Practice management – Page 10
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FeatureLaw management: Exam-like grades for client satisfaction helped turn around Oxford firm Darbys
‘A tower of turnover falls over.’
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FeatureLaw management: Devon practice ditches ‘drab’ marketing cliches
Law firm marketing should lead on themes which matter to the firm and its people rather than the selling of ‘hard law’, a prize-winning regional law firm advised.
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FeatureLaw management: Firms’ disability claims
Law firms are disproportionately represented in claims related to disability discrimination and workplace health, according to a niche law firm specialising in such claims.
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FeatureIndia: Office politics
India will be one of our most important trade partners post-Brexit, but foreign firms are still not allowed to open offices there.
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FeatureDeveloping picture
Solicitors no longer have to count their CPD hours. Grania Langdon-Down reports on how this is affecting training and shaping the market for providers
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FeatureSociety spotlight: Mentoring scheme
As the Law Society’s mentoring scheme opens to new applications, Eduardo Reyes looks at different models and their benefits
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FeatureEmployee ownership: stake holders
Law firms slow to embrace employee ownership schemes are missing a trick.
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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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FeatureWomen in law: City limits
City firms are hiring women in record numbers – and then losing them. Detailed research has uncovered reasons why.
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FeatureHow to: attract external investors
Solicitors are naturally wary of outside investment, but it is a day-to-day reality for a growing number of firms.
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FeatureTransparency of legal services
Small businesses and the public are still struggling to access lawyers – here’s what the SRA is doing to share information on prices and firms.
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FeatureCorporate social responsibility – community spirit
The reasons why law firms commit to corporate social responsibility vary, but what the best initiatives share is a focus on results.
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FeatureSecond coming of costs bill offers new hope
Latest Hutton Committee bill of costs can be an effective tool in resolution of disputes.
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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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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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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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FeatureA buyers' market: PII update
It’s a buyers’ market for professional indemnity insurance but practitioners must keep on their toes.
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FeatureCrossing the river — the law on legal professional privilege
A recent decision in Hong Kong may have powerful repercussions for the concept of LPP.
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FeatureHow to: progress your career
The law is close-knit and getting ahead is about nurturing relationships that last.