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Summary

Increased competition, the emergence of Alternative Business Structures (ABS law firms), and rapidly changing client attitudes and behaviours, the legal industry is almost unrecognisable today compared with ten years ago. Despite these seismic changes, only one in five of the respondents we surveyed for our Bellwether report felt that more significant change would be needed within their firm to keep pace with the world around them.

The evolution of law is beginning to outpace those firms making only conservative changes and rewarding those moving with the times.

The Bellwether Report 2018 explores how law firms can swap confidence for progress and drive meaningful growth in a client-driven marketplace.

Topics Include:

• Confusing complacency for confidence

  With many of the same challenges plaguing the legal industry today as five years ago, is the confidence exhibited by solicitors warranted? Or are they mistaking business as usual for the promise of future success? Why is compliance for law firms still a top challenge and how can you become more efficient in your role as a COLP and/or COFA?

• Client-driven marketplace

  Client driven pressure on solicitors to behave more like service providers could have an impact on both fee structures and on quality of service. But to what extent?

• The skills for success

  Cracks are starting to appear in the industry due to external pressures and an internal lack of the skills required for success.

• A solicitor鈥檚 stature

  The traditional role of a solicitor is being threatened by clients who measure success by their own metrics. Now in its sixth year, the Bellwether Report continues to break new ground in exploring the dynamics and rapid changes that are taking place in the legal industry and within law firm structures.