We asked five legal industry experts to share their 2014 New Year’s resolutions on strategic planning, performance and growth for your law firm. It’s going to be another exciting and challenging year for the legal profession in 2014, with continuing commoditisation of legal services, increasing client expectations and pricing pressures to contend with.
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Are Your Meetings Meeting Expectations? Conduct Productive Meetings ASAP
Meetings are part and parcel of legal life. But how often do we really have productive meetings as opposed to, quite simply, huge time wasters? Do digital alternatives to the…
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Ramp Up Your Productivity: Tips to Improve Productivity at Work in 2014
No matter how much work you have to do, there are still only 24 hours in a day. Too many of us are spending too many of those hours working. Being conscious of how we work, and working smarter rather than longer, will increase productivity and potentially reduce working hours. But where do we start? Abi Gold offers some helpful tips to improve your productivity at work for 2014…
Read moreLegal Practice Management: Start Up Lean and Let Overheads Follow
The worst mistake practitioners can make when starting their own practice is to spend too much, too soon, on hiring staff and investing in infrastructure. Here are four strategies that will help you start lean and let your overheads follow, rather than lead, your revenue growth.
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3 Key Ways Technology Can Help You Engage With Clients
In today’s increasingly connected, cross-media and multiscreen world, it’s more important than ever to connect with consumers where they are – online, on mobile and on social media. The modern…
Read moreWho’s Winning the Smartphone Race at Law Firms?
As smartphone adoption continues to rise, BlackBerry’s traditional hold on the legal market is waning as Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android devices join the competition. In July 2013, the Daily…
Read moreHow Much is Technophobia Costing You?
If you find yourself wishing you had more time to actually practice the law instead of spending endless hours on typing, administration and other mundane yet necessary tasks, you’re not…
Read moreLegal Website Design: Tips to Turn Your Legal Website into Your Best Asset
Have a website and think that’s enough to entice potential clients to your practice? Well…that approach may have worked 10 years ago, however, the rules of the game have changed,…
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The Modern Lawyer Wears Many Hats [Infographic]
Business and people management skills aren’t taught at law school, but they’re essential for running a successful legal practice, whether you’re a sole practitioner or in charge of a team…
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Legal Research Trends in Action [Guide]
Whether you’re a lawyer, barrister, legal librarian or academic, you know firsthand how important research is to your work. The good news is that legal technology is rapidly evolving, making it easier…
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