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The single most important factor in making law firms profitable
In my time advising and helping manage law firms, I have twice been asked the question: “What is the single most important factor in making law firms profitable”? Both times I was asked by a firm’s Managing Partner, so it was clearly important to them and equally...
Practice Makes Perfect
Cathy Kirby offers tips on changing Practice Management Systems in a recent feature in PI Focus from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Changing your practice management software - or any part of your major business applications - is not a decision that...
In-house trainer to consultant
Today I find myself reflecting on my first 3-months as a consultant. I’m thinking about how much I have grown in my knowledge of systems, my self-confidence, and how important IT Training is!
Working through a real-life cyber breach – Roundtable webinar Wed 14 Sept
Register now – Roundtable webinar | Working through a real-life cyber breach – Wednesday 14th September 12.30 -2.00pm
Talking tech with David Baskerville
As part of British Wills and Probate Awards sponsor Exizent's new Judges Insight series, David Baskerville, Director & Lead Consultant, Baskerville Drummond LLP, discusses the challenges he faces in encouraging technology adoption across legal services, how...
Mimecast & Cyber Security Roundtable Webinar – Tue 9 Aug
Join us on 9th August for the latest in our series of roundtable webinars.
Ways training can help lead to a successful rollout of an IT System
When a new software application is rolled out to a firm, training is needed. Everyone knows and agrees that some sort of training is required, but depending on who you ask, the next questions will have different answers: When should training be included in the...
LawNet delivers big on community feel and conference value
As LawNet’s preferred IT consultancy, there was no way that we would miss taking up our place at this year’s LawNet Conference at the Celtic Manor. Despite its enforced absence due to the pandemic, the event returned with a real bang, firing on all cylinders with its...
Briefed – Issue 8
Welcome to the latest edition of Briefed, a handy digest of all the recently published articles, news and blogs from Baskerville Drummond.
The risks and dangers of the private equity treadmill
The legal IT press seems to be full of news of Supplier A purchasing Supplier B or Supplier C receiving more funding via a funding cycle. I’m not normally one for commenting on such things publicly but the other week I saw a post on LinkedIn from an employee of a company receiving another significant slug of private equity funding (PE), describing the investment as an “incredible success story”.
Baskerville Drummond retains top banding in 2022 Chambers guide
Baskerville Drummond is delighted to announced that it has retained its Band 1 rating in the 2022 edition of Chambers and Partners’ LawTech Consulting guide.
Baskerville Drummond gets in training
Baskerville Drummond has announced the addition of Beccy Scobell to its consulting team.
Guest blog: Increasing Productivity in law firms…
Future Focussed In the series of articles entitled, ‘Making law firms more profitable’ Richard Wyatt looks at three ways in which law firms can become more profitable. They are to: Increase fee earner numbers Increase profitability per fee earner Reduce overheads...
Law firm tech and the adoption dilemma
Adoption of technology is so much more than training, projects comms and problem management. It needs to get to the heart of what it means for the people in an organisation that will be using the new technology, day in and day out. In this article, I’ll explain what I think technology adoption means and the ways we can address it.
Making law firms more profitable – Part 4: Real life profit improvements
This is the last of this mini-series on law firm profitability and how to effect serious improvements in Net Profit. The previous articles illustrated that there was only one sound way to improve law firm profitability, which is to improve fee earner productivity. You...
Making law firms more profitable – Part 3: The Fool’s Errand
So far in this mini-series, we have looked at two ways of increasing law firm profits. Firstly, by only increasing fee earner numbers, and Secondly by making fee-earning staff more productive, i.e., they produce more Income, per fee earner, per annum. We concluded...
Client Snapshot: Endeavour Partnership
Endeavour was just over halfway through a 3-year contact with its managed service provider (MSP) but the firm did not feel it was receiving an ideal level of service and support, particularly in respect of on-site assistance, even before the pandemic broke.
Making law firms more profitable – Part 2: Increasing Fee Earner Profitability
This is the second in a little series of short articles, where we are looking at what is the best way to make law firms more profitable. In the previous article, we mentioned that there are three main ways to increase profitability. They are: Increase fee earner...
Making law firms more profitable – Part 1: What are our options?
It’s a given that law firms would like to be more profitable. But how do we become more profitable? In the following series of articles, I shall point you to the key issues that you need to address to make your firm more profitable.What are our options? Luckily the...
Focus 365 – Staying focused on Microsoft 365
We wrap up our Focus 365 series with some considerations to take away around Microsoft 365 governance and adoption. For example, how will you encourage lawyers to move away from the tools they have used for years and adopt Microsoft 365 toolsets instead? Likewise, how...
Briefed – Issue 7
Briefed – Issue 7 Welcome to the latest edition of Briefed, a handy digest of all the recently published articles, news and blogs from Baskerville Drummond.Why not read our other issues of Briefed?
Client Snapshot: Buckles
Project type Practice management system selectionScope Buckles was looking at a PMS to replace its long-standing SOS solution. With an ambitious growth target – to double in size by 2025 – and a multi-currency requirement, the firm was ready to move on from its...
Focus 365 – Automation
Here’s the third in our new series presented by Nigel Stott that takes a more in-depth look at key aspects of M365 to help law firms learn and adopt with more confidence.
The shape of things to come?
David Baskerville gets his crystal ball out and offers up his thoughts on the year ahead for the practice management market – and the likely impact on firm strategy in 2022.
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