Encouragement and practical tips for people suffering from bullying in legal services
Some people need to get away on holiday more than others - because they are subject to workplace bullying. Earlier…
Change in legal services: how to start and keep going
Everyone I have met recently in the legal services industry agrees about the need for change. Most are taking steps…
The Strategy Gap
It is taken as given that law firms need a well-defined business strategy to succeed. But how many firms implement…
Paralegals: what they do now and might be doing in future.
I am fascinated about how different professionals fit together as part of legal service delivery teams. We hear a lot about…
A wide disconnect in the legal software market?
Software tools supporting project management and process improvement initiatives are sorely needed by law firms, according to a recent survey…
Abilities, Skills and Attributes of Legal Project Managers
What attributes should firms look for in a legal project manager? This question was posed recently on the Legal Support…
The evolution of project managers in law
Professor Richard Susskind will be delivering the 25th Annual Lecture of the Society for Computers in Law in London on…
Lawyers and Project Managers: cut from the same cloth?
I am sure you've noticed that some people really enjoy their line work while others doing the same type of…
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…
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…