Migrating minds
FEATURES
People, culture and collaboration strategies sat high on the agenda at LPM South 2020 in London. Josh Adcock reports
George Bisnought, founder and managing partner at Excello Law, discusses the ins and outs of agile working for law firms
Peter Carr at Fisher Jones Greenwood on creating professional-looking bundles with Bundledocs
Kirsten Maslen at Thomson Reuters says firms must find ways to improve productivity, profitability and the client experience
GET YOUR COPY NOWISSUE IN BRIEF
There’s no doubt that the industry, or all of humanity for that matter, is going through some tough and stressful times. The April issue of LPM doesn’t only focus on the pandemic for just this reason – read up on all the other things that still matter deeply to your business: people strategy, tech, risk and compliance and more. I hope this month’s magazine gives you some sense of normality. Join us on p15 for our write-up of LPM South conference 2020, which of course, took place pre-lockdown. Josh Adcock reports in about the most important part of an SME law firm: its people.
MY MIND TO YOUR MIND
LPM South 2020, held on Monday 10 February in London, took a look at the discussions around law firms’ people strategies and challenges, exploring the many ways in which culture, change management and talent topics can affect law firm growth and success. Disruption was one relevant area of discussion.
WORKING OUT
Agile working doesn’t just represent a new way of working – it represents a new way of thinking about working. The way law firms operate is changing rapidly, as courts move online and technology transforms how we work. Law firms need to learn how to adapt rapidly in order to thrive amid such transformative changes.
BUNDLES OF JOY
Recent years have seen firms in the legal sector looking to modernise their practices – everything from digitisation and cloud to agile working and paper-light initiatives. SME law firms historically have struggled to keep up with the pace of change at their bigger competitors, but solutions are becoming more readily accessible.
STASIS REPORT
The legal landscape is as competitive as it’s ever been – LPM Legal IT Landscapes (LITL) 2020 report found the top perceived threat to SME firms was ‘firms just like mine already in our geographies’; and among the top four was ‘online businesses that don’t have physical offices’ and ‘legal technology-based new businesses’.
