• DEREK BENTON Director of International Operations, Lexis-Nexis Martindale-Hubbell, London
  Lawyers Network Differently as the World Grows Flatter
• PETER J. BESHAR EVP and General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies, New York City
  Living Through a Corporate Crisis and Preparing for What Might Come Next
• JEFFREY CARR General Counsel, FMC Technologies, Houston
  Building a Better Legal Service Delivery System
• BRUNO COVA, Partner, Paul Hastings, Milan
  Reflections on Moving Inside to Outside, and European Counsel Must Improve Compliance
• E. LEIGH DANCE, President, ELD International, Inc., New York and Rome
  Introduction and European Counsel Must Improve Compliance
• JAN EIJSBOUTS, former General Counsel, Akzo Nobel, Amsterdam
  Foreword
• ROSS FISHMAN, CEO, Fishman Marketing, Highland Park, Illinois
  Focus: The Benefits of a Narrow Scope in the Face of Global Opportunity
• TIM S. GLASSETT, Former General Counsel, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Beverly Hills, CA
  Building and Motivating a High-Performing Global Legal Team
• ANN LEE GIBSON, Ann Lee Gibson Consulting, West Plains, Missouri
  Feels Like 1990 All Over Again: Law Firm Economic Cycles
• FADI HAMMADEH, General Counsel, Dubai Properties Group, Dubai
  The Regulatory Pendulum Worldwide: Where are we Headed?
• ALAN JENKINS, Chairman, Eversheds LLP, London
  Understanding the Importance of Culture in Managing a Global Law Firm
• PETER KALIS, Chairman and Global Managing Partner, K&L Gates LLP, New York City
  The Signature Legal Challenge of the 21st Century
• DESPINA KARTSON, Chief Marketing Officer, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York City
  The Role of Law Firm Values in Successful Global Expansion
• BRUCE MacEWEN, Founder, “Adam Smith Esq.,”, New York City
  Re-thinking Your Global Strategy: Geography, Talent and Management
• CHRIS MARSHALL, Pro Bono & Community Manager, Reed Smith and Chair, Board of Trustees, Advocates for International Development, London
  International Pro Bono – Broadening our Geographical Reach
• DEBORAH MCMURRAY, CEO and Strategy Architect, Content Pilot LLC, Dallas
  LAW FIRM 4.0: Considerations for the Global Law Firm in 2020
• MARY MULLALLY, Head of Networks, Practical Law Company, London
  How Corporate Counsel in the UK and Europe are Changing, and the Key Elements of Success
• MICHAEL O’NEILL, SVP and General Counsel, Lenovo Corporation, Washington D.C.
  Fit for Global: Operating Tenets for the General Counsel
• JOLENE OVERBECK, Chief Marketing Officer, DLA Piper, New York City
  Moving the Global Law Firm Through a Challenging Economy: Focus on Strategy
• NORM RUBENSTEIN, Partner, Zeughauser Group, Washington D.C.
  The Key to Credible International Branding
• THOMAS J. SABATINO, Jr., Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Schering-Plough Corporation, New Jersey
  Musical Chairs: How Today’s General Counsel Earns a Seat at the Top Executive Table
• HELENA SAMAHA, General Counsel EMEA, AlixPartners, Paris
  Transcending Legal Expertise to Get to the Heart of Serving Global Clients
• ADAM SMITH, General Counsel, EADS Defence & Security, Munich
  Laws are Local: How Can Corporate Legal Services Become More Global?
• JOHN H. STOUT, Partner, Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis
  The Fulfilled International Lawyer: Advice for a Successful Career
• DAVID SYED, Senior Partner - Europe, Orrick, Paris
  Changing Supply & Demand for Global Legal Services: The Multi-polar Dynamic
• MARY K YOUNG, Partner, Zeughauser Group, Washington D.C.
  Moving the Global Law Firm Through a Challenging Economy: Focus on Strategy

blogs

• Adam Smith, Esq., Blog - an inquiry into the economics of law firms: www.adamsmithesq.com/blog/
• Ann Lee Gibson Legal Blog – observations, experiences and questions about law firm competitive intelligence: lawfirmci.blogspot.com
• WiredGC Blog – weblog about business law  by a former general counsel focusing on issues for lawyers working inside companies: www.wiredgc.com

Please contact us with other blogs you can recommend.

Law Firm Leaders Find Valuable Guidance in Adam Smith Blog

Bruce MacEwen’s tremendously successful Adam Smith blog is a great resource for law firm executives and anyone interested in law firm economics.   The Adam Smith blog touches on global law firm issues frequently.  Bruce MacEwen’s chapter in Bright Ideas is woven together from several recent posts on the Adam Smith blog.  The chapter covers a number of topics related to law firm growth, law firm management and law firm expansion.  Each addressed in separate posts at www.adamsmithesq.com , are global strategy and its components of geography, talent, management structures and leadership.

The Adam Smith blog has existed for about five years, and in early 2009 page-views on the site exceed 400,000 in one month.  It addresses the broader issues of global business and law from a strategic and economic perspective.  Bruce MacEwen (President) has published more than 1,000 articles on "Adam Smith, Esq." on the economics of law firms.

Many of the Adam Smith blog posts are focused on US law firm and ‘big law’ issues, and there are many reference to in-house counsel and global legal issues.  One can find posts on a range of topics in Adam Smith, Esq. by searching keywords on the home page, such as:  Finance, Cultural Considerations, Partnership Structures, Globalization, Compensation, Practice Group Structures, Strategy and IT. 

The Adam Smith blog takes its name from the revered economist, Adam Smith, who was also a moral philosopher.   The Adam Smith provides insights on the business of large, sophisticated law firms.  In a recent Adam Smith blog post, Bruce MacEwen wrote, “Adam Smith, Esq." aspires to be nothing less than the most: thoughtful, reflective, well-informed, well-connected, and, yes, wide-ranging online publication in the world that addresses the economics of sophisticated law firms.