How Effective Planning Helps Lawyers Succeed

How Effective Planning Helps Lawyers Succeed

Planning your day, week, and time is crucial for excelling as a lawyer because it helps you manage your workload effectively, prioritize tasks, and maintain a high level of productivity. Regularly reviewing plans and assessing productivity helps lawyers identify areas...
My Top Tips For Lawyers When Engaging New Clients

My Top Tips For Lawyers When Engaging New Clients

Efficiency is crucial in the legal landscape, particularly for South African lawyers who navigate the complexities of the industry. However, we need to pay more attention to planning and organising ourselves to make it easier. Here are my top tips for lawyers. To...
How to become a Legal Project Manager in South Africa

How to become a Legal Project Manager in South Africa

If you are a legal practitioner in South Africa seeking to expand your knowledge into project management, there are now more opportunities available to you. In the past, candidates had to gain experience in roles involving project work and expensive international...
The Value in value-based pricing models for law firms

The Value in value-based pricing models for law firms

Introduction Value-based pricing is the new kid on the block for many law firms. However, it is statistically proven to be the model which shows the highest level of client retention. So, why are we not using it? The problem with the billable hour is that many clients...
Avoiding Wastage in your Law Firm

Avoiding Wastage in your Law Firm

Wastage is the number one issue in service-based businesses, including law firms. Wastage is a result we see when there is a weak interaction between the system, process and people, and it hampers progress.  How do you grow and scale?  Let’s begin with...
Legal Work: Accurate Stakeholder Identification & Management

Legal Work: Accurate Stakeholder Identification & Management

In legal practice, effectively identifying and managing stakeholders plays a vital role in executing legal work excellently. As a lawyer and legal project manager, it is essential to understand the theory behind stakeholder management and harness its advantages...