Munneke's Law Practice Management: Materials and Cases, 3d

This casebook introduces practice management skills in a variety of areas, including formation of a firm, development of a marketing plan, hiring and retaining staff, setting up a law office, leveraging intellectual work, marshalling IT resources, establishing office systems, setting and collecting fees, and managing a budget. The text examines the management of organizations that deliver legal services, the lawyer as a manager of legal work, and the application of management skills in the professional setting. Because more professional error is caused by administrative mistakes than by lack of substantive legal knowledge, practice management skills are fundamental to competent lawyering.