How SME Law Firms can tackle the 2025 legal skills shortage with LEAP

The legal landscape is evolving and SME law firms face an ongoing skills shortage that threatens long-term viability. With Gen Z and Millennial lawyers bringing different career expectations and experienced professionals moving toward flexible working or retirement, firms must evolve to attract and retain talent.

Breathing new life into firm data – read more with Litera

Remember a time before legal professionals worked on computers? Barry Solomon certainly can. Litera’s vice president of M&A integration began his career practicing law at a major law firm, becoming the first lawyer there to use one — igniting a love for technology and a lifelong mission to break down siloed ways of working in legal.

Disloyal lawyers: has the partnership track officially lost its lustre? – find out more with LexisNexis

Landing a job at a top firm and working your way up to partner used to be the lifetime career goal for most lawyers.

New skillsets in AI-driven law firms – find out more with Advanced

Artificial intelligence, once a distant futuristic concept, is now decidedly shaping the legal landscape. Gone are the days when a law degree and years of experience alone guaranteed a successful career in the legal field.

Iridium case study: BCLP redesigns legal work allocation to improve associate career development and support hybrid working for optimised client delivery

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) will redesign how work is allocated across its litigation practice in North America, supported by resource management specialists BigHand.

Iridium case study: BCLP redesigns legal work allocation to improve associate career development and support hybrid working for optimised client delivery

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) will redesign how work is allocated across its litigation practice in North America, supported by resource management specialists BigHand.

Minerva: How to ensure your law firm is attractive to the millennial purchaser

Millennials are now aged between 25 and 40. And as this group makes its way up the career ladder, the millennial pound is strengthening as the generation enters its prime spending years. As such, millennials should be a target customer group for most legal businesses.

Legal Eye: How do we cut risk and reduce the time in conveyancing transactions?

The property industry has been looking at ways to speed up transactions for the whole of my career and it is safe to say there is no golden bullet or one component that will solve all our problems.

Quill: What is legal cashiering, why do law firms hire cashiers, and should it be your next career move?

A legal cashier has the vital responsibility of handling all the finances of a solicitor’s practice or law firm. The term ‘legal cashier’ is in common use in England and Wales, however, descriptions such as legal accountant, financial controller, or legal accounts manager are also variously used.