This one-day programme presents a positive likely future for legal practices and provides partners with a guide to creating it. I will discuss in detail
what the next 5 years is likely to look like and why. We will discuss likely changes and opportunities that will arise from them.
During the day we will discuss strategies and tactics that firms are using now to thrive and future proof.
EMERGING TRENDS—THE LIKELY LEGAL LANDSCAPE 2017-2022
›› What the data indicates
›› Summarising the ‘futurist’ future, recent publications, podcasts and legal media
›› Optimistic alternatives
›› Disruption and disintermediation
›› Likely winners and losers
EMERGING EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
›› Structuring and productivity
›› Changing the dominant model
›› Productivity and profitability
›› Making incentives work
EMERGING PARTNERSHIP ISSUES
›› Generational change within partnerships
›› Changing expectations and values
›› Managing entitlement
›› Sharing systems that encourage balance and diversity
FUTURE PROOFING
›› Coping with commoditisation
›› Price driven
›› Disruptor driven
›› Managing and building your brand
›› Developing and maintaining inimitable, trust based client relationships
›› Spreading the message of a positive future