A 'Good Health' tick has been provided to the major UK law firms with the revelation of the the largest 200 UK law firms of 2018 revealed with the publication of The Lawyer UK 200: Top 100 2018. But there are threats to their continued dominance. The … [Read more...]
Managing Collaboration in the Law Firm
Managing Real Collaboration and Change: An Overview Image: Elegrity.com Everyone knows how the practice of law is changing, including a major push from clients not only on billing and billing methods but also to simply understand their requirements. Six Stages of Concern … [Read more...]
Women in Law: What We’re Doing in Law Firms is Not Working
This article is part of a new book from ARC Group and written by former law partner Patricia Gillette as part of the book "Beyond Bias: Unleashing the Potential of Women in Law." Image:Shutterstock Patricia Gillette - Whatever we are doing in law firms to increase gender … [Read more...]
7 Myths of Flexible Working – BUSTED!
The demand for flexible working conditions and flexible work arrangements is a growing trend in New Zealand, and with benefits linked to increased productivity and happier staff, it’s no wonder a growing number of savvy law firms are taking notice. Everyone, it seems, is after … [Read more...]
Breaking Five Bad Habits of Lawyers
Dentons - Some of the most glaring risk prevention tools are relatively simple to employ, and, in their absence, can create headaches for lawyers. There are significant amounts of data regarding legal malpractice claims against lawyers, including the frequency, type of … [Read more...]
Barristers Receive Social Media Telling Off
The use of social media - or its misuse - is something affecting every business and profession - not the least being barristers with the President of the New South Wales Bar Association issuing an edict on the matter following recent, unspecified incidents. Arthur Moses … [Read more...]
Legal Department Operations are now front and center of internal legal department
Legal Department Operations (LDOs) are now front and center of internal legal departments − as a decade of results show in a newly released survey sponsored by Baker McKenzie. Ten years ago, only 8% of Legal Ops directed or managed the selection of outside counsel for particular … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why Law Firm Practice Management Processes Don’t Work
Managing law firms in an increasingly challenging, complex and competitive legal marketplace presents many potential obstacles. LawVision principle Susan R Lambreth wrote this piece on how to fix issues relating to law firm practice managemnt structures. I recently got a call … [Read more...]
Gender in the Law & Minority Bias in Legal Profession Confirms Womens’ Worst Fears: Why The Law Profession Is Failing on These Fronts
Image: Libela.org A new report on racial and gender in the law bias in the US has demonstrated how rampant the bias is and why efforts to control it are failing. The report, "You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Racial & Gender Bias in the Legal … [Read more...]
Forget the Weasel Words: What Are Big NZ Law Firms REALLY Doing To Change Their ‘Culture’?
John Bowie The Law Society's efforts to ensure workplace culture improves for lawyers has seen 15 of New Zealand's largest law firms post their updates to the LawTalk showing how hard they have been working. Despite a 400 word limit, the firms took the opportunity to … [Read more...]
5 Critical Warning Signs To Law Firm Disaster
Despite all the Big Law mega firms that (mostly) continue for decade after decade there are equally others that struggle and occasionally fail. But, as consultant Andrew E Jillson pointed out in an article at Hayse LLC all law firms can face tough times unless they heed key … [Read more...]
Law Firm Mergers And The Need For A Culture Fit
Law firm mergers are a big deal with many already closing in 2018. We've reported on some this year here and here. But what is the best strategy for merging. There needs to be an alignment of strategies between the proposed merger parties, say legal consultant and strategist … [Read more...]
