MD Communications, the leading reputation consultancy for law firms, today launched its annual ‘What lies ahead’ report to assess the risks and opportunities facing the global legal sector in 2024. The report canvassed a broad cross-section of the industry, including managing partners, general counsel, marketing officers and recruiters. Common themes...
Last month at the IBA annual conference in Paris, Partner and Head of PR Katherine Howbrook took part in the ‘BD Superpowers and how to harness them’ panel session to discuss data-driven thought leadership. Joining Charlotte Ford, Senior Manager of International BD, Strategy & Relationships at Charles Russell Speechlys, Eve Starks,...
How can you build resilience to overcome obstacles and achieve goals? Our most recent webinar, the first in our revamped resilience series, examined this issue with expert insight from the cast of the original session. Launched in 2021 during the pandemic, our series looked at emotional wellbeing, shame, perfectionism and addiction,...
Director of Content Anthony Notaras discusses how law firms should embrace data driven white papers as a key part of their content strategy, particularly if they look beyond the law. Our attention spans might be shorter than they once were, but for law firm thought leadership, a deep and data-backed dive...
Our CEO Melissa Davis looks at why pro bono work is an essential part of your firm’s business strategy. UK Pro Bono Week 2023 is coming to an end, with many firms shining a light on the voluntary work they do in the legal profession. But why would you want...
Partner Linsay Leslie and Client Relationships Director Julia Hepner consider how directories have a wider sphere of influence than you might think, and provide their expert advice for law firms and marketing teams. Our colleague Anthony Notaras, seasoned legal journalist and former Legal 500 researcher, recently wrote about legal directories, death...
Communications Director Katy McEwen-Smith explains how in-house teams can support their lawyers on social media. LinkedIn is the ultimate marketing and personal brand tool, so it should be part of your arsenal as an in-house marketeer. However, your firm’s lawyers are key to this – what they post on their personal profiles...
Digital and Content Director Emma Maule has been quoted in an article in The Times, on the Bar Standard Board’s new guidance for barristers using social media. The article, written by leading legal journalist Catherine Baksi, highlights that there has been a steep increase in complaints to the regulator about social...
In his bi-monthly column for Law360, Partner Steve Rudaini outlines useful tips for lawyers when writing articles for the media. “There is more to it than writing an article and having it magically published by a magazine, newspaper or website, no matter how well it has been penned,” notes Steve. Steve explains...
As some firms receive the embargoed UK Legal 500 rankings, our Director of Content and legal directories expert Anthony Notaras discusses why BD and communications teams should harness that surge in partner interest and take the pain out of the next submissions round. Happy Directories Day everybody! Particularly to those UK-based lawyers, and BD...
