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FeatureHow to: hire a partner
Making a senior lateral hire is a major investment, so it is important that law firms understand what is required to ensure success.
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How to: outsource dictation
Outsourcing dictation can save a law firm thousands of pounds, but it must be managed carefully.
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How To: write a law book
How easy is it to gain the kudos that accrues from writing a law book?
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How to: hire a private investigator
A look at what a law firm can do to distinguish between good and bad private investigators.
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How To: become a consultant
The Gazette explains how to plan a move from law firm partner to consultant.
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How To: run an alumni network
A growing number of law firms want to stay in touch with people who move on. What are the reasons why and how can you reconnect?
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How To: manage documents
Electronic storage and document management brings huge benefits for law firms, but it also carries significant risks.
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How To: run a ‘virtual firm’
Solicitors looking to work in a dispersed law firm are usually motivated by the same driving forces: a desire for greater flexibility and money, and a need for good support and infrastructure.
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How To: handle OFR in-house
In-house lawyers seeking to comply with outcomes-focused regulation are dealing with a regime that is ‘dynamic’ and constantly evolving.
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How To: run a small firm
How does the small but perfectly formed legal practice manage its business?
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How To: reduce staff pay
Cutting pay could help your law firm remain sustainable, but it has to be done carefully and with extreme sensitivity.
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How to: change specialisms
Grania Langdon-Down hears from practitioners who have reshaped their career by moving practice area.
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How To: be more diverse
We look at what law firms can do – and are doing – to promote diversity and inclusion.
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How to: boost your media profile
We consider the value of a media strategy and hiring public relations expertise.
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How to: manage your emails
Dealing with and storing emails has been shown to occupy up to half the time of highly-skilled professionals such as lawyers. Roy Russell offers some tips for easing the burden
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How To: be a COFA
The role of compliance officer for finance and administration remains both underappreciated and imperfectly understood.
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How to: be cyber secure
Ken McCallum explains what law firms must do to deal with the cyber threat to business.
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How to: Outsource legal work
Legal process outsourcing has matured and evolved from the traditional offshore provider model
