LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT Managing Professional

LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT

Managing Professional Service Firms: New Educational Opportunities. Hildebrandt Institute announced today a strategic partnership with George Washington University "to undertake projects to encourage research and foster a better understanding of the principles of management and leadership applicable to professional service organizations." The partnering institutes will also offer "high-quality executive education and customized academic degree programs for managers and leaders of professional service firms, and promote the dissemination of information to support the efforts of persons engaged in the management and leadership of professional service businesses."

This is Hildebrandt's second venture with a university; The Hildebrandt Institute, in conjunction with Columbia Business School, offers the annual program Leading and Managing the 21st Century Law Firm.

Have lawyers finally woken up to the fact that law firms need to be effectively managed like any other business? I think so. Witness the number of other educational institutes that have recently invested in professional service firm curricula.

Oxford University's Said Business School's Clifford Chance Centre for the Management of Professional Service Firms.

Harvard Business School's Leading Professional Service Firms

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