James Barclay

5/7/2026 10:54:18 AM

A Third Of Lateral Partners Are Gone In 5 Years And Biglaw Keeps Failing To Understand Why | Above the Law

By Charlotte Knight James Barclay

Over half of law firms view lateral hiring as a key growth strategy. Yet roughly a third of lateral partner hires leave within five...

5/6/2026 1:41:34 PM

By James Barclay Charlotte Knight Dionne Cole

The recent AmLaw rankings confirmed a trend many of us have felt coming for years. The "Super-Elite" Top 25 firms are pulling away from...

4/28/2026 8:09:46 AM

By Alex Haidar

The LMA Annual Conference kicked off in New Orleans with the keynote "Applied Curiosity: The Hidden Power Behind Breakthrough Ideas" that...

4/28/2026 7:48:56 AM

By James Barclay

Calibrate’s recent white paper on Am Law 200 marketing and business development functions puts evidence behind a problem many law firm...

4/21/2026 10:40:26 AM

By Samuel Page James Barclay

When we conducted Passle's General Counsel research in 2023, the finding that landed hardest was not the one about time spent, or even...

4/14/2026 6:49:48 PM

By James Barclay Samuel Page

The piece below from Law.com this week captures well the mood we are seeing across professional services firms of different sizes. Firm...

1/28/2026 10:34:14 AM

By James Barclay Charlotte Knight

The economics are brutal for law firms when lateral integration stalls. James Barclay shares four practical moves that help protect your...

1/16/2026 2:37:37 PM

By Alex Haidar James Barclay

There is no shortage of discussion about AI in legal marketing. What’s harder to find is clarity about what firms are actually doing...