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VIEW FROM THE TOP: MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE FIRM IS GOING

Effective top-down communication is essential to attracting and retaining the best lawyers, argues Lynne Burdon

PARTNER RETREATS: VALUABLE FOR ANY PARTNERSHIP…

Report urges greater awareness of the impact of stress on the legal profession

Research into stress levels among solicitors has revealed a 'disconnect' between lawyers' experience of stress and their response to it.

Effective supervision: the start of a new compliance culture

The SRA's Standards and Regulations will require law firms and senior individuals to take their supervisory roles a lot more seriously, warns Tracey Calvert

How pricing is turning into a specialist role

Just as pricing is becoming an essential part of a law firm' strategy, so the pricing function is becoming a clearer position in many legal practices whatever their size, says Martyn Draper

Love your life: achieving work/life balance as a consultant

After 20 years as a partner in a large regional firm, Linda Lamb decided to set up on her own as a specialist family lawyer. She shares some of her thoughts about being self-employed

Women in law: learning from the legal pioneers

With more women than men entering the profession, the battle must move to representation at higher echelons and to unravelling a system not fit for purpose, says Dana Denis-Smith

Rise in drawings exceeding profits at mid-tier firms

A recent survey has revealed that 16% of respondents from mid-tier firms reported that partners' drawings exceeded profits for two consecutive years.