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Genes, Society and the Future Volume 3

The Business of Law 2009

Available APRIL 2009

ISBN: 978-0-86472-653-7
Product Code: 0740
   
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Professor Stephen Mayson, contributing Author to The Business of Law 2009, discusses the business of law behind todays legal profession.
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“This report will not only provoke debate about the shape and future of the legal industry in New Zealand, but also stimulate better business practice amongst legal professionals. ...the legal profession in New Zealand and those it serves will be much better off as a result”

- Simon Tupman, Managing Director, Lawyers With A Life Ltd

The Business of Law 2009 (2nd edition) is the latest, most comprehensive report on the state of the business of law in New Zealand. It provides an in-depth analysis of the trends affecting the legal profession, supported by relevant demographic, statistical and financial data.

The underlying message in this report is clear: the legal industry globally is changing rapidly and New Zealand is not exempt. While developments may pose some threats to long established legal markets, they will also create new opportunities. Those lawyers who are alert to these developments and are ready for change will thrive. Those who are not may not survive.

CONTENTS

AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION

  • Fiscal overview - listing the Top 20 in NZ by estimated annual billings, partners and lawyer numbers PLUS regional law firm benchmarks by Law Society District
  • Legal services reform
  • Getting the culture right

THE PRACTICE

  • Are there too many lawyers?
  • How the profession is changing?
  • Legal equality by 2015?
  • The silent revolution: legal departments growing at the expense of external lawyers
  • Is recovery rate an ‘expense’?

CLIENT CARE & THE LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS ACT 2006

  • Client care? Yeah right
  • It’s official. Lawyers care. But how is this working in practice?
  • One Society and ADLS opt out. Angst or opportunity?

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

  • The most pressing issues facing in-house leadership
  • Do local authorities spend locally?
  • Local authority legal teams: lean, starved or captive?

WHAT DO CLIENTS THINK?

  • Types of law firms expected to change
  • Selecting law firms: top 6 criteria
  • Lead law firms compared with their competitors
  • Hourly billing
  • Legal services procurement

PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS

Contributions also include the internationally-renowned consultants and authors Stephen Mayson and David Maister.

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