Pauline's key area of focus in recent years has been in the area
of law firm efficiency.
After all, technology is one of the biggest drivers
of law firm efficiency.
Not exact matches
Regardless
of the size
of your
law firm, when you collaborate with others, the exercise in teamwork will improve your practice by boosting
efficiency, motivation and / or performance.
Business
law firm Aird & Berlis LLP is stepping into the world
of artificial intelligence to drive
efficiencies in its mergers and acquisitions and real estate group.
«The Intersection
of Lawyer Blogs and Email Marketing Main What is the Keyword
Efficiency Index and How Can It Help Me Optimize My
Law Firm Website for Search Engines?»
For your
law firm to run at peak
efficiency, your staff (including associates) are going to have to be power users
of your main software tools.
The support services method
of production makes much higher degrees
of competence compatible with much higher degrees
of cost -
efficiency and volumes
of producing legal services than any
law firm is capable
of.
With the recent launch
of their unique AP1 dashboard tool, the conveyancing services provider continues to expand their range
of workflow tools aimed at evolving traditional practices to increase
efficiency for
law firms.
In our most recent blogs, my colleague Carla Landry and I examined how
law firms can successfully promote a culture
of efficiency.
He explores how marketing innovation can improve the scale and
efficiency of results delivered to attorneys and
law firms through product development.
Law firms involved in improving the search engine visibility
of their websites may have come across the term «Keyword
Efficiency Index» or «KEI.»
Only the right lawyers are assigned to our clients including collaboration with a network
of law firms and support services to increase
efficiencies and control costs for the benefit
of clients.
The 10 Minute
Law Firm Podcast will follow in this tradition
of advising lawyers to build profits and streamline workflows with time - tested business advice and technology - enabled
efficiencies.
Dayton, OH — March 26, 2014 — The Dayton Bar Association (www.daybar.org), an organization dedicated to the administration
of justice and the public's respect for the
law, and CuroLegal (www.curolegal.com), a practice operations
firm focused on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide outsourced practice operations consulting and management to DBA members.
In order for
law firm talent strategy to successfully promote a culture
of efficiency, it must include a holistic view
of attracting, retaining and developing talent.
In terms
of recruitment,
law firms interested in promoting a culture
of efficiency will need to think differently about the kind
of talent they need.
An overwhelming 86 %
of legal IT professionals think that
law firms need to more fully integrate their IT systems to get more
efficiency and better management information.
As a full service
law firm, clients are able to draw from expertise from all areas
of law within the same office thereby enhancing the
efficiencies of their case.
One
of the Netherlands» leading corporate
law firms has licensed ContractExpress Dealbuilder for internal lawyer
efficiency and ContractExpress Cloud to add an extra dimension to their client services.
Until
law schools expand their traditional teaching methods to include more skills - based and technical programs, which is slowly happening,
law firms interested in promoting a culture
of efficiency will need to consider less - traditional recruiting sources.
Law firms are also adapting to the emerging imperative
of process improvement, finding ways to introduce
efficiency and enhance the quality
of outcomes through better procedures and workflow systems.
Diligen was born and through the leadership
of Konrad (CEO) and Laura (COO), the tool is driving
efficiencies and effectively extending data science into
law firms and in - house legal teams.
One
of Denmark's leading commercial
law firms has licensed ContractExpress Dealbuilder to drive internal lawyer
efficiency on complex legal document generation.
The risk
of unexpected or unanticipated events in whole or in part and the burden
of managing the work for
efficiency and cost containment is shifted from the client to the
law firm.
Kara works with individuals,
law schools, and
law firms to improve productivity,
efficiency, job satisfaction, and professional development at all stages
of a legal career.
KM projects that are successful help their
firm solve one or both
of the top challenges currently facing
law firms: pricing pressure and operational
efficiency.
There's some, I know Legal Zoom has some data that if I'm recalling it correctly says that
law firms actually don't actually get more efficient until between 10 and 15 people and that there's sort
of a jump in
efficiency at two or three people and then they get less efficient until you get to 10 or 15 and then you can start taking advantage
of some scale, which is interesting and you're sitting right in the middle
of there where you can decide do you really want to move it forward and have a business or do you want to keep going and just serving clients without a bigger strategy in mind.
To help small
law firms and solo practitioners like Bergian,
Firm Central connects and integrates documents, communication, time and billing, calendar, legal research, and other administrative functions for greater
efficiency and ease
of use.
LPO is not a threat to
law firms, but it is a threat to the way
law firms traditionally have gone about their business because what LPOs bring to the equation is
efficiency, a focus on process, and a much more streamlined approach to the creation and delivery
of legal work.
Business
efficiency, whether for your local store or for a worldwide
law firm, is often at the core
of consequential revenue stream, and for things to be efficient, they need to happen fast.
Vitaly Timokhov, a tax lawyer at Tax Chambers LLP, says the
law firms could have been involved to incorporate the Canadian side
of these companies, act as advisers for beneficiaries, or settlors
of trusts, or help set up an offshore financial structure for companies to create «tax
efficiencies.»
The Barreau argues that
law firms using the hourly billing method are not serving the interests
of the partnership with clients, that the
firms should be doing a better job serving the interests
of clients whether those interests lie in the
efficiency of a fixed or flat - fee structure, or the predictability
of a fee that's conditional on outcome or duration.
«Our research makes it clear that
law firms have not fully embraced the principles
of Marketing Operations: increasing marketing
efficiency and organisational agility; aligning marketing activity with revenue growth, and measuring activity and people in a systematic way,» says Scalzi.
Automation is a powerful way
of increasing
law firm efficiency, and it will lead to better experiences for clients and a better bottom line for your
law firm.
Portland, OR and Dayton, OH — Dec 2, 2013 — Ruby ® Receptionists http://www.callruby.com/, a leading provider
of live virtual receptionist services, and Curo Legal https://curolegal.com, a practice operations
firm focused on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they will partner to strengthen opportunities for
firms to better manage their incoming calls.
Large majorities
of law firm leaders responding to the survey agree that greater price competition, practice
efficiency, commoditization
of legal work, competition from nontraditional service providers, and non-hourly billing are all permanent changes in the legal landscape.
Greater
law firm efficiency is essential to reducing overhead and maintaining profitability, and technology is one
of the most powerful means
of achieving it.
These consultants or Legal Practice Optimizers or
Law Practice Optimizers, perform an in depth evaluation
of the current practices
of the
Law Firm and then provide recommendations as to the lack
of efficiency being used within the managerial sector
of the
Firm.
Since LPO, the
Law Firms are being held to a higher standard
of expectations and
efficiency, and with the use LPO, these
efficiency savings are being passed down to the client with better service for less money.
When this is combined with an ownership model and media culture that gives a distorting emphasis to profits per partner, the total cost - base
of the
law firm can be significantly inflated beyond sensible levels
of cost -
efficiency and market sustainability.
U.S. intellectual property
law firm Marshall, Gerstein & Borun has selected Nikec Binder to enhance
efficiency as part
of its electronic information governance initiatives.
However, Mr Uebergang noted it's important for both
law firms and in - house teams to understand the problems they're trying to solve or the
efficiencies they're attempting to create, rather than using technology just for the sake
of it.
Clio and Ruby Receptionists have come together to fuse the core needs
of the modern
law firm into a hybrid automated model: matching the
efficiency of legal practice management software with the personality
of an in - house receptionist.
Sixty - percent
of law firms reported using technology — to improve
efficiencies and reduce costs.
Nordic
law firm Roschier is using Luminance's artificial intelligence technology to improve the
efficiency of its due diligence in M&A transactions.
WorkFlow is a very powerful tool for saving time and increasing everyday
efficiency of your
law firm.
He's dragged lawyers along on the path to planned engagements, smart risk taking, and non-hourly fees, and is leading the initiative to make legal project management and process
efficiency core competencies
of his
law firm.
Click here to learn more about why the ideas in this blog can help
law firm leaders improve
efficiency and quality in their
firms» delivery
of legal services.
One
of the challenges to implementing
efficiency changes in a
law firm is getting buy - in from the practicing lawyers.
To
law firms, it underscores
efficiency as a requisite
of long - term client relationships.