Practice ManagementFED

Legal practice management guidance, practical tips, and valuable insights, providing everything a lawyer needs to organise and run an efficient and profitable law firm.

The detailed commentary contains a wealth of knowledge on most aspects of legal practice management, including:

• Ethics;
• Solicitor/client relationship;
• Employer/employee relationship;
• Matter management tools;
• Risk management issues;
• Client communications;
• Costs disclosure and billing;
• Employment including recruitment, training, and retention;
• Financial management.

This publication can help firms make money – and reduce the stress levels of all team members. It is an excellent starting point for those interested in creating a strategic business plan for a new or existing law firm. Also included is the comprehensive Legal Practice Health Check Tool, which allows a firm to readily assess its current performance and set goals for future development.

The related reference manual 101 Staff Handbook contains most of the policies and procedures a small law firm will need. These policies can be adopted completely or used as a framework to establish others. Lawyers can subscribe to this amazing resource today and take control of their legal practice’s future.

Precedents provided with this publication include:

• Library of retainer instructions;
• Library of position descriptions;
• Suite of relevant staff forms;
• Example invoices incorporating notification of client’s rights for each jurisdiction;
• Example policies, business plan, and mission statement;
• Suite of financial management precedents.