LEAP Legal Podcast

The Overcoming the Skills Shortage podcast explores this once-in-a-generation threat to law firms. In this podcast, LEAP Legal Software's Global Communications Lead, Wenee Yap, speaks to legal experts to find out how technology and flexible work practices can help overcome the skills shortage and work smarter, better and faster.

The Overcoming the Skills Shortage podcast explores this once-in-a-generation threat to law firms. In this podcast, LEAP Legal Software's Global Communications Lead, Wenee Yap, speaks to legal experts to find out how technology and flexible work practices can help overcome the skills shortage and work smarter, better and faster.

The Overcoming the Skills Shortage podcast explores this once-in-a-generation threat to law firms. In this podcast, LEAP Legal Software's Global Communications Lead, Wenee Yap, speaks to legal experts to find out how technology and flexible work practices can help overcome the skills shortage and work smarter, better and faster.

The Overcoming the Skills Shortage podcast explores this once-in-a-generation threat to law firms. In this podcast, LEAP Legal Software's Global Communications Lead, Wenee Yap, speaks to legal experts to find out how technology and flexible work practices can help overcome the skills shortage and work smarter, better and faster.

The Overcoming the Skills Shortage podcast explores this once-in-a-generation threat to law firms. In this podcast, LEAP Legal Software's Global Communications Lead, Wenee Yap, speaks to legal experts to find out how technology and flexible work practices can help overcome the skills shortage and work smarter, better and faster.

The Overcoming the Skills Shortage podcast explores this once-in-a-generation threat to law firms. In this podcast, LEAP Legal Software's Global Communications Lead, Wenee Yap, speaks to legal experts to find out how technology and flexible work practices can help overcome the skills shortage and work smarter, better and faster.

To do a good job, you need to enjoy what you do. What gets most in the way of lawyers loving their work? Administrative disorganisation, a lack of standard procedures, and failing to set clear client expectations. What you can do to love what you do.

Consciously choose which areas of law you would like to be known for. Specialisation is essential, but select areas that are complementary, and able to weather economic downturns. Only through effective specialisation can you hope to build a quality reputation and attract referrals from clients - and even better, other lawyers.

As John Lennon famously said, “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.” To succeed, you need a plan to build your firm as a business. To do more than just practise law. If you do some business development every week, at the end of the year, you’ll have done 52 things to improve your business.

Picture this: You call your lawyer for the sixth time, unable to get through the previous five times. He finally picks up, and after some rummaging, says, “I can’t find your file! Can I call you back?” No client would take that call. Don’t be that lawyer. Digitise and organise your client information so it is instantly accessible to everyone in your firm, whether you are in the office, in court, with a client, or working remotely. It’s the kind of service your clients expect.