The LawPartnering^SM Institute offers four primary resources for enhancing your understanding of partnering dynamics, relationships and arrangements: (1) our LawPartnering^SM Orientation materials, (2) our Discussion Forums, (3) our online LawPartnering^SM Manual and Guidelines, and (4) additional references available through our Bookstore and members-only Library.

LawPartnering^SM: The term "lawpartnering^SM" is used throughout this site to refer to and distinguish partnering relationships, arrangements and networks involving the delivery of legal and law-related services from other types of strategic partnering ventures.

New Member Orientation: New members of the LawPartnering^SM Institute are encouraged to review our LawPartnering^SM Orientation materials to gain a better understanding of partnering dynamics and a strong foundation for participating actively in our online Discussion Forums. The Orientation addresses these important issues:

What is partnering?
What's driving the partnering trend?
How significant is the interest in partnering?
What specific benefits does partnering offer?
What are the disadvantages of partnering?
What are the characteristics of an ideal partnering arrangement?
How does partnering affect legal administrators and law marketing professionals?
Is lawpartnering^SM here to stay?

Discussion Forum Topics: An outline of our Discussion Forum topics is presented below. Introductory descriptions to each subject are presented in our LawPartnering^SM Syllabus.

Adobe Acrobat PDF Please Note: The LawPartneringSM Syllabus is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You can view the Syllabus online, print the document or save it to your hard drive. In viewing the document, please be patient while the file loads. It may take a while depending on the speed of your Internet connection. To save the document, right click on the Syllabus link above, select the Save As function and enter where you want to save the file. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click on the "Get Acrobat Reader" button to download a current version of this valuable software at no cost. You’ll need this program to access the Syllabus, the LawPartneringSM Manual and Implementation Guidelines and other important documents in the members-only area of this site.

LawPartnering^SM - Ideas & Quick Answers

• Open Discussion
• Quick Answers To Partnering Problems

LawPartnering^SM Strategies

• Conducting The Needs Analysis
• Evaluating Partnering Potential
• Leading Partnering Initiatives - Shifting The Paradigm
• Developing Partnering Opportunities
• Creating The Partnering Network
• Evaluating And Selecting Partners
• Partnering With Legal Products/Services Providers
• LawPartnering^SM - Ethical Considerations
• Metrics - Measuring Success

LawPartnering^SM Tactics

• Basic Building Blocks - Working In Teams
• Initiating Strong Partnering Relationships
• Maintaining And Growing Partnering Relationships
• Re-engineering The Delivery Of Legal Services
• Work Flow Management And Integration
• Technology And Partnering Arrangements
• General Considerations
• Extranets / Communication
• Professional Services Automation
• Document Management
• Case Management
• Knowledge Management
• Relationship Management
• Cost Reduction And Efficiency Programs
• Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Building Revenues And Increasing Profitability

LawPartnering^SM For Legal Administrators & Law Marketers

• Partnering And Legal Administration
• Partnering And Professional Services Marketing

LawPartnering^SM Manual And Guidelines: The LawPartnering^SM Manual and Implementation Guidelines are the Institute's basic reference sources. We’ve taken the best materials submitted by corporate and law firm faculty members in our past national partnering forums and combined them into a comprehensive online resource. For convenience and ease of use, the documents comprising the online Manual are presented in PDF format and organized following the same topic outline as our Discussion Forums, listed above. Over time, we will supplement the Manual with new information, articles, excerpts from online discussions and other materials so that members of the LawPartnering^SM Institute will have access to an exclusive, continually growing resource of lawpartnering^SM information.

Please note that the online LawPartnering^SM Manual and Implementation Guidelines are password protected. These resources are available free of charge to all members of the Institute who have attended our prior partnering conferences or purchased the participant’s handbooks from those programs. If you would like access to these materials, member subscriptions to the online Manual and Guidelines may be purchased through our Bookstore.

Additional Resources: A variety of materials on partnering related subjects – including articles, books, conference handouts, audio and videotapes and sample documents – are available through the Bookstore and our member Library. For consistent reference, the bibliography of materials at the Library Reference Desk, the Sample Documents and our Discussion Forum Archives are organized according to the same topic outline presented above.