Creating a strategic plan for your law firm will see you better placed to manage the ups and downs of business life and volatile economic times. We spoke with principal consultant Dr Grant Robertson, UGM Consulting for his advice on creating a strategic plan for your firm in 2014.
Read moreTop 2014 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Legal Practice
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.
Read moreAre 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…
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.
Read more3 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 moreLawyer Marketing: How Even the Smallest Firms Can Build a Winning Initiative
For those who do not make the law their career, the natural assumption is that all lawyers make money hand over fist. However, as sole practitioners and those working in…
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,…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreThe Ever Expanding Role of a Modern Legal Librarian (Infographic)
Take a look at our infographic: 10 Duties of a Modern Legal Librarian or Knowledge Manager to see just how colourful this role is becoming! It used to be the traditional role…
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