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ISSUE IN BRIEF

Law firms continue to invest in nearshore hubs in new UK cities – but will they also change the whole business for the better? As Big Law process centres pitch up in Newcastle and Leeds, Briefing hears nearshoring opportunities for firms stretch further than cost savings.

Lower-cost centres in high-talent cities sound like a no-brainer, but there’s a lot of work involved before the legal work even starts.

 

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WORLD-CLASS RESOURCING

Rupert White talks to Hogan Lovells’ HR leader Kay Willis about creating worldwide people strategies, resourcing tomorrow’s international firm and how law firms scale to match a global client base

PEOPLE STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE

Nicola Laver explores what leading HR directors are doing to meet the challenges of growing internationalisation and the need for very different skills, while they remix the way work is resourced and find the right people to lead tomorrow’s legal business. Is this HR’s biggest challenge yet?

MIXING IT UP

Paul Tilling, strategic projects manager for LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions outlines why integrating a strategic HR management approach with technology that reaches firmwide is now vital for legal businesses with serious international aspirations

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Learning and career progression in the AI-enabled law firm

AI's having an important impact on training and performance assessment

Rachel Woodburn
director of knowledge at Travers Smith

Moira Slape
chief people officer at Travers Smith
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Innovation: an indispensable mindset

Innovation is an indispensable mindset for success

Andy Wansell
Chief operating officer at Harbottle & Lewis