Practice management
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FeatureA firm of one's own
How do you avoid the dream of building your own specialist firm from becoming a nightmare? Joanna Goodman talks to solicitors who know.
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FeatureAll in it together
The benefits of becoming an employee-owned law firm can be cultural as well as financial. As Joanna Goodman hears, for some it is the magic pill that cures the headache of succession.
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FeatureSmall firms, big Pride: Amplifying LGBTQ+ inclusion in the legal profession
How small and regional firms can promote equality, diversity and inclusion practices even when resources are limited.
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FeatureSabbaticals: Break with tradition
Has the legal profession killed the career sabbatical, or merely rebranded it? Katharine Freeland reports.
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FeatureAI and mid-sized firms roundtable: Intelligence testing
For mid-market firms, the advent of generative AI is a double-edged sword. The technology can handle routine tasks and free up billable time, but also obscure intrinsic flaws in processes.
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FeatureAt the double
The saying ‘it’s lonely at the top’ doesn’t apply at many law firms, where senior and managing partners share leadership responsibilities. It helps if they get along, writes Katharine Freeland.
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FeatureNew world disorder
The exponential rise of GenAI heralded a deluge of new security threats – are law firms up to the challenge?
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FeatureThe rise of cyber attacks
What has led to an increase in cyber attacks and how can law firms guard against this risk?
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FeatureOff the hamster wheel
The not-for-profit law firm is not a euphemism for losing money. Katharine Freeland talks to lawyers who are billing clients for whole new reasons.
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FeatureSuccession planners
Which area of law should an ambitious and intellectually curious lawyer aim for upon qualification? A growing number are deciding that the dust has come off the private client world, reports Katharine Freeland.
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FeatureStuck in the middle?
Mid-sized law firms are very far from being also-rans. Eduardo Reyes finds that they are dynamic actors, finding ways to innovate and endure by utilising service, structure, technology – and even a sense of mission.
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FeatureYour roadmap to law firm success
Catrin Macleod, Product Manager at Dye & Durham, on why legal practice management is important (sponsored content).
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FeatureRecovery positioning
Law firms have introduced a plethora of mental health initiatives, but LawCare’s helplines are busier than ever. Katharine Freeland looks at what employers should be doing to promote wellbeing.
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Feature'Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.' Socrates
(Sponsored content.) Does Your Reputation Accurately Reflect Your Brand?
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FeatureSweating the small stuff
Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the economy. Katharine Freeland looks at the snowballing challenges facing legal advisers who are helping these businesses to scale up or sell up.