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The Case Development Initiative

The Case Development Initiative

The Case Development Initiative uses interviews, data, and research to develop written and video summaries of strategic and organizational issues that law and other professional service firms face. Readers become situation-based problem solvers by analyzing a case study; they must identify key challenges and develop appropriate strategies to resolve them. Harvard Law School case studies force readers to consider each situation from multiple perspectives and reconcile the interests of different groups or individuals; for example, the reader may need to analyze both the stakeholders’ interests and motivations and the underlying incentives and mission of the institution before arriving at a solution to a strategic problem. In short, case studies bring real life situations to classroom settings, helping students prepare for their professional careers and experienced professionals build on their skill sets. CDI cases are used most frequently in Executive Education, professional development programs, and other settings with experienced professionals; however, they are also used in law school classes focused on the legal profession.

  • Man intently works on repairing airplane engine, industrial setting

    GE Capital after the Crisis

    $7.46
  • corporate office cubicles

    Heenan Blaikie: The Glue Dissolves

    $10.00
  • open book at a desk with a person in the background

    Allen & Overy: Surviving the Banking Crisis (B)

    $10.00
  • an open book and paper on a desk with a person in the background

    Allen & Overy: Surviving the Banking Crisis (A)

    $10.00
  • an open sign on a storefront

    After the Sale (B)

    $3.00
  • open sign on a store window

    After the Sale (A)

    $10.00
  • translucent handshake over cityscape

    The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)

    $4.60
  • translucent handshake over a cityscape

    The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)

    $8.95
  • graphic of business people standing in front of graph

    AmesCard Role Play Package

    $10.00
  • old trolleys

    Vieira de Almeida (VdA): Legal Innovation Pioneers in Portugal

    $10.00
  • woman writing out check

    Reforming Partner Compensation at Mattos Filho

    $10.00
  • arrows drawn with marker cover office scene

    SeyfarthLean: Transforming Legal Service Delivery at Seyfarth Shaw

    $10.00
  • graphic of city business deal

    Chasing Growth at Sasker Devereaux

    $10.00
  • black pickup truck

    Driving Blind at General Motors (B)

    $3.00
  • black pickup truck

    Driving Blind at General Motors (A)

    $10.00
  • businessmen discuss performance graphs

    Sponsorship at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (B): The Sponsor's Perspective

    $3.00
  • businessmen discuss performance graphs

    Sponsorship at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (A): Yoon-Young Lee

    $10.00
  • business people crowding around a laptop and talking to each other

    Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector

    $8.95
  • open book with colorful pages

    Managing the Client Portfolio Mandarin Translation

    $10.00
  • elevator bay

    The Demise of Howrey Mandarin Translation

    $10.00
  • woman and man consult  at office table in the foreground, woman works at desk in the background

    Ellen Harvey

    $8.95
  • city buildings surround body of water

    Hewlett Packard and Mark Hurd (A)

    $10.00
  • office buildings surround body of water

    Hewlett Packard and Mark Hurd (D)

    $3.00
  • office building surround body of water

    Hewlett Packard and Mark Hurd (C)

    $3.00
  • body of water with office buildings in the background

    Hewlett Packard and Mark Hurd (B)

    $3.00
  • calculator atop notebook with pen

    Three Vignettes on Pricing of Professional Services

    $10.00
  • elevator bay in office building

    The Demise of Howrey

    $10.00
  • large IBM server

    IBM's Hostile Bid for Lotus

    $10.00
  • valley

    Workers' Rights in the Hudson Valley (B)

    $10.00
  • valley

    Workers' Rights in the Hudson Valley (A)

    $10.00
  • strategy diagram

    Axiom (A): Getting Down to Business

    $10.00
  • woman draws flowchart on dry erase board

    Where to from Here?

    $10.00
  • El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan

    El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan

    $8.95
  • businessmen exchange business cards

    Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods

    $8.95
  • woman writing out check

    Robinson & White (B): Compensation Review

    $10.00
  • woman writes out check

    Robinson & White (A): Pay for Performance

    $10.00
  • businesswomen meet

    Client Service at Fraser and Stephens (A)

    $10.00
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    Tale of Three Finance Teams

    $10.00
  • woman takes charge in a casual meeting

    Tale of Three Public Relations Teams

    $10.00
  • group working on laptops

    Tale of Three Asset Management Teams

    $10.00
  • large elegant conference room with tea setting for the first two chairs

    Who is a Professional

    $8.95
  • handshake partially concealing the exchange of money

    Oracle v. PeopleSoft

    $10.00
  • chessboard

    Strategy and Positioning in Professional Service Firms

    $8.95
  • man fixing tie

    David Lee at Solomon & Myer

    $10.00
  • empty flowchart  graphic

    Bingham McCutchen: Combinatorial Mathematics

    $10.00
  • cityscape

    Slater & Gordon (B)

    $10.00
  • cityscape

    Slater & Gordon (A)

    $10.00
  • business meeting in park

    Career Launch: The First Twelve Months

    $10.00
  • Three Teams at Harris and Graves: Role Play Package

    Three Teams at Harris and Graves: Role Play Package

    $10.00
  • businessman looking out window

    William Fox

    $10.00
  • Man writing on whiteboard

    Transformation at Taylor

    $10.00
  • bird's eye view of business people working on project

    Three Teams at Harris and Graves

    $10.00
  • books, tablet, stacked on university classroom table

    The Professional Services Course

    $8.95
  • woman gesturing to architecture plans on computer

    Practice Economics in a Professional Partnership

    $10.00
  • business meeting around conference table

    Planning in Professional Service Firms

    $8.95
  • looking up at a concave city building

    Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms

    $8.95
  • abstract upright open book pages

    Managing the Client Portfolio

    $10.00
  • cloudy view of city sandwiched between body of water and mountains

    Linklaters (A): Seeking Clear Blue Water

    $10.00
  • Hilton Hotel

    Hilton's Hostile Bid for ITT (C)

    $3.00
  • Hilton Hotel

    Hilton's Hostile Bid for ITT (B)

    $10.00
  • Hilton hotel

    Hilton's Hostile Bid for ITT (A)

    $10.00
  • man in suit on computer

    From Stamford to New York

    $10.00
  • woman reads newspaper amidst shelves of colorful binders

    From Brussels to Paris

    $10.00
  • conference room

    Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady (B)

    $10.00
  • conference room

    Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady (A)

    $10.00
  • rear view, man working on computer

    David Oliver

    $10.00
  • messy pile of 3 checkbooks

    Compensation in Professional Service Firms

    $6.95 $6.93
  • city buildings, one with Citi company logo

    Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo

    $8.95
  • office supplies

    Business Planning at McDermott Will & Emery

    $10.00
  • screen depicting stock value

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (A): Crafting a Law Firm Merger

    $10.00
  • businessman seen walking from a distance

    Bill Foxworth

    $10.00
  • Skyscraper

    Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

    $8.95