The globalization of the legal industry is changing the skills lawyers need to succeed in practice. Thanks to technology, travel and global business expansion, lawyers increasingly operate in a world of disappearing borders. Today it is common for lawyers in small and large firms to work with clients and agencies in other countries, deal with vendors around the world, and have co-workers or employees from different countries. In this practice environment, lawyers must be culturally competent - to operate effectively with people in other cultures.
This edition of The Complete Lawyer: Doing Business Internationally offers insights from American and foreign lawyers on the do's and don'ts of legal and cultural issues and working with lawyers and clients in other countries. For example:
In China, You Play By Another Set of Rules
Mexico: Working with the "Manaρa" Culture
Notes from Nigeria: Nurture Your Soft Skills
The Middle East: Business Is Booming
Other articles of note in this edition of TCL:
FIRM & PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Leadership and Law Firm Success: A Statistical Analysis
Learn to Live in a Flat World
MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Wendell Has a Social Phobia
Keeping Up with Legal Technology
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL PLANNING
Alternative Investments: Do They Belong in My Portfolio?
Ensure Sufficient Retirement Income: Part II
EDUCATION, SURVEYS & RESOURCES
The Reflective Counselor: Daily Meditations for Lawyers
The Local Contributor section of this issue features an article by Edward T. Hayes, special counsel at Leake & Andersson, L.L.P. His article, "Cultural Issues Permeate Business Concerns," focuses on the cultural aspects of business transactions. Enjoy!
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Sincerely,
-Elizabeth Erny Foote
President, Louisiana State Bar Association
President
Louisiana State Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association