Women In Business Law Awards Now Open

hat is happening?Once again, Women in Business Law Awards is here, and now open!What do they generally want?They are asking firms to provide evidence of their developed programs and practices regarding gender diversity, innovation, diversity, mentoring, talent management, and pro bono work. Firms should provide their most complex and interesting policies and initiatives in the research […]

How to choose client referees for international submissions?

Client references are a critical component of the research. Our number one tip here to choose the most effective and the most current/active client referees would be to choose clients who:  Speak to the client referees:  •          to get their approval to include their names;  •          to let them know that a directory researcher will be calling/emailing them […]

Diversity and the Legal Industry

While gender equality has been under the spotlight in recent years, despite some tentative steps forward, the legal industry has been slow to catch up. Increasingly, various global companies are paying close attention to law firms’ diversity and inclusion and are opting to work with those who mirror their businesses and share their values.  The […]

IFLR1000 Submission Deadline and Preparation

In preparation for the 2022 IFLR1000 submissions, Galit Tassi, Submissions Department Manager, met in London with Danielle Ngwana-Joseph, the new EMEA editor at IFLR1000. Ahead of the February 24th deadline, we draw your attention to a few key points about this year’s research. Important to know what is new this year There is a new […]

2022 Submission Season Underway – Tips and Insights How to Prepare

“By Failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin Preparing for submission season for both your lawyers and business support can be annoying distraction, from actual fee-earning work, especially in these challenging COVID times. Here at Nishlis Legal Marketing, we take the pressure off, navigate you through this process, and maximise your chances […]

IFLR European Awards 2022 – Coming Up

Coming up are the IFLR European Awards- you will be able to submit for the following categories and all the templates are attached below:  * Deal of the year (click here to template)* Team of the year (click here for template)* National law firm (click here for template)* Rising star lawyer of the year (click […]

LMG Life Sciences Awards – Coming Up

Coming up are the LMG Life Sciences Awards EMEA – you will be able to submit nominations for leading practitioners and deals within your firm’s Life Sciences practice. The research cycle opens December 9, 2021, and closes January 27, 2022.A Recap of What the LMG Awards are: LMG produces one of the most respected awards programs for life sciences […]

Lawyers: Leading with Empathy

“Soft skills” have been wrongly labelled as such, for some time, overshadowed by the legal and technical abilities professionals have developed – effectively, the very education they paid for, in sweat, time and tears.  But just as in medicine, where doctors must learn about “bedside manner,” lawyers must not lose sight of their own empathy, […]

Legal Directory Submissions: don’t you just love writing them?

No one, accept us, likes to write legal directory submissions – period. Between Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR1000, and different legal directories that seem to keep popping up like daisies, we seem to be continually swamped in a pool of confusion that detracts us from our daily work, and somehow always seems to fall in the middle […]

Things all lawyers should do on LinkedIn

There are over 660 million LinkedIn users around the world. LinkedIn has become one of the premier ways to network, update clientele, and to develop professionally. As LinkedIn continues to grow, it is important for lawyers to use all of the site’s resources to advance as an individual and as a firm. Here are some […]