2022 Dye & Durham and ALPMA Legal Industry Report November 21, 2022 What if people belonging to the Legal diaspora could lay their hands-on data statistics that offer valuable insight into some of the major challenges faced by the legal industry with...
Central West Lawyers Join Effort for Flood Affected November 21, 2022 At least ten Central West law firms have committed to providing free legal help to victims of the region’s floods, on various issues related to the disaster. President of the...
Why Don’t Lawyers Sell Better? November 18, 2022 Fact: Lawyers who proactively reach out to prospective clients to engage them in sales discussions, get new engagements only about eight per cent of the time. Put another way, ninety-two...
Unseating the Incumbent Provider | Power Question November 7, 2022 The only thing standing between you and your ideal prospect is the lawyer currently doing the work. Many of the new engagements that you pursue are matters that an incumbent...
Moonlighting and the Legal Industry November 2, 2022 Moonlighters have existed since the very emergence and evolvement of commercialisation and work culture. In the wake of the lethal pandemic (COVID-19), necessary adoption of flexible workplace practices by corporates...
Homeowners Strike Gold on the Coast October 27, 2022 InfoTrack Reveals Q3 2022 Property Results for QLD. Over the past few years, the sunshine state has experienced a property boom, with an influx of potential buyers migrating into Queensland....
Agile Leadership | Navigating the Double Bind October 26, 2022 Over the past two decades, I have had the privilege, through my research, interviews, and hands-on consulting to peek behind the veil surrounding the challenges of becoming a NEW Firm...
Law Firm Talent Management | Where to Focus October 21, 2022 A lawyer’s progression from associate to partner is no cakewalk but a journey fraught with bumps, peaks and valleys. One graduates law school magna cum laude; gets hired by a...
The Four Legal Sales Strategies October 20, 2022 Most professionals use a generic sales approach for every sales situation. The sales strategy can generally be described as one in which you position yourself as the ‘best choice’ legal...
Australian Family Lawyers to Merge with GTC Legal Group October 19, 2022 AF Legal Group Ltd (ASX:AFL) announces that it has executed a share sale deed to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of GTC Legal Group Holdings Pty Ltd, the...
Ride the Tide | Analysing Listed Law Firms' Performance October 10, 2022 Unlike almost every other profession, the legal industry is the only one owned and regulated by its practitioners i.e., lawyers, themselves. However, a few manage to go public and list...
Unstoppable Legal Industry Amid Sanctions (Part 2) October 6, 2022 In our September 2022 article titled, “Unstoppable Legal Industry Amid Sanctions (Part 1)”, we showcased the announcements of leading global law firms regarding boycotting and leaving Russian territory. Everyone knows...
Is Sales Enablement The Next Big Thing for Law Firms? October 5, 2022 Research says that individuals only retain about 10% of what they are taught in-classroom training. In fact, it's estimated that half of classroom learning is lost within the first 24...
The New Normal Is Here to Stay for Small Law Firms October 4, 2022 The Second Annual Smokeball State of Small Law Australia Survey released. The COVID impact of working from home has certainly become the ‘new normal’ for the Australian small law sector...
Light Shone on Inconsistent Hybrid Working Arrangements September 28, 2022 Findings from BigHand’s latest industry report has revealed the extent to which support staff structures are evolving in law firms. With more support staff embracing hybrid working, support staff resignations...