Lean Adviser Legal

September 13, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Innovation Series, Part 1 When it comes to legal innovation, clients aren't satisfied by impressive metrics or even testimonials. They look for specific benefits to them, measured in terms of quality, value and outcomes. So it's worth understanding what a legal innovation is, and what types clients value.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Lean Adviser

What young lawyers want — particularly young associates — is to connect. They want interaction, mentoring and meaningful engagement with partners, and indeed with clients. Many would say they don't care what time of the day, or day of the week, what they most cherish is connection and access.

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July 19, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Just go ahead and say what you're planning to do. It might feel strange, even counter-intuitive, but go ahead and share. Next time you're speaking with your client, either about the get-go on a new assignment, or at a milestone moment, have the conversation. Tell them the plan, the expected outcome and the likely cost.

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3 minute read

July 12, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Risk Series Part 4 It's not that AI will replace lawyers, but rather that lawyers who use AI will replace those who don't. So yes there are risks, and no, they're not fully understood. But as generative AI develops, the risks will decrease, and the benefits of carefully implemented, monitored and reviewed AI will outweigh those risks.

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July 05, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Risk Series Part 3 Our profession is a minefield of risk, and the frequency and severity of malpractice claims grow year-on-year. Insurers live at the very end of the process. They exist to clean up the mess when it goes wrong. As we shall see in this lesson, that gives them a very different perspective on risk from law firms and attorneys.

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3 minute read

June 28, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Risk Series Part 2 Try to think of the client as a business partner, not a potential predator. Instead of looking inwards at the potential risks for the firm, look outwards at the risks attendant to the project from the client's standpoint. Try to understand their risk appetite, advise through that prism and help the client navigate those risks.

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June 21, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Risk Series Part 1 When we talk about the importance of specializing in your client, we always stress the need to understand your client's risk appetite. There are two elements to this: 1) enterprise risk tolerance; and 2) the personal risk appetite of the GC.

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3 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Treating the partner as a client is a key aspect of the business of law for students to learn. Partners or clients (let's just call them work-givers) will always have their counsel-of-choice. That's the space you always want to live in, to be the go-to.

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May 31, 2024 | Lean Adviser

With the rise of lean law, more and more lawyers are coming to understand the critical value of curiosity. Legal project management starts with scoping, for which the key attribute is curiosity.

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May 24, 2024 | Lean Adviser

Generation Gap Series Part 4: Culture Law firm cultures have become more associate-friendly, and young associates have embraced this and found it easier to assimilate.

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