Insights
The Insights series draws upon our collective consulting experience to address topics that we consider of current interest to the senior management of law firms.
Time For New Metrics
Over the past two decades a number of metrics have become standard benchmarks of…
Scale Counts
Because legal markets around the world differ so markedly – in terms of scale…
Allocating Scarce Resources
Like most other businesses, law firms face limits on the availability of internal resources.
Segmentation Of International Work
There has been a dramatic increase in the creation of global firms in the last decade…
The Challenge Of Efficiency
In the IT industry many companies use Moore’s Law, a reference to the density…
The Changing Role Of Partners
150 years ago The Origin of Species was published. Although Charles Darwin’s work…
Client Feedback
Law firms invest significant resources in evaluating past performance. Predictive indicators of performance – identifying what is likely to occur and providing insight into why – are if anything of greater value. Consumer product and other market driven companies invest in market and customer research. Law firms have the opportunity to do the same through client interview programs.
Successful Mergers
The legal industry is going through an extended period of growth and consolidation.