Practice management – Page 12
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How client interview skills can raise the stakes
The Client Interviewing Competition has huge benefits for law students and has led to work placements and training contracts.
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FeatureSmall firms: majority support
The ups and downs of running a small firm and where their owners can go for advice.
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FeaturePlanning a future at the criminal bar
The criminal bar could plan for a profitable future with more confidence, barrister John McNally of new set Drystone Chambers argues.
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FeatureE-disclosure: electric avenues
Law firms must find smarter ways of handling e-disclosure that get to the heart of a case without breaking the bank.
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FeatureInternational: flying the flag
Prospecting for overseas business is a long-term project, the Law Society’s international marketplace conference heard.
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FeatureJackson reforms – embracing the changes
Firms that adopt a proactive approach to costs management will succeed under new litigation rules.
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FeaturePII Focus: the broker's view
How firms can keep PII prices down without prejudicing protection.
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FeaturePII Focus: adviser's view
Claims against solicitors are up dramatically. Learn how to be an attractive risk.
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FeaturePII Focus: overview
Solicitors renewing their indemnity insurance can once again expect a soft market – but there are looming threats to that stability.
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FeatureThe cost of corporate culture
A culture of mutual support in law firms seems to have disintegrated. What’s happened?
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FeatureMyanmar: pushing the boundary
The Burmese economy is emerging from international isolation – but for foreign investors and their advisers much hinges on a general election later this year.
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FeaturePricing: getting it right
Richard Susskind thinks lawyers are wrong on pricing. But firms should be encouraged to understand and tackle modern challenges on more than one front.
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FeatureGrowth can carry hidden threats
With the opportunity for top-line growth comes the new threat of overtrading. The worst may not be behind us.
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FeatureSupport centres: our friends in the north
Near-shoring is growing in popularity as law firms seek to cut their wage bills and property overheads.
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FeatureAustralia: extracting value
Australia’s mining boom helped to entice firms from the northern hemisphere. But while the legal services market has lost some of its lustre, local alliances are helping international firms do more business there.
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FeatureJapan: eastern eye
Foreign law firms have found the Japanese market tough to penetrate. But there are grounds for optimism.
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FeatureOffshore firms: in the zone
London is an increasingly important hub for offshore law firms, which are winning business from City-based financial institutions, and clients in Russia, western Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.
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FeatureRoundtable: wellbeing
Commercial law firms increasingly accept some responsibility for the wellbeing of both lawyers and staff. But providing the right support is not straightforward.