Law Practice Management and Technology
The Bottom Line Volume 37, No 2 April 2016
Content
- A Partner’s Disability: What Happens To Your Firm?
- From the Editors
- Health Savings Accounts: Forward Thinking Companies Are Making the Change to Consumer Driven Health Plans (and You Probably Should Too!)
- They’re Baaaack! Avoiding Foreign Email Representation Scams
- What Every Ciso Needs to Know About Cyber Insurance: Industry Experts Share Their Insights and Advice on Cyber Insurance
- MCLE Self-Study Article Rethinking the Lone Wolf Mentality: Teamwork in the Practice of Law
MCLE Self-Study Article
Rethinking the Lone Wolf Mentality: Teamwork in the Practice of Law
By Tom Garberson, Esq.
Teamwork is a broad topic. A lot can be—and has been—written about it. Teamwork is not always at the forefront in the practice of law which, as an industry, has a powerful emphasis on individual achievements and independent activity. However, a collaborative approach to legal work can provide very substantial benefits to clients, attorneys, and firms alike. This article will explain why teamwork is ideal in the legal field and offer practical ideas for implementing, encouraging, and rewarding effective teamwork in a typical law practice.
Characterizing Teamwork
We all know what teamwork means. We made it through elementary school to get here, after all. But it is worth taking a moment to offer a useful definition and identify the underlying goal of teamwork. As Andrew Carnegie put it: