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Author: Jarrod Coburn
Published: 9 November 2015
Pages: 24

Introduction

Law firms are now, more than ever, experiencing dynamic and unprecedented changes to the business environment they are operating in, adding more challenges to ever-increasing workloads. In this paper you will find practical processes and strategies that you can employ to help ensure your firm is successful in the evolving environment. I will cover the following topics:

• What other businesses could learn from the law profession
• What practitioners can learn from other businesses
• Why governance is often separated from operations in firms
• How the business of law is evolving in other jurisdictions

In this document I will differentiate between law as a profession and law as a business and provide compelling reasons why both paradigms must co-exist together for the good of the sector as a whole. This will be of particular benefit to sole practitioners, mid-size law firm partners and practice managers. After reading this paper you will understand the issues facing law firms and be able to implement practical processes and strategies to assist you to keep your law firm being successful.

Content outline

• What other businesses could learn from the law profession
• What practitioners could learn from other businesses
• Why governance is often separated from operations in firms
• How the business of law is evolving in other jurisdiction