Sentences with phrase «small law firms often»

Small law firms often find it difficult running their practice efficiently.

And while many small law firms often identify themselves more as lawyers, less so as business people, the reality is that they are indeed running small businesses.

And while many small law firms often identify themselves more as lawyers, less so as business people,...

Regrettably, smaller law firms often simply don't have the resources to effectively monitor their systems for cyber-intrusions.

Not exact matches

Scalability — from the phone system to other information systems — is often the last thing on an attorney's mind as they start a small or solo law firm, especially if they haven't run a business before.

Marketing a law firm, or any small business for that matter, is often a case of assembling just the right parts in just the right balance.

In law firms large and small, I often hear managing partners and marketing directors lament the difficulties involved in extracting a blog post from colleagues who always find a reason why they can't meet their promised deadline.

But we thought we'd take a little bit of a break from that and talk more about its purpose and why we built it, which is that in law practice and small firm law practice if you are a creative business person or an innovator or tech oriented or trying to think up ways to better serve clients that haven't been tried before, we've found that that can be really isolating and that there can often be a lot of active resistance from other lawyers, from bar associations, from regulators, and that it can just be a really strange experience to be someone trying to make your business better, make the world better, and to feel alone or to feel like people are actively trying to stop you from doing that.

Like other small businesses, small law firms are often more flexible, more efficient, and adapt to change at a faster pace than their big counterparts.

After debating on the subject matter for today's post, I decided that since Small Law attorneys are quite comfortable, often by necessity, with diving right into the deep end of things, let's get down to brass tacks: Are there actually jobs at small law firms and, if so, what should you consider before making the swSmall Law attorneys are quite comfortable, often by necessity, with diving right into the deep end of things, let's get down to brass tacks: Are there actually jobs at small law firms and, if so, what should you consider before making the switLaw attorneys are quite comfortable, often by necessity, with diving right into the deep end of things, let's get down to brass tacks: Are there actually jobs at small law firms and, if so, what should you consider before making the swsmall law firms and, if so, what should you consider before making the switlaw firms and, if so, what should you consider before making the switch?

Often, small to medium law firms contain lawyers with highly specialised professional experience in dealing with particular legal issues, which can only be achieved through years of practice servicing a community.

The problem is that, although competition law actions may claim substantial sums of total damages, this sum is often to be shared by thousands of small companies or individual consumers who have all suffered loss at the hands of their suppliers» cartel activity, or of a larger firm's abuse of dominance.

While smaller firms and solo practitioners may not have the extensive resources or global footprint as bigger law firms may have, lawyers at smaller firms or with solo practices are often more resourceful in identifying ways to handle matters which yield the same outcome.

But that's often not the case, especially for smaller law firms that don't have a human resources department.

Cybercriminals and state - sponsored hackers alike have attacked law firms, large and small — and they are all too often successful because employees are not trained in safe computing, security patches and updates are not installed, out - of - support software (receiving no security updates) continues to be used, and they do not employ encryption.

As a rule, large law firms are targeted more often than smaller ones, and those law firms that operate in the cloud are typically the least affected by cybercrime.

As Large Law continues to deliver services for a lower cost — often with support of internal project management staff — smaller law firms are less able to compete on price or invest in the resources to implement a successful LPM initiatiLaw continues to deliver services for a lower cost — often with support of internal project management staff — smaller law firms are less able to compete on price or invest in the resources to implement a successful LPM initiatilaw firms are less able to compete on price or invest in the resources to implement a successful LPM initiative.

«Attorney Rohit Sabharwal, a Rick's regular, says he often takes clients of his small law firm with him and such entertaining was common when he was at a large firm, too.

There is no denying that the often - punishing hours and expectations of law firms both large and small are too much for women faced with the responsibilities of motherhood and other family and household responsibilities.

«Quite often, we will use smaller law firms.

There's so much potential in so many small firms and it's often the lawyer themselves that are holding themselves back and it's frustrating because you can see the potential and they just need to get going and it's like come on, move forward and Joe's an interesting case study because he is someone who thinks innovatively about law practice.

A small local law firm can do a power of sale for a fee of $ 1,500 to $ 2,000, but the big firms used by the banks are charging very often in the $ 4, ooo to $ 5, ooo range and up.

Lawyers in small law firms are often generalists and engage in challenging, varied work across a broad spectrum of practice areas.

Associates in small law firms may operate with greater autonomy and have more client contact than those working in large law firms where client contact is often reserved for more senior lawyers.

We often hear that budgeting for marketing is the most difficult aspect of managing a small law firm.

When you're a solo or small firm lawyer, choosing the right technology for your law firm can often seem like a insurmountable task.

Solo and small law practices often run on very thin margins so benefit from law practice management software even more than large firms do.

KWIKA is honored to be a part of «the most exciting development in the legal industry in recent years: the rise of smaller, often hyper - focused law firms,» as the Daily Journal puts it.

Small law firms can and often do have billing and practice management systems that generate large amounts of data (probably not as much data as BigLaw would generate of course) and more likely than not coded in a way that does in fact

I found it very perceptive in highlighting the problems inherent in big law firms (often there in small - and medium - sized ones too, it should not be forgotten).

Bigger law firms often sublet office space to small firm attorneys.

While this is true for all attorneys, this is of particular importance for solo and small firm practitioners who often manage all aspects of their law firms themselves.

Many small law firms don't bother with websites, and those that do often make it hard to contact them.

In order to improve law firm productivity, a firm must often make small — or sometimes big — changes.

Our clients range from major international law firms to small, often first generation, independent firms and with legal departments ranging from hundreds of lawyers across multiple locations to a small team in one location.

A small minority of lawyers and law firms, for reasons of personality or branding or both, do pay attention to the «how» of legal services, and they reap the benefit of happier clients (and often, happier lawyers).

Often the law firms these departments retain have a global footprint that is very large and expensive, but they are considered a «necessary evil» because the department doesn't have enough experience with the jurisdictions they're in to self - counsel or hire smaller local firms.

Worse, small firm and sole practitioners often find that Law Societies find it convenient to sanction them rather than «respectable» firms.

For smaller law firms it's often too expensive or difficult to provide a full - length articling position.

If trade - offs in productivity come with the benefit of stronger social ties in the law firm it's a small sacrifice to make, and may help alleviate feelings of isolation often felt by young associates.

The truth is, leaving a firm to go work inside the (often smaller) legal department of a company disrupts the growth model law firms have set out for their attorneys, and that their clients have come to rely upon.

Intellectual Property is often considered the purview of specialized boutique law firms, however, aspects of this practice area can readily be incorporated into solo and small firm practice.

While larger law firms may hire administrative personnel to assist in day - to - day business operations, solo attorneys are often chief cooks and bottle washers; and, even at small firms, managing partners are forced to both practice and manage the practice.

Associates in small law firms may operate with greater autonomy and have more client contact than those working in large law firms where client contact is often reserved for more senior lawyers.

Graduate recruitment teams in law firms tend to be small (made up of fewer than five people, often) and have limited budgets — so while they encourage applications from students at all universities, they don't have the budget to visit all universities and have to prioritise.