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FeatureAn unfair disadvantage
Victoria Moffatt analyses how women have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and speaks to lawyers about their experiences working from home.
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Start preparing for your PII renewal now
Michael Munns, vice president at Paragon International Insurance Brokers, offers his tips on how to successfully plan ahead for your professional indemnity insurance renewal
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Building your personal brand on social media: What, why and how
Helen Burness discusses the value to firm leaders in building a personal brand, and how to utilise social media to do so
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Risk aware legal innovation
Sharon Glynn, senior development underwriter at Travelers Europe, examines how law firms can successfully adopt technology and other innovations that change how legal work is conducted.
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Social life
Victoria Moffatt looks at how lawyers can effectively use LinkedIn to engage with their clients, peers and colleagues
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Post-renewal analysis: April 2021
Ryan Senior, senior vice president at Paragon International Insurance Brokers, offers his analysis of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market, and gives his top tips for your firm.
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A shift in focus: from strategy to business model
Robert Millard discusses business models versus strategy
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Returning to the office: a tough conversation for the legal profession
Ian Hodgson examines how firms can re-think their approach to office spaces to adapt for agile working
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Being transgender in the workplace: supporting the inclusion of transgender employees
In recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility, Serenity in Leadership spoke to Joanne Lockwood, a diversity inclusion and belonging specialist, to find out what we need to do to support inclusion of transgender and non-binary workers .
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Building a better firm, post COVID-19
Paul Smith, senior risk management consultant at Travelers Europe, explores how law firms can preserve the positive outcomes of the pandemic and minimise the negatives, and offers some practical tips.
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Law firm acquisitions: Looking ahead to 2021
Andrew Hedley, Andrew Roberts and Paul Bennett, look at the merger and acquisition trends to expect in 2021 for law firms of all sizes
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Questions of risk: professional indemnity insurance
Martin MacHale explains the benefits of taking the time to complete a risk management questionnaire (RMQ) for your firm, before renewing your professional indemnity insurance (PII).
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Five ways in which the legal office is changing
Law firms are beginning to recognise that COVID-19 has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reset how and where work is done. Ann Clarke, director of future workplace at Claremont, which specialises in legal office interior design, shares five ways that legal offices are changing as a result of ...
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Best-laid plans: the importance of planning for law firms
Business growth coach Karl Morris explains the strategic importance of effective planning for law firms.
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Preparing for submissions season
Love them or loathe them, the legal directories are here to stay. Victoria Moffat explains how law firms should go about preparing for submission season
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Premium matters – managing your renewal in a tough market
With the October deadline drawing near, Martin MacHale offers tips for those completing last-minute professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewals in a challenging year.
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Change is the only constant – reimagining your supplier relationships
As flexibility becomes ever more critical to success, Brian Welsh from Insight Legal looks at how relationships are evolving between law firms and suppliers, especially for legal software contracts
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Coronavirus – practical financial and tax guidance to law firms
Andrew Allen collates guidance for law firms to help them through the coming weeks and months when they face the business challenges arising from coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Professional indemnity insurance renewal – the top four questions answered
Martin MacHale answers four of law firms’ most commonly-asked questions about their professional indemnity insurance renewal
