Expansion in the Far East, attracting international clients from a UK base and successfully opening overseas offices are among the topics to be discussed at The Lawyer's upcoming conference on the globalisation of legal practice. The one-day event – 'International Expansion for Law Firms: Responding to International Client Demands' will be held at the Cumberland Hotel on 30 January. For further information on the conference, telephone 0171 434 3711.
Spiralling intake in the US
THE SPIRALLING intake of people into the US legal profession has generated economic incentives which have “demeaned” the practice of law and caused the profession to lose sight of its objectives, a former American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA) chair has said. Carl Liggio, now a partner in Chicago firm Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & […]