Legal briefing, precedent & practice strategy

Is hiring another associate worth the cost? Compare contract legal drafting, staffing risks, partner supervision, and profitability at major law firms.

An attorney can have 20 years of experience and still be the wrong person for your case. From litigation and appellate practice to immigration and corporate law, here's how sophisticated firms can test legal competence by specialty before committing to outside counsel.

A contract attorney with 15 years of experience can still be your most expensive hiring mistake. The real question isn't whether they're qualified. It's how much of your time their work will cost you. Here are seven questions every law firm partner should ask before outsourcing legal work.

A brief can be meticulously researched, legally sound, and still make a poor first impression. Judicial surveys reveal what judges value most in written advocacy and why the opening two pages may expose weaknesses that another twenty pages of research cannot fix.

Learn how to structure Rule 12(b)(6) motions under tight deadlines, avoid procedural mistakes, and focus legal arguments on dispositive pleading defects.

Even an exceptional contract attorney can become an expensive mistake when expectations aren't clear. Before the first assignment, these ten questions can help law firms evaluate competence, establish responsibilities, protect client interests, and avoid the misunderstandings that undermine otherwise promising engagements.