31. What Are Associates For?
Having established what clients are for, we ask what attorneys are for. Again, firms who get this right will navigate the downturn far better than those who don't.
July 01, 2022 at 12:06 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Lean Adviser
There's nothing quite like a sudden downturn to cause law firms to stop in their tracks. This is where we are, and firms are paying attention. In tandem, we're running this mini-series on how to navigate it. Lesson 4-29 was about the power shift from associates to clients, and how savvy firms are focussing afresh on service delivery.
In the previous lesson, we separated commodity firms from professional service firms, by asking one fundamental question: what's your attitude toward clients? This established, unsurprisingly, that professional service firms are truly client-oriented and will be the destination of choice for clients with shrinking demand.
This lesson closes out the mini-series by asking the next logical question. Having established what clients are for, we ask what attorneys are for. Again, firms who get this right will navigate the downturn far better than those who don't.
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