Law firms, in order to create lines of succession, need to empower younger attorneys to take leadership roles. That is how they learn, and the associate's slide demonstrates how tone, culture and expectations can be set throughout a law firm — not just by those sitting in the executive ranks.
In an economic downturn, the easy option is to conserve and preserve cash by reducing headcount and slashing external vendors. And in the wake of recent layoffs by law firms, corporations, professional services and legal tech companies, it seems almost second nature to join your peers when the financials aren't looking so good. But is this in fact the right thing to do, especially if you want to grow?
Marketing leaders on the front lines talk about the evolution of law firm business development, and what's happening with the all-important event — in-person or online gatherings for clients and prospects.
A well-crafted bio is a critical marketing tool that can position you as an experienced professional who can solve the problems that matter to your potential clients. Attorney bio pages are one of a law firm website's most important and viewed sections; therefore, yours must be well-written and encompass your work and the work you want to attract.
the word "invest" was top-of-mind for many law firm leaders, particularly when it came to Managing their equity partner ranks. Even as demand and profits fell in 2022, Am Law 100 firms increased their equity ranks by 1%.
One of the lessons we learned — or should have — from the pandemic was that, from a market share perspective, if companies are not visible and in front of customers, it is hard for them to retain existing clients and prop up market share
Someone may think we are exceptionally kind, funny and compassionate, but may not be assured we can accomplish a client's goal, in which case they will be hesitant to refer business to us. So, how do we begin to inspire trust and confidence in the first meeting?
An integrated communication strategy can increase the effectiveness of an organization's communication efforts by enabling targeted messaging, maintaining brand consistency, leveraging multiple channels, measuring results and responding effectively to crises.
While General Counsel are becoming involved in more areas of the business, especially as a result of COVID, their core responsibility remains enterprise risk. The conversation at a recent general counsel panel at the Southern California Marketing Partners Forum examined the evolution of the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel roles, especially in light of increasingly lean staffs and support and the ways in which outside counsel may be well-positioned to help bring more resources, more support, and more collaboration to the relationship.
It's not your grandmother's legal marketing department. It's not even your mother's. For a marketer focused on media relations, the journalistic landscape is very different now and it affects the practice of media relations. For just as legal marketing departments have been growing, newsrooms have been shrinking. So what's a lawyer and her PR guy to do?
