Talent tactics
FEATURES
Sarah Bond-Williams, people and culture director at FBC Manby Bowdler, has five tips to for bringing more people with you on the change journey
Lucy Trevelyan hears the latest on how SME law firm leaders are looking to grow teams and collaborative, supportive cultures
Alisa Gray, director of learning at BARBRI, discusses the main management pitfalls to avoid in training the next generation
ISSUE IN BRIEF
Welcome to LPM September!
In this issue, we explore how law firms are reshaping their talent recruitment strategies and building strong teams and cultures to set their businesses on a long-term success trajectory. Plus, our special issue partner BARBRI shines a spotlight on the biggest challenges training the next generations of lawyers, and the key areas where firms must be mindful to overcome them.
In this edition:
- Senior leaders from Arbor Law, Paris Smith and ORJ Law outline which new approaches they are taking to attract, satisfy, and retain the new generations entering the workforce.
- Sarah Bond-Williams, people and culture director at leading Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler, shares five tips to cultivate a change-embracing culture – but not overnight.
- LPM community manager Josh Poncil, speaks to four senior law firm leaders about the importance of peer-to-peer communication and collaboration to drive long-term success.
Plus:
- Alisa Gray, director of learning at BARBRI, highlights the major pitfalls of training the next generations of lawyers, and the secret ingredients to the perfect training programme.
- Case study: Sjors Verhage, business and project manager at New Quadrant Partners, outlines how Clio’s tech solutions are helping the firm embrace a new and modern way of working.
- Actionstep explores how midsize firms have been rethinking approaches to growth, efficiency, technology, talent and more — analysing the UK, US and Australian data from its 2025 Midsize Law firm priorities reports.
- Miller Insurance Services provides two recent examples of how it provided meaningful and practical support to help firms improve their risk-management strategies.
- Andrew Hookway, managing director at Extech Cloud, shines a spotlight on the chasm between IT delivery and broader business goals.
- TA Triumph-Adler identifies three key workplace trends that are redefining how legal businesses are operating.
- Lisa Walsh at Bundledocs highlights how e-bundling software offers a direct way for law firms to streamline operations, reduce waste, improve efficiency, and demonstrate measurable progress against ESG commitments.
- James Pearse, chief technology officer at Atech (part of The Iomart Group) outlines how law firms can future-proof the partnership by building hybrid, AI-ready teams.
