Guest comment: A call to arms for the Bionic Lawyer Guest Blog ‘I am you. I am your colleagues. I am what your customers have always dreamed of. I am The Bionic…
Overview: Facing fear Hamish McNicol ‘When you’ve got your mouth wrapped around the firehose, it becomes really hard to step back and design better ways…
Comment: Remembering Mr Disruption – How Clayton Christensen became the legal industry’s North Star Alex Novarese Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
Remembering Mr Disruption – The innovator’s legacy for the profession Alex Novarese Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
The vision thing – Sizing up the big issues set to shape law through the 2020s Thomas Alan The last decade emerged with the shockwaves of the banking crisis still making themselves felt on the profession. Having just…
Legal secretaries and support staff most at risk as industry loses up to 35,000 jobs by 2027 Anna Cole-Bailey Legal secretaries and support staff will be the most affected by a decline in legal sector jobs in the next…
Foreign giants combine to enter UK training market as radical education shake-up looms Thomas Alan Australia’s leading legal training outfit is to team up with a major US player to enter the UK market ahead…
Applying the brakes – the legal chiefs helping fast-growth firms to mature Hamish McNicol Two ear-piercing siren blasts ring out across the Canary Wharf HQ of fintech unicorn Revolut. ‘May I have your attention…
‘Kirkland is a raw, Darwinian force’ – LB’s take on the pre-Brexit City law market Alex Novarese On occasion, they let the head of Legal Business take a break from the glamorous job of proofing features to…
‘An incredible opportunity’: DWF flexes New Law arm with BT managed services contract Hamish McNicol DWF has landed its first major post-IPO client win after securing a five-year managed legal services mandate for BT’s insurance…
NRF hires the mind behind Barclays radical panel shake-up to launch legal ops consulting arm Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is making an ‘offensive move’ against the Big Four on legal operations consulting with the hire of…
Moment of truth: New Law champion Axiom unveils float plans but break up of its business raises doubts Thomas Alan Axiom making good on long-trailed plans to float will be a milestone for New Law. Thomas Alan assesses if the…
We have the technology – Re-engineering a law firm Alex Novarese Hamish McNicol, Legal Business: What are the changes people have made in their business in the last 18 months that…
Comment: The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled law’s market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
The technology debate: Ctrl+Alt+Delete Alex Novarese With alternative legal services arms at Global 100 law firms in full swing, and innovation and technology experts striving to…
The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
No free lunch – Will law firm IPOs be the next big thing? Hamish McNicol For years it could, just about, be ignored. But no longer. The UK’s largest practices are being forced to consider…
Law firm tech: Turning the lights on Marco Cillario What do the individuals responsible for putting together the tech behind Lady Gaga’s concerts, a creative executive of ER and…
Legal technology sponsored briefing: Successful law firms in the digital age Guest Blog Derek Southall of The Intuity Alliance/Hyperscale Group assesses how successful law firms are adapting to the new digital reality…
‘It’s a marriage of convenience’: Gordon Dadds to make its big splash as Ince merger talks intensify Tom Baker Gordon Dadds has emerged as the unlikely rescuer to ailing Ince & Co, with the two outfits in merger discussions…
