Could This Be the Era of Client-Centricity?
To understand what clients really want is to appreciate that it has no downside for clients. On the contrary, client-centricity and elevated service only lead to happy outcomes for law firms. This approach improves matter profitability and RPL, reduces malpractice risk and leads to repeat business.
What Does ‘More-for-Less’ Mean?
On its face, more-for-less appeared to law firms like a demand for more work product at less cost, i.e., lower hourly rates. law firms did not respond by providing more work product at lower cost. The closest they came was fixed price deals, some risk sharing and a selection of freebies and value adds. Meanwhile they hiked rates.
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For many of our readers it’s self-evaluation season. The obvious question is where do you start? Should you just dive straight in and write your magnus opus? Here’s a better idea, your home for legal practice guidance is always Lean Adviser, and here is our killer checklist for completing your self-evaluation form.
47. If Clients Won’t Buy Your Knowledge, What Will They Buy?
With the rise of generative AI, legal, knowledge is becoming worth less, and will become worthless. If GenAI-empowered clients won’t need to buy knowledge from lawyers, what will they buy?
46. Legal AI Can Be Your Assistant or Your Assailant
AI Series Part 4What will the people in the legal AI ecosystem actually do? That is, how will lawyers and LPM (legal project management) professionals operate together to solve clients’ problems?
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AI Series Part 3Legal AI doesn't understand your client’s problem. You do. Without you, legal AI will just answer the wrong question more efficiently. Legal AI is a large language model. That’s its strength — and its limitation.
44. How Will Legal AI, Law Firms and Attorneys All Co-Exist?
Legal AI, LPM, Lean Adviser and the other transformative solutions are all built on a generic “cake mix” basis. They are “white label” products which law firms can adapt in their own image and brand accordingly. Some magic circle firms are investing in their own proprietary AI solutions, others will rent and modify, but the raw ingredients are just that, raw.
43. The Big Weakness of Legal AI
Artificial Intelligence Series Part 1Clients love legal Gen AI because it tries to practice the way they want. This is the piece we all need to understand. The aspiration of Gen AI in legal is to deliver better outcomes through efficiency, effectiveness and continuous improvement. If this sounds familiar, it’s because this is exactly what Lean Law offers.
42. Elections Are Good for Big Law, Just Don’t Get Too Close
Legal services thrive on uncertainty. What regulations are coming and how do those within that affected industry need to respond? What do changes in the regulatory scheme mean to me? What do I need to do now to be ready for changes in policy and compliance enforcement? All of these require help and advice from lawyers.
41. Unleashing Your Creative Lawyer
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