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Law Students and Young Lawyers

Partnership, Not the Holy  Grail, Part Eight:  All for One,  but Me for Me

Back in the days when everything seemed to be a binary choice, I was a young man who saw many things in black and white.

At  the time, I would classify law firms as being one of two types.

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Law Firm Management

Loose Lips and Sinking Ships

Law firm partnerships like to project the image of a cohesive unit.  One strategy that they employ is to insist that although Partners may disagree with each other in a Partners’ meeting, once they leave the room, they all must support the group’s decision.

Another is to require that Partners act as though they like each other, especially when they don’t.