray Brescia & Eric K. Stern eds., NYU Press, 2021).
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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 students to think like a lawyer; law firms, which are expected to train associates to “be” lawyers; and corporate clients, whose job it is to foot the bill, is no longer well aligned to the current realities of the marketplace. In this Article, we document the causes for this misalignment and propose a new model of professional development in which law schools, law firms, and corporate clients collaborate to train lawyers to be lifelong learners in the full range of technical, professional, and network-building skills they will need to flourish throughout their careers. We offer specific proposals for how to achieve this realignment and confront the resistance that will inevitably greet any attempt to do so.
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Scott Westfahl, Performance Management and Rewards: A Wealth of Opportunities, in Innovating Talent Management in Law Firms 305 (Terri Mottershead ed., 2016).
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This practical handbook explores the crucial elements of leadership in legal practice.
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Scott Westfahl, You Get What You Measure: Lawyer Development Frameworks & Effective Performance Evaluations (Nat'l Ass'n L. Placement 2008).
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"You get what you measure" may be an old adage, but it remains true. If a law firm wants to develop its next generation of leaders, the firm must first identify what skills and traits those lawyers should possess and then implement performance evaluations to measure individual and organizational lawyer development accordingly. This book presents a range of ideas from the corporate world that are now being introduced successfully into the legal profession. Numerous charts and sample forms are also featured throughout the book.
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Scott A. Westfahl, Alan D. Rutenberg & Ilene Knable Gotts, Lobbying Laws, Legal Times, Feb. 12, 1996, at S39.
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Ilene Knable Gotts, Janell G. Mayo, & Scott A. Westfahl, Industry Ponders New Labeling Rules, Nat'l L.J., Mar. 7, 1994, at 23.
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