I took a day out of the office on Wednesday to attend the Netlaw Media Key Strategy for Law Firms conference. It was a very good day, focussing on business development issues and ably chaired by Professor Stephen Mayson. There were a number of presentations, from the head of business development at Mishcon de [...]
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Employment Advice for the Many
Sponsored Post Currently, it is highly likely that the job market is one of worry and strife, discrepancy and some sense of discord. With the market still in an area of some unease and still not entirely comfortable with the jobs it can and can’t offer and the jobs it can and can’t make redundant, [...]
Is it all about branding for law firms?
I ask this following the research published recently by Jures, a legal research consultancy that found out of 2,000 people polled, only 26% would shop for a legal service on the basis of a brand name. They commissioned a report called “Shopping Around: What consumers want from the new legal services market“, which can be [...]
Lean Thinking
A while ago, on Linked In I started a discussion thread on just what it was that clients looked for from their solicitors based on the “four As”. They are; – Affability – Accessibility – Ability – Affordability I asked which was the most important attribute and was delighted to find that most people, if [...]
Is it all about price?
I’m writing this on the train coming back from the latest Tesco Law workshop run by Lammore Consulting Ltd. The session was attended by solicitors from a range of firms over the West Midlands and consists of a presentation by me on the Legal Services Act 2007 (aka Tesco Law) and a very stimulating session by [...]
Can Social Media Save Solicitors?
In my last post on this topic I argued that the introduction of Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) does not have to entail the destruction of the smaller firms in the legal profession, although it undoubtedly poses a very severe challenge. High Street firms without a recognised “brand” of their own haven’t got the financial resources [...]
