3 Ways Your Legal Processes are Wasteful
Here we introduce a framework for identifying waste in legal processes and provide 3 common examples we see in our work with law firms.
How to Improve Legal Processes: Step 1- Define the objectives and scope of the project
This is the first in a five part series of articles providing practical advice and tips on undertaking a Process Improvement project in a law firm.
How to Improve Legal Processes: Step 3- Process Analysis
If the purpose of the last stage (Assess Current State) was to find out “how does the process currently work?” then the purpose of this stage is to answer the question
How to Improve Legal Processes: Step 4- Defining the Future State
We’re now at the stage of the project, where we start to really focus on the future and the desired state of a particular process.
5 More Ways Your Legal Processes are Wasteful
In our previous article we introduced the key concept of reducing waste within legal processes. Here we look at five more ways your legal processes are wasteful.
Commoditisation of legal services: The mistake most firms are making
Commoditisation is “the process by which goods or services that have economic value end up becoming simple commodities in the eyes of the market or consumers.”
You don’t get to decide if your clients see your legal services as a commodity!
Law firms – where to focus innovation, improvement and legal tech efforts
“Never automate a bad process” is a rule-of-thumb I’ve worked to for many years. The natural order should be; Simplify, Standardise, Improve. Then, and only then, Automate.
The number 1 missing ingredient from Legal Tech projects
Why do so many Digital / Legal Tech projects in law firms fail to deliver meaningful benefits?
As well as all of the causes listed above, there is an added complication with improvement projects in law firms.
Legal services are complex…
Strategic Legal Process Improvement
This blog explains how process improvement can be used as a strategic tool – it’s far more than just tinkering with the way things are currently done.
Commoditising legal services
To commoditise or not to commoditise… that is the question. Or is it?
I’ve been working and speaking with law firms for many years now and it is rare that a meeting goes by when the concept