Human Resources resources

In recent years, we have found that more and more law firms are taking a greater interest in how timekeepers spend their time when they are not billing.

This month we take a cross-topic look at risk management, from how outcomes-focused regulation will affect PII, to how firms can turn processes into compliance. Interview: A&O’s head of risk and compliance, Heather McCallum, talks to Briefing about how risk is changing in today’s top firms, and why globalisation and client needs are driving grander changes than local regulation can ever make. Feature: The first year of the rest of our lives? Philip Hoult reports on how a new regulatory environment is yet another challenge to today’s law firm risk management leader – and how the legal industry is changing to adapt.

From 1 January 2012 the ILFM launches it’s new Diploma course packages. Listening to students we created a clearer price structure from the outset of their studies and also make it easier to gain authorisation from their employers.