Findings suggest firms who collaborate are more likely to innovate Mid-size law firms are looking for big ideas and are focused on strategy, according to research carried out by LawNet, the collaborative non-profit network. Research participants said they were focused on the big issues in their...
Biggest-ever sector research reveals client motivations and highlights the cultural shift needed by firms to match growing expectation Price transparency rules require law firms to open their costings and credentials to greater scrutiny, but reputation and trust are the most important factors when it comes...
Click here to download high res version Click here to download high res version from Flickr. Full caption at end of press release Independent law firms have been showcasing their inventive side, with strategies designed to keep them out in front. The successes were highlighted at this...
Customer focus puts a smile on the face of the lawyers with a 92% satisfaction rating LawNet members are reporting real results from a £300,000 initiative launched by the network to tackle the image of lawyers as aloof, arrogant and unapproachable. The first of its kind...
LawNet is to provide its CPD accredited training free of charge to members, saying it wants to help firms maintain training standards against a backdrop of tough economic trading conditions. The scheme was successfully piloted on a selection of courses earlier this year and is now...
See coverage of this in The Guardian Law: click to view Guardian website Following the announcement by the SRA on the outcome of last year’s Work Based Learning pilot scheme for trainee solicitors, one of the organisations involved has said the sector will face a tough...
News Release: ABS and investor strategy opportunities are top of the agenda for a group of independent firms. They will be working with leading industry strategists in a LawNet masterclass that has been designed to place law firm leadership development in the context of the Legal Services...
[caption id="attachment_68" align="aligncenter" width="227" caption="Helen Hamilton Shaw, Director of Services, LawNet"][/caption] Technology-based services for legal solutions will improve internal efficiencies and open new markets without compromising professional offering A group of leading independent firms are pioneering online legal service delivery following an exclusive deal...