Upcoming Webinars
We offer regular, free webinars covering a range of topics relevant to lawyers and business services professionals working in law firms.
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Each webinar runs for 60 minutes with time for Q&A.
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Select from the available timeslots below to register.
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Invites will be sent from hello@thelegalmba.com
Constraints to Profitable Growth
During this 60 minute webinar we'll cover the following topics:
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The six constraints to profitable growth
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Strategies to tackle these constraints
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Next steps to start putting these strategies into practice
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This webinar is ideal for Partners, M&BD and Commercial Finance Professionals within law firms, looking to unblock profitable, sustainable growth.
The Work Expands
Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
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With AI compressing the time it takes to complete certain tasks, but increasing the time it takes elsewhere - what does this mean for work overall and the time available we have to complete it?
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​​Join Dr Brennan Jacoby, founder of Philosophy at Work, and James Markham, founder of The Legal MBA, in this free, 60 minute webinar where we will discuss:
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The challenge: Why AI efficiency is more nuanced than it seems
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Building the solution: Applying commercial judgement to AI-enabled work
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The skill most needed: The role of critical thinking in navigating judgements in the AI age
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A tool for the journey: driving long-term efficiency with the PAUSE framework
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​This webinar is ideal for Learning & Development Professionals and Partners interested in the impact of AI on ways of working within law firms.
Scaling a Commercial Skills Programme
During this 60 minute webinar we'll cover the following topics:
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What a commercial skills programme should look to achieve
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How to reflect different role requirements within a programme
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Options for delivering a programme effectively at scale across the firm
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This webinar is ideal for HR, L&D and Commercial Finance Professionals within law firms, responsible for developing lawyers' commercial skills.
Webinar Recordings
Access recordings of previous webinars below.
No email registration is required.
The Importance of Commercial Skills for
Lawyers in Law Firms
During this webinar we'll cover the following topics:
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Why commercial skills are so important for both law firm performance and lawyer wellbeing
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How commercial skills are essential to tackling current challenges, such as the impact of AI
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What barriers stop firms from improving commercial skills
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How to improve the commercial skills of lawyers with The Legal MBA
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This webinar is ideal for HR and L&D Professionals responsible for developing lawyers within law firms.
The Impact of AI on
Law Firm Commercial Models
Whether AI is ultimately a threat or an opportunity for your firm will depend on how you adapt your commercial models around pricing, operations and growth.
During this webinar we will cover the implications of AI-driven efficiency on:
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Pricing strategy,
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Productivity, and ultimately
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Law firm profitability and PEP
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This webinar is ideal for Managing and Senior Partners, CEOs, COOs, CFOs and Commercial Finance Professionals
considering the wider impact of AI on their business model.​
Pricing Legal Services in an Inflationary Environment
Some firms have adapted to the inflationary environment of recent years - responding to higher input inflation in fee earner salaries with commensurate increases in rates and prices.
But other firms are struggling, and the threat of AI only adds to challenges ahead.
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Recent trends in legal services prices,
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How firms have responded to this structural shift
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What AI might mean for future pricing
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This webinar is ideal for Partners, Commercial Finance and Pricing Professionals considering the impact of inflation on the pricing.​
Why Good Firms Underperform:
How to Create a Growth Flywheel
Growth seems simple in theory - deliver more of what clients want and the top line will grow accordingly.
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But in practice, good firms struggle and underperform.
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In this free webinar, we will discuss:
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The importance of generating demand and pricing to sustainably grow a legal practice,
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Practical tips on how to successfully develop new business, and
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What clients are asking from their firms
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Join Graham Archbold, founder of specialist market research firm Chorus Insight; Joanna Gaudoin, Business Development consultant and trainer, and founder of Client Wise; and James Markham, co-founder of The Legal MBA - offering commercial skills training for lawyers.
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This webinar is ideal for Business Development Professionals and Partners interested in sustainably growing fee income within their firms.​