This document provides seven tips to improve law firm performance and efficiency without affecting quality work. The tips are to 1) map out work processes and information flow, 2) eliminate unnecessary steps by outsourcing tasks, 3) balance client handling with other work responsibilities, 4) implement robust knowledge management practices to share information and make work easier, 5) focus by only doing core tasks and hiring others for other categories of work, 6) outsource legal work to reduce costs and ease scheduling, and 7) define service levels for clients. Adopting these tactics can help firms finish tasks faster with less effort and improve overall efficiency.
7. Step
Elimination
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Eliminate as many steps
as you can. You can use
external help for this
purpose, such as
outsource tasks to legal
professionals.
8. In law firms, Clients will
expect to meet the
lawyer, not his assistant or
any other . But if you are
busy in performing other
tasks then how you will
attend your clients? So
balance between your
work and the client
handling.
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10. Focus5
According to a study, it is
been observed that once the
person is distracted, it can
take around 20-30 minutes
on average to get back on
the task they were
performing.
So, only do what you do the
best. Divide the work into
different categories and hire
the workforce accordingly.
11. Legal Process
Outsourcing
LPOs have taken a huge
amount of legal work from
the law firms and legal
departments to ease out
their schedule and they
provide a highly controlled
system at reduced costs
when compared to hiring
any kind of in-house staff.
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12. Write down each
and every step in
detail.
Make a flow chart,
cycle, or a punch-
list.
Service
Levels
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Conclusion
Once you adopt these
tactics in your business,
you will be able to
finish the tasks faster,
with fewer efforts and
ultimately your law firm
will become more
efficient.