This is the seventh in a series of articles about how corporate and government law departments can improve their performance and add...

To be visible and attractive to clients, a law firm must have a profile that distinguishes it from its competitors. However,...

Baker McKenzie, progenitor of the global law firm, created a buzz recently with a spate of “new law” hires. First, it tabbed David...

How will the legal industry be affected by the next recession? The thought came to mind several times recently as the stock market...

Before I start to derive a strategy for the law firm from my vision, it must be clear what demands I place on my strategy. How do I want...

Managing time efficiently can generate an additional hour of availability each day This is the sixth in a series of articles about how...

“Blockchain For Lawyers,” a recently-released eBook by Australian legal tech company Legaler, drew 1.7M views in two weeks. What does...

When we think about an ‘’Identity Crisis’’ most of us would probably have a humorous flashback to our teenage years trying to figure out...

The 2019 Citi Hildebrandt Client Advisory, (Citi Report) an annual survey of law firm fiscal performance, drew considerable industry...

“People who have visions should go and see a doctor!” This quotation is attributed to the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who...

Why is a strategy necessary, and what does a strategy have to achieve? The answer to the question as to the necessity of a strategy may...

Let me take up a last important trend in our business before we deal with the question as to how to build a law firm strategy! This is...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about how corporate and government law departments can improve their performance and add...

There is plenty of data confirming the migration of work from law firms to corporate legal departments. Once regarded as law’s junior...

When I began to advise small- and medium-sized enterprises as a young lawyer in the mid-1980s, it was perfectly customary for a client to...

Thomson Reuters will soon release its second biennial “Alternative Legal Service Study.” The inaugural study popularized the “alternative...

Talking about trends in the legal market and mentioning technology only in the fifth of a series of blogs is, of course, a sacrilege – at...

When I started out as a lawyer in the mid-1980s, the typical situation was that a client turned up in my office with a big box full of...

Another trend in the market for legal services is often underestimated: the trend towards liberalisation. This trend is undoubtedly most...

New business models are the key to innovation, not new technology. That’s the conclusion of a recent Wall Street Journal CIO article that...