Personal Branding for Lawyers – 4 Simple Steps

What is personal branding – and why does it matter for lawyers?  Personal branding is the things people say about you when you’re not in the room. This can include: ‘She’s great at mentoring junior lawyers.’  ‘He’s worked in Asia and knows how things work over there.’  ‘She does a lot of first-to-market deals – she’s not intimidated by […]

This one solution will help small law firms overcome two common challenges

We took a read at Thomson Reuters’ 2020 State of US Small Law Firms Report, to see what it tells us about the future challenges of small law firm practice. Firms have faced some rather unique challenges in 2020. This has forced many to pivot, adapt and respond to the pandemic with new innovative solutions […]

5 Skills Every Lawyer Must Master

COVID-19 has changed everything, including law. Skills like automation, marketing, data analysis and design thinking are the best future-proofing you can get.

Top 3 takeaways from the State of Law Firm CRM Report 2019

The legal world has a unique relationship with CRM. On one hand, it’s clear that most law firms ‘get it’, with 78% of law firms using a dedicated CRM system in 2019. On the other hand, there is a painful disconnect between firm leadership and individual lawyers. Lawyers are protective of their client books. Getting […]

Do CRMs work for Law Firms?

The real truth why contact relationship management (crm) software will continue to fail lawyers and law firms into 2021.

LinkedIn for Lawyers Looking for Takeoff

NEXL is the new “LinkedIn for Lawyers” – 100% FREE Original Article appeared on Financial Times on December 9, 2019: https://www.afr.com/technology/linkedin-for-lawyers-looking-for-liftoff-after-funding-20191204-p53gtf  Philipp Thurner came up with the idea for NEXL, a LinkedIn-style platform for lawyers that launched in July, when he was working as a techie for law firm Gilbert + Tobin. Now he has raised […]