From the Desk of Matt Muttley
It has come to my attention that there is free advice to be had about blogging…
I find the trend to give free advice about anything mildly worrying, particularly if lawyers are at it. However, that said, I am not one to deny myself a drink from the cup of human kindness. Nick Holmes has a most useful website called Binary Law. Jason Patten at Human Law provides the focus on matters relating specifically to blogging and he has a couple of most useful recent articles. Of particular use to me at the moment, given that I am contemplating the career of the trainee who was not too keen on being sent to Mumbai last week, were the following: Recommended article on blogging; Why blogging matters.
[Happy Birthday Human law - Charon]
You may recall, last week, that I developed a plan to outsource our LPC to India. I am pleased to report that the law school team who came to see me recently to discuss an ‘MD’ specific LPC, have reduced their fees for this significantly; to a point where I feel entirely comfortable and we only have to pay if the candidates actually pass. I like it!. “No, Pass, No Fee.” Don’t know how they managed to come up with that one…must have been watching personal injury lawyer television adverts on obscure day time TV channels. I have to say, after this result, that blogging works.
On to other matters…
One of our recently qualified assistants sent me an email about a RollonFriday story about City bonuses. RollonFriday are to be commended for their work on this. Here is the story
It seems to me that Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and Beachcrofts who, according to the RoF survey, did not pay any bonuses, have probably got it right. Deferred gratification is a virtue. In our firm, partners get bonuses – quite a few of them, as it happens. Assistants get a salary and the knowledge that, one day, they will share in the wealth of our firm… and so the life cycle of the lawyer continues – as Sir David Attenborough might say… whispering away in the bushes.
No trainee blog this week. We had a bit of an episode with one blog submitted, which was potentially libellous of this firm – but normal service will resume now that our trainees know they “Come not to bury Muttley Dastardly LLP, but to praise it.” – to coin a phrase.
