Designing Law Firm 2030: start now, rethink everything, stay agile
2022 has opened to news of yet another wave of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions across many parts of the globe due to the Omicron variant. It can be tough to see much light at the end of the tunnel. But on 19 January the UK government signaled what they dearly hope will be ‘the beginning of the end’ for pandemic restrictions there. Compulsory face-mask wearing in indoor public spaces has ended and the requirement to self-isolate if testing positive is likely to end in March. Most immediately, and significantly for legal businesses, the work-from-home guidance that has been in place for most of the last two years has been retracted.
20 insights you need to run a law firm in the 2020s
Law firms operate in a digital and data age, but most remain ‘data right but insight poor’. By adopting a new, managed approach using the information-insight-impact model and starting with 20 business essential insights firms can begin to address this gap.
The Law Firm Technology Landscape Post-Covid: Part Three
The third and final part in our series on the permanently changed priorities and potential of law firm technology post-COVID takes a look at how the crisis has accelerated the impact of tech on how we work in almost every area of law firm operations, starting with how we collaborate and communicate.
The Law Firm Technology Landscape Post-Covid: Part Two
The COVID-19 crisis and lockdown has impacted almost every aspect of life in law firms, but the central importance of technology in firm strategies and performance has accelerated more suddenly and more permanently than any other. Edge International’s latest article takes a look at the post-COVID law firm agile model that is already emerging as a result of the events of 2020.
The Law Firm Technology Landscape Post-lockdown: Part One
The Covid-19 crisis and lockdown has impacted almost every aspect of life in law firms but the central importance of technology in firm strategies and performance has accelerated more suddenly and more permanently than any other time. What do firms have to ensure they get right as we move out of lockdown?
Law Firm Resilience in a Crisis: Practical Guidance for Action (A Four-Part Series)
A compilation of the four-part “Law Firm Resilience” series focusing on: Financial Resilience; Operational Resilience; Commercial and Client Resilience; and People Resilience.
Law Firm Resilience in a Crisis: Part Four – People Resilience
Periods of crisis, with sudden disruption to normal working life, create massive potential obstacles to engaging and supporting your people. This requires firms to make some rapid changes.
Law Firm Resilience in a Crisis: Part Three – Commercial and Client Resilience
How you work and communicate with clients in times of crisis is the ultimate test of both your firm’s immediate adaptability and its long-term resilience.
Law Firm Resilience in a Crisis: Part Two – Operational Resilience
Smarter, faster responses are essential to operating during a crisis, as is restructuring to compete in the new market reality.
Law Firm Resilience in a Crisis: Part One – Financial Resilience
In times of crisis, financial decisions need to be made quickly – but they need to be made in context and in line with a clear strategy and direction.