Uber-model for legal services?
Some commentators have been asking whether law firms and other legal service organisations should adopt an Uber-like model for legal…
What should we expect of legal project managers?
Legal Project Management (LPM) is a well-established discipline and the role of legal project manager is an attractive career option…
Legal IT projects to improve efficiency – why you should define success in advance.
It looks like being a busy 2016 for the legal IT community. Ninety-five percent of law firms surveyed in the Price…
Legal service needs of SME’s
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME's) make up 99.9% of private sector businesses in the U.K, with a combined turnover…
Why law firms need to get better at deciphering signals from the noise
The title of this post alludes to the best-selling book by Nate Silver, ‘The Signal and The Noise: The Art…
Project management skills of lawyers: a litmus test of competence?
Several law firms have told me recently that some of their practice areas have lost out when bidding for new…
Adversity breeding invention: opportunities to do more than practise law
There is much doom and gloom in the English legal profession right now. The current market is clearly very difficult…
Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An interview with Professor Richard Susskind
Richard Susskind’s new book, called Tomorrow’s Lawyers, was published on 10th January. Recently I interviewed Richard about his book for…
An interview with Mitch Kowalski: Re-imagining Legal Services for the 21st Century
One of the legal industry events of last year was the publication of Mitch Kowalski's book, 'Avoiding Extinction: Re-imagining Legal Services for…
Client need and some trends in legal service delivery
After speaking to some innovative law firms and attending some interesting legal industry events recently, I think some common trends…