90 % of insurance executives identified
measuring law firm performance as their most important initiative over the next 12 months.
Not exact matches
In her new book, Small
Law Firm KPIs: How to
Measure Your Way to Greater Profits, Mary Juetten makes the case for why all small
firms should use key
performance indicators.
They just released a guide for
law firms at the National Conference this weekend in Vancouver, Measuring Diversity in Law Firms: A Critical Tool for Achieving High Performance, to help assist firms in developing their diversity strategi
law firms at the National Conference this weekend in Vancouver, Measuring Diversity in Law Firms: A Critical Tool for Achieving High Performance, to help assist firms in developing their diversity strate
firms at the National Conference this weekend in Vancouver,
Measuring Diversity in
Law Firms: A Critical Tool for Achieving High Performance, to help assist firms in developing their diversity strategi
Law Firms: A Critical Tool for Achieving High Performance, to help assist firms in developing their diversity strate
Firms: A Critical Tool for Achieving High
Performance, to help assist
firms in developing their diversity strate
firms in developing their diversity strategies.
September 15, 2005 - The
Law Firm HR Roundtable, San Francisco, CA, «Managing and
Measuring the
Performance and Productivity of Support Staff»
We live in a time where clients are steadily pursuing effective methods of
measuring law firm and lawyer
performance.
He goes on to describe the reality of the way many
law firms operate: billable hour requirements (even from
firms who claim they don't use hours as a basis to
measure performance), increased financial rewards for increased hours, partner pressure to maximize hours, short - term thinking, disincentives to share client responsibilities or information, and more.
But failing to
measure KPIs (key
performance indicators) is a very common
law firm marketing mistake that you must avoid in order to grow your
firm.
AmLaw and others already publish a large number of other financial stats and
measures of
law firm performance; profitability is just one figure among many.
Firstly, Dentons released a new website called Accuracy100 in which it criticizes the methodology used by American Lawyer to
measure law firm financial
performance.
In terms of
measuring the
performance of a
law firm, there is simply no better yardstick.
The founders also plan to offer consulting services to
law firms with a focus on
measuring how technology changes a
firm's
performance.
It is challenging for
law firm libraries to
measure the
performance of their libraries.
I think so often metrics in the
law firm library circle around things like number of reference requests, docketed / billed hours spent, and budget targets; it is good to learn about alternatives that provide more value for
measuring performance.
This type of program can be invaluable when making decisions during panel consolidation, yet
law firm performance management -
measuring success against a defined set of criteria - is formalized by only 64 % of participants.
The practice of
law is a business like any other and
law firms that fail to leverage technology to increase efficiency and
measure performance will become obsolete, like stenographers and carbon paper.
A
performance based fee is where the client pays the
law firm based on qualitative and quantitative
measures of
performance.
Last month we looked at some of the challenges of capturing metrics in the
law firm environment, and we also stressed how
law firms, just like other businesses, must
measure and demonstrate their
performance to be competitive in today's environment.
It is worth noting that although the two
Measures, that on the Administration of
Law Firms and that on the Lawyers Practice, effective since November 2016, provide the judicial administration organs with the power to supervise and instruct law firms and lawyers, the prescribed power is confined to the behaviours and performances in the professional rea
Law Firms and that on the Lawyers Practice, effective since November 2016, provide the judicial administration organs with the power to supervise and instruct law firms and lawyers, the prescribed power is confined to the behaviours and performances in the professional r
Firms and that on the Lawyers Practice, effective since November 2016, provide the judicial administration organs with the power to supervise and instruct
law firms and lawyers, the prescribed power is confined to the behaviours and performances in the professional rea
law firms and lawyers, the prescribed power is confined to the behaviours and performances in the professional r
firms and lawyers, the prescribed power is confined to the behaviours and
performances in the professional realm.
Based on a presentation titled, «Moneyball for Lawyers» by Christopher T. Anderson, this post identifies the top business metrics
law firms should
measure to evaluate and improve
firm performance.
Vault's associate satisfaction surveys sit in the same space as the American Lawyer A-List, which factors in diversity and pro bono work and goes beyond traditional
measures of
law firm performance such as revenue and partner profits.
There is also focus on the seminal work of professional services theorist David Maister and the subject of Profits Per Partner which has strongly held sway as a
measure of success of
law firm performance.
Some LLD members have been active in reviewing
law firm diversity
measures as part of their annual
performance appraisals and when entering into retainers with
law firms.
As a legal department matures, it should use a blend of passive, active, and collaborative
measures to manage
law firm and vendor
performance.
Ultimately, a
law firm is a business; a normal business
measures key
performance indicators and so should a
firm.
Insight - rich billing and timekeeping reports
measure law firm's
performance with accuracy.