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&lt;p&gt;More highlights from Georgetown University&amp;rsquo;s conference on the future of law firms &amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;yin yang&quot; src=&quot;http://www.chineseastrologer.org/images/enlarged/_yin_yang_symbol.jpg&quot; width=&quot;84&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; height=&quot;84&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;The oft-quoted Patricia Gillette argued that layoffs should be implemented only as a last resort because of the damage they do to the culture and level of trust within the firm. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Along those lines, University of Wisconsin sociology professor Sida Liu suggested that U.S. firms should emulate the Chinese, which have a &amp;ldquo;traditionally Asian approach to managing their lawyers. &amp;hellip; They want to build harmonious law firms like they want to build a harmonious society, so they don&amp;rsquo;t lay off their young lawyers.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;- posted by vera&lt;/p&gt;

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