Practice Management


Legal LinkedIn users report trolling and “sexual comments”

12 February 2025

Two-thirds of legal LinkedIn users received harassing, negative or ‘troll’ messages or comments, with 35% receiving “sexual comments” on the platform.


Law firms need to prepare for different demands of Gen Z lawyers

7 February 2025

Law firms need to start adapting to the concerns and motivations of ‘Gen Z’ as they begin to enter the workplace, an International Bar Association report has warned.


Axing apprenticeship funding “a disaster for the legal profession”

6 February 2025

Scrapping government funding for Level 7 apprenticeships would be “a disaster for the legal profession and have a highly negative impact on social mobility and diversity”.


City law firm puts focus on helping clients use AI

6 February 2025

A City law firm is putting a focus on “helping clients understand the potential” of AI, with a new tool which acts as a “custom-built AI layer” for them.


Law firms switch indemnity insurers in “more plentiful” market

5 February 2025

The proportion of law firms switching insurer for lower premiums at last year’s October renewal rose significantly with capacity “much more plentiful”, with good signs for this year too.


Law firm sustainability leaders “do not have knowledge they need”

24 January 2025

Only 38% of law firm ‘sustainability champions’ – individuals chosen by firms to lead green initiatives – have the knowledge they need to fulfil their roles effectively.


ESG moving up agenda as mid-sized law firms seek growth

23 January 2025

Mid-sized law firms are focused on growth but recruitment troubles risk holding back their plans, according to new research who showed they were taking ESG more seriously too.


More than third of clients do not instruct same firm for new work

22 January 2025

Fewer than two-thirds of consumers who needed legal services more than once used the same firm, according to new research.


“Rapid uptake” of AI by in-house lawyers to manage litigation

16 January 2025

There has been a “rapid uptake” of AI by in-house legal teams in the past year, with four out of 10 adopting it for the first time to manage litigation.


Share payout for staff as national firm takes private equity cash

20 December 2024

National insurance and commercial law firm HF has become the latest to take private equity investment, with all staff to receive payouts due its existing share scheme.

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Containing the spread of unapproved AI

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