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Social media dinotopia in law law land

This article was first published in The Global Legal Post 27 April 2012 entitled “Connect and survive” and is reproduced with kind permission. Social media is not just a place for people to share their holiday snaps or keep up with celebrity gossip, says Chrissie Lightfoot. Business lawyers need to get chatting and tweeting or risk extinction. [...]

April 27, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Don’t mind me, I just like legs.

This article was first published in The Global Legal Post 9 April 2012 entitled “Women Lawyers: A pain in the head” and is reproduced by kind permission. There’s a perception that the glass ceiling has been shattered by successful female lawyers. It’s wrong, I say — women are still smashing their heads and much vital [...]

April 9, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Farewell to the oil age

This article was first published in The Global Legal Post 31 March 2012 and is reproduced by kind permission. Law firms can no longer hope to survive on providing legal advice alone. If they are to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven era, they must add value in the data field – as well as being [...]

April 1, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Lawyer shelling: lies, damned lies and collective wisdom

This article was first published in the Law Society Gazette 27th March 2012 and is reproduced by kind permission. In a legal world flush with lies, damned lies and frightening statistics in relation to ‘lawyer shelling’ (my crude terminology for expulsion and even possible extinction of our treasured profession and the comfortable roles we once [...]

March 28, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Grinch Lawyer Syndrome?

What the client wants for Christmas and why “Brand,You” will always trump “Brand,Firm.” This article was first published in the Law Society Gazette 23rd December 2011 and is reproduced by kind permission. As Christmas comes but once a year, I’d like to share with you now a simple verse: ‘And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet [...]

December 25, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

The Two Faces of The Law

First published (edited version) in Legal Futures 1st September 2011 With the plethora of reports and blog posts of late whizzing around cyberland in relation to online legal document and service providers, legal innovation, the law firm business model and the future of the legal profession I reckon we’re transitioning toward ‘two faces of the law’. [...]

September 1, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Indecent Proposal On Wall Tweet

As lay-offs continue to sweep through Wall Street I got to thinking about our legal world and the movie Indecent Proposal. There’s a thought provoking and inspiring line spoken by Demi Moore at the very start of the film. She is reflecting on her (film) husband’s view that ’a life without risk is like no life [...]

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Frustrated Lawyers R Us. Plan ‘B’ Mutiny?

‘The sun is out… the sky is blue… there’s not a cloud… to spoil the view… but it’s raining… (doodle doodle doom)… raining in my heart.’ You may recognise the lyrics from a song. I’m referencing it in relation to how all you frustrated lawyers out there may be feeling right now. Whether you’re frustrated [...]

September 2, 2010   Posted in: Marketing, Sales & Innovation  One Comment