Are You Writing for a 4th Grader?

Is your work written for 10-year-olds? Maybe it should be: that’s the reading-level calculation of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. And it turns out, explains Shane Snow in Why History’s Best Writers Wrote for Middle Schoolers, that writing at a...

Social Media Is For Listening, Too

Law firms have a lot to gain from social media, writes James Mulvey in The 5 Ways Law Firms Are Using Social Media for Listening, because they are “innately social organizations,” built on social interactions. But better relationships aren’t the only...

Is There A Brand In This Law Firm?

Clients don’t hire law firms, explains Mark Cohen in Law Firms, Condominiums, and A New Model Law Firm. They hire lawyers: The reality is that except for those few lawyers who enjoy “trusted adviser” status with a client, other lawyers in the firm seldom figure...