Beauty contests are high-stakes games; as more companies hold 'partnering' competitions, firms can employ strategies to maximize the likelihood of success

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Legal departments at large companies have grown to see partnering as a viable way of lessening their companies' outside legal costs and the inefficiencies of dealing with too many outside law firms and partnering convergence competitions are starting to seem a way of finding the best-fit partners. The business first issues a request for proposal (RFP) to firms it has worked with and with which it is reasonably satisfied. Necessary ingredients for winning law firm proposals are detailed.

United States, Human resource management, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Law firms, Outside counsel

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Pro bono wave hits more cities; law firms outside the 'big three' cities are establishing clinics and projects that could serve as models to attorneys everywhere

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Washington, DC, San Francisco and New York have always been famous as pro bono meccas, but law firms in other cities have developed strong and innovative pro bono projects. Minnesota's Twin Cities are one example. The area has long been known for its progressive social environment, and now has one of the country's most active pro bono cultures. Twin Cities firms even have an active international human rights practice and commitment to death penalty appeals from Texas and Louisiana.

Management, Pro bono legal services

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