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PLP Faculty Member John Coates quoted in ABA Journal article entitled "Many Attorneys Struggle Financially, as Paychecks Fatten for a Few." Read the article

PLP Faculty Member John Coates quoted in the Chicago Tribune article entitled "Two lawyers walk into a bar . . . One orders a round of drinks for the house. The other one puts on an apron and serves it." Read the article.

PLP Director David B. Wilkins and Distinguished Senior Fellow Ben W. Heineman published a piece in Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer entitled "The Lost Generation? Demoralized and dispirited, big-firm associates are defecting in droves. Here's what firms, and their clients, can do about it." Read the article.

PLP Director David B. Wilkins was interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 program Profile for a piece about his former student at Harvard Law School, Michele Obama. Listen to the program.

PLP Executive Director Dr. David Nersessian delivered the keynote address Challenges Facing Today's Law Firm at the New York City Bar Association on December 4, 2007. For More information, visit the NY Bar website.

PLP Executive Director David Nersessian presented a paper entitled “Human Rights Litigation in Federal Courts – An Overview” at the symposium “International Law & the Armenian Genocide: Recognition, Responsibility & Restitution,” Institute of Armenian Studies, University of Southern California, Sept 8, 2007

PLP Research Director Ashish Nanda presented at two recent events on leadership and management in professional services firms:

  • Risky Business: Some Lessons From Professional Service Firms Applicable to Not-for-Profit Professional Service Organizations, Willow Creek Leadership Summit, Barrington, IL, August 11, 2007
  • Leading and Leveraging Your Star Professionals, Law Firm Leaders’ Council, Vail, CO, August 3, 2007

Harvard Business Review: Avoiding Integrity Landmines: An inside look at how GE has worked to build a culture that sustains both high performance and high integrity by Ben W. Heineman
Post Date: April 18, 2007

Corporate Counsel: Caught in the Middle: Corporate counsel must guard their company's reputation and work well with the business side by Ben W. Heineman
Post Date: December 21, 2006

PLP Distinguished Senior Fellow Ben Heineman delivered the 2007 Robert H. Preiskel and Leon Silverman Lecture at Yale Law School: "Law and Leadership"
Post Date: December 21, 2006

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: "Getting to the Truth: Legal scholars struggle to understand the impediments to minority success in large law firms"
Post Date: December 4, 2006

Harvard Law Bulletin: A first-of-its-kind research center readies lawyers for a changing profession
Post Date: November 9, 2006

Harvard Law Bulletin: The Source on Outsourcing
Post Date: November 9, 2006

The Professional: An Interview with David B. Wilkins
Post Date: November 22, 2005

Press Release: Ben Heineman Appointed to Fellowships at Harvard University

Post Date: October 31, 2005

Press Release: Center on Lawyers & The Professional Services Industry
Post Date: March 17, 2004

Copies of the following articles available upon request. Click here to contact the Program.

Case Closed
Boston Magazine, April 2005
David B. Wilkins quoted.

It All Adds Up; Paralegals Are An Important Part Of Efficient Client Service
Law Firm Inc., January/February 2005
David B. Wilkins quoted.

Mergers? Not Here, Thanks; Midsize Firms Resist Trend; Focused Business Plans Key
National Law Journal, January 10, 2005
David B. Wilkins quoted.

Professor Assails Anti-Bias Program
Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2004
David B. Wilkins quoted.

Boston's Ropes & Gray To Buy Firm In New York
The Boston Globe, November 9, 2004
David B. Wilkins quoted.

Legal Industry Still Lacking In Minorities
USA Today, September 9, 2004
David B. Wilkins quoted.

"Supermarket Law" Reforms Move Closer: Ownership Review
The Financial Times Limited, London, England, June 14, 2004
David B. Wilkins quoted.

Press Releases

Press Release: Ben Heineman Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Post Date: May 8, 2006

Press Release: Ben Heineman Appointed to Fellowships at Harvard University
Post Date: October 31, 2005

Press Release: Center on Lawyers & The Professional Services Industry
Post Date: March 17, 2004

 

 
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