All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 57
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NewsJobs threatened as Minster Law closes home base
Redundancies likely as Yorkshire operation centralises to cut overheads.
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Bolton law firm hit by wasted costs orders
Asons Solicitors has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that it had received a £300,000 grant from Bolton Council.
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Women own more than a third of law firms
Figure well ahead of the 21% average for female ownership across small businesses as a whole.
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NewsMills & Reeve snaps up Maxwell Winward to create £93m firm
Combined practice will have headcount of nearly 1,000, including more than 100 partners.
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NewsWomen’s Day: solicitor-advocate makes the bench at just 31
Briony Clarke is the youngest female judge at the age of 31.
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NewsWomen’s Day: work allocation ‘prevents unconscious bias’
Solicitors voice interest in diversity initiative at Law Society event to mark International Women’s Day, as data reveal one-third of firms now female-owned.
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NewsMorgan Lewis embraces flexible working
Associates in UK and US will be able to work from home for up to two days a week.
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NewsMinster Law looks to reinvent its claims model
Managing director says firm has the financial clout to build new systems and reinvent its automated processes for post-reform landscape.
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FeatureHow to: commit to collaboration
Working with other firms can spread risk and help you scale up.
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NewsTop degree ‘no longer employment guarantee’
Employers looking less at degrees as indicator of quality as more students obtain first-class honours.
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NewsExpanding law firm still hunting for ABS opportunities
PLC says its law firm partner has broadened its scope ahead of personal injury reforms.
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NewsLeading firm checks out informal appraisals and signals end of the PDR
Top-20 firm will roll out the new model following a successful trial.
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UK firms face Brexit free trade blow in South Korea
Free trade agreements were signed with the EU in 2011 but no separate bilateral arrangement covers UK practices.
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FeatureSouth Korean legal market: life and Seoul
South Korea is taking longer than expected to liberalise its legal market and Brexit has complicated matters further.
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NewsMental health issues rife in the law but support not there, research shows
YouGov survey reveals 40% of decision-makers in legal services are aware that employees have mental health issues.
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FeatureHow to: get ahead with Twitter
Don’t be put off by Donald Trump’s 140-character rants – Twitter is a platform with plenty to offer lawyers.
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NewsSlater and Gordon shares dive as UK recovery takes ‘longer than expected’
Update to Australian stock exchange also reveals bank debt now exceeds total enterprise value.
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NewsFreshfields puts pen to paper on new City home
Magic circle firm will be based at 100 Bishopsgate from 2021.
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NewsBe more diverse or we’ll withhold 10% of your fees, IT giant tells firms
US technology company HP issues diversity mandate, telling law firms ‘we can all do better’.
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FeatureWomen in law: City limits
City firms are hiring women in record numbers – and then losing them. Detailed research has uncovered reasons why.