All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 60
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OpinionSporting chance
To enhance their professional and personal lives, women lawyers should find time for sport, Alex Kelham argues.
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FeatureTaking mental health out of the shadows
As we celebrate World Mental Health Day this week, Elizabeth Rimmer discusses how to be aware of the main issues affecting people in the law.
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OpinionLight up purple
Today is world mental health day – and lawyer-managers need to do more for their staff, says Richard Martin
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ProfileInterview: Ken Fowlie
How do you turn around a law firm that just lost £570m? We speak to Slater and Gordon’s UK chief executive.
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NewsFixed fees popular among lawyers’ clients
Mini-bellwether report states that solicitors, under immense pressure to lower their fees, tend to equate value with price.
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News70 firms sign up with LawBid tendering pioneer
Founder says auction site has far exceeded expectations, with 350 clients also registered.
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OpinionThis obsession with timesheets is all wrong
One London practice has reportedly locked fee-earners out of their computers for poor timekeeping. But partners will be driven away if firms use more stick than carrot.
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FeatureTen tips for junior lawyers
For many firms it is imperative that they invest in inter-generational excellence and train young lawyers to focus on what lies ahead.
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NewsCMS, Nabarro and Olswang confirm ‘combination’ talks
Trio’s leadership teams say combination would create ‘differentiated, modern’ firm underpinned by 250-year City heritage.
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NewsLegal apprenticeship pioneers announce their new starters
Burges Salmon and Addleshaw Goddard praise apprenticeship route to entry.
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FeatureWashington DC: capitol market
Washington DC is the ‘centre of the universe’ for regulatory work, which multiplied in the wake of the financial crisis.
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NewsFirm defers pay review until Brexit picture is clearer
National firm Bond Dickinson today confirmed it had informed staff of the decision.
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OpinionThe impact of the IBA
What good is the International Bar Association to a criminal legal aid solicitor in Rotherham?
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News
Lateral moves driven more by culture than pay, recruiter claims
Study finds that only 15% of newly moved partners 'motivated by compensation’.
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NewsClients will choose MDPs over traditional firms, PwC Legal chief predicts
Shirley Brookes says multi-disciplinary practices will become more common.
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NewsMergers lose appeal as top firms look to poach departments
Latest sector research suggests large firms only want the very best departments without taking on the other firm’s liabilities.
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FeatureHow to: set up a law firm
Establishing a new firm is a daunting prospect but help is at hand.
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NewsMagic circle: retention rates rise
At least eight in 10 trainees are being kept on at the magic circle this autumn.
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FeatureA buyers' market: PII update
It’s a buyers’ market for professional indemnity insurance but practitioners must keep on their toes.