Avoiding the Bermuda Triangle of Law Firm Management – Joel Barolsky – The Law Chat Series – 15 April 2021

In the new episode of The Law Chat series, Simon Tupman talks with thought leader Joel Barolsky about why some law firms suffer from growing pains and what they can do about it. You can watch the full episode by …

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Trust: The Missing Ingredient in Pricing – Part 2 (first published on Validatum 7 April 2021)

In part two of this three-part blog series, Richard Burcher highlights some of the key things that law firms are guilty of doing which damages trust between them and clients. In the first part, Richard suggested that one of the…

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Doing Law Differently – Lucy Dickens – The Law Chat Series – 17 March 2021

In the most recent episode of Simon Tupman’s The Law Chat series, he discussed how traditional law firm practises can transform themselves into a successful modern legal business with Lucy Dickens. You can watch the full episode by clicking here …

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Trust: The Missing Ingredient in Pricing – Part 1 (first published on Validatum 18 March 2021)

In part one of this three-part blog series, Richard Burcher shares his observations on what firms and their clients are currently doing to damage the relationship and destroy trust when it comes to legal pricing. A major law firm recently…

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THE CHALLENGES AHEAD – WITH JORDAN FURLONG – THE LAW CHAT SERIES – 17 FEBRUARY 2020

In the latest instalment of Simon Tupman’s Law Chat series, Simon chats with renowned author, analyst and forecaster, Jordan Furlong about the challenges ahead for the legal services industry/profession, for firms and for individual lawyers, especially the young generation. You…

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We’ll Have a Chat at the End – ‘Twas Ever Thus – first published on the Validatum website

Validatum kicks off its 2021 blog series with a fresh new format, but an all too familiar problem… What follows will for many of you, be the tortured reality of day-to-day legal practice. In the course of strategising a solution…

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The Big Picture on Climate Change – with Debra Dorrington – The Law Chat Series -10 December 2020

In the next instalment of Simon Tupman’s Law Chat series, Simon chats with Debra Dorrington about the influential role that lawyers play in advising clients in the foreshadow of climate risk how global factors can impact their decision-making. You can…

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Law firm managing partners – are you keeping close to your team?

Over the last eight months, law firm managing partners have had to deal with a range of issues at break neck speed! Fortunately, so far finance hasn’t been high on the list because many firms are doing well, however...

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5 top tips to encourage brave knowledge sharing (first published on Knowledge4Lawyers)

In this post Helene Russell, our specialist in knowledge, learning and innovation, offers some top tips to encourage your staff to speak up and share their brilliant ideas and stop them being paralysed by their perfectionism. “Failure is not a…

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Dear client, inflation last year was 2.7%….. (first published on Validatum)

Unfortunately, we still see many firms approach to this limited to not much more than a standard letter that begins “Dear client, we hope you are well. As you know, inflation last year was 2.7%…” Notwithstanding the latest lockdown, we…

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