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 […]

Linkedin Groups for Lawyers

According to a recent study, 68% of LinkedIn users were likely to use the social media site to find a lawyer, and 94% use LinkedIn to research an attorney that was recommended to them. Social media is one of the premier ways to attract legal clientele and only continues to gain more attraction. In this constantly […]

Legal 500 Best Practice – Pointers and Tips

EMEA Deadline: August 9, 2021Editor: Ella Marshall Submit via a firm’s log in details.  Please find below questions and answers which will help you improve your upcoming Legal 500 submissions: How important is the submission in the process?  The submission is the most important part of the process and the main source of information for the Legal 500 […]