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Why Upskilling Junior Lawyers Should be Your Firm’s Priority: Key Benefits and Approaches [Whitepaper]
This paper examines the significant benefits to your firm of upskilling and empowering your junior legal staff in an increasingly competitive and disrupted market for legal services. It makes the…
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3 Ways to Retain Your Firm’s Non-Lawyer Talent
In the past, traditional firms primarily distinguished themselves by their name or the calibre of their legal advice, and there was a perceived distinction between the revenue generators and ‘cost…
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Cultivating Innovation in a Risk-Averse Legal Industry
Innovation has always been synonymous with risk. In the past, pure technical ability — not innovation — was the key differentiator between firms in a traditionally risk-averse and inherently conservative…
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4 Things Innovative Law Firms do Differently
Technological advancement and innovation have been two of the most crucial trends driving change in the legal sector recently – they are key for law firms intent on growing, staying…
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To Merge or Not to Merge: The Key Challenges Merged Firms Face
Record numbers of US and UK giants ‘tied the knot’ with Australian firms in 2015, and some of that growth is expected to spill over into 2016. However, a recent…
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Implement a Workplace Mental Health Strategy and Boost Your Bottom Line
Addressing and improving workplace mental health can have significant benefits for not only your law firm’s staff and their productivity, but your bottom line as well. It is now widely…
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Is the Partnership Model in Decline?
With the current generation of young lawyers less inclined to make a long-term career commitment, is the traditional legal partnership model on its way out? And will we see ownership…
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Law Firm Succession Planning: Does Your Firm Have a Plan?
Law firms have reported succession planning as a key challenge in numerous reports. Many lawyers advise their own clients on succession planning, yet seem unable to put these plans into practice for their own firms. What steps can you take to ensure you have a pipeline set up?
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Women in Law: Is There Still a Glass Ceiling in the Legal World?
Although the majority of law graduates are female, there are few women at the top of the legal profession. Where do these women go? What stops women in law from rising…
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