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magazines|June 2016Allen & Overy’s Peerpoint, a signpost to a happier clients and contractors?
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WHAT'S INSIDE?
Back in black
Co-operative Legal Services explains what has changed to return it to profitability
Get better soon
Why law firms may need to improve management of wellness at work
East meets west
The team at Michelmores on how helping out a Chinese firm is also helping them
WHO'S WHO THIS MONTH
ISSUE IN BRIEF
In this issue we wanted to talk about the idea of law firms setting targets for diversity in legal business management or leadership – but not as many people wanted to talk to us about it as we’d have liked. We thought that was a bit odd, and so – as I hope you’d expect – we’re going to talk about it anyway.
In this issue, Briefing meets the leaders of Allen & Overy’s flexible resourcing model Peerpoint, and hears, among other things, how exploring alternative career paths, possibly involving less traditional work patterns, could have a part to play in the diversity battle. But, of course, that’s just for the lawyers – what about all the others who make up a client-facing team?
CONTRACT SKILLERS
Allen & Overy’s Peerpoint prides itself on offering clients an enticingly efficient model of doing business – but is it also a vision of every firm’s future?
SILK-SMOOTH SUPPORT
Rare is the UK law firm uninterested in China’s advances – but only Michelmores has helped a Chinese firm to open here
CLOUD JUDGEMENT
Eric Sugden, chief technology officer at Thomson Reuters Elite, says cloud technology isn’t just perfectly safe – it’s a competitive advantage
