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The 27th Smith & Williamson law firm survey in association with The Lawyer, shows an increasingly confident sector, with 97% of respondents reasonably or very confident about the business outlook for their firm, up from a combined 80% in 2020.
Workplace culture can be a powerful glue that holds teams together. It can also be fragile, and it needs to be nurtured. The Brief finds out how law firms can maintain their values and ensure consistency across their teams.
After more than a year of predominantly working from home, teams are now beginning to return to office premises in greater numbers. How are legal firms managing this transition and what might the “new normal” look like in the long term? The Brief finds out.
Together with Law.Com International, Smith & Williamson’s analysis of the latest set of filed accounts for the top 50 UK law firms for 2019/20, suggests that despite the pandemic arriving just before their year ends, they still felt the seismic effects.
The Brief finds out, and hears about the impact of government policy on the financial wellbeing of criminal defence specialists.
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Health focus: The Brief asks how lawyers have managed to keep in shape and finds out about the importance of good nutrition as we return to more normal ways of working.
A recent report painted a mixed picture of the sector’s performance during 2020. What do its findings mean for the profession, and how do they compare to the experience of individual firms?
Career progression: What does it take to rise to the top in the legal profession?
Productivity: How are lawyers really getting on with remote working?
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