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Book SynopsisThe global pandemic and simultaneous economic disruption is accelerating many challenging trends for law firms across the globe with unprecedented velocity. Law firm leaders, individual practitioners, C-level law firm executives, bankers and clients are all faced with growing uncertainty about the future and are looking for resources to help navigate rapid change. This book, edited by Peter Zeughauser of Zeughauser Group, will provide valuable insights and guidance on these trends and how best to embrace and harness them for continued success. It brings together world-renowned, skilled experts with different perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that have arisen in the last few years, and continue to increase in importance. Key issues covered include: •Why and how to revisit your strategy plan; •Effective client relationship management during a crisis; •Wellbeing of partners and the workforce; •How to leverage social responsibility and pro bono programmes; and •Diversity and inclusion. This title will also consider the impact of remote working on the profession, including how to build a stronger culture with a remote workforce, how to reduce your real estate costs and how remote working has impacted innovation and decision making.
Trade ReviewA brilliant, insightful and timely compilation providing indispensable, innovative, and groundbreaking ideas for addressing critical issues in a rapidly changing world. This book is an indispensable resource for any current and future law firm leader seeking to navigate current and future global challenges successfully. -- L. Song Richardson
Accelerating Trends in Law Firms is the essential manual for law firm leaders in the post-pandemic era. The topics are timely and cover all of the critical issues impacting law firms today - talent management, maintaining a culture with remote working, racial equity in law firms, and wellness. I know this is a book I will come back to over and over again and I am eager to share it with others on my management team. -- Melissa Jones
Table of ContentsPreface ______________________ 5 Peter Zeughauser Zeughauser Group How to revisit your strategic plan in the wake of the pandemic ____________________ 7 Peter Zeughauser Zeughauser Group Talent management trends in post-pandemic law firms __ 27 Jennifer Bluestein Perkins Coie LLP How firms can successfully build culture remotely_____ 49 Naomi Beard Nelson Naomi Beard & Associates The accelerated pursuit of racial equity in law firms__ 99 Tiffani G Lee Holland & Knight LLP Building client relationships in a hybrid world _________ 113 Michelle Holford Slaughter and May The new normal: remote working, billing and law firm activism______________ 137 Alex Dimitrief Zeughauser Group Pro bono post-pandemic: our evolving commitment to serving others _____________ 151 Sara Andrews Lisa Dewey Anne Geraghty Helms DLA Piper How firms are leveraging technology and data to drive strategy, efficiency and client relationships___ 171 David Cunningham Reed Smith COVID-19’s impact on lawyer innovation and decision making___________ 185 Randall Kiser DecisionSet® Law firm real estate: emerging considerations in a post-COVID-19 environment ______________ 201 Matt Brainard Savills Tiffany Winne Stream Realty Partners Effective financial management post-pandemic_____________ 215 Thomas P Fitzgerald Winston & Strawn Well-being of partners and the workforce ________ 227 Eric Ho Health for Success About the authors_________ 251
