Walker Clark works exclusively with the legal profession.
We have advised more small and medium law firms in more countries than any other legal management consulting firm.
Each member of our team has decades of hands-on experience in the legal profession or international business.
We deliver practical advice, not academic theories, to help each client get the best results.
Since 2002 - 22 years of service to the legal profession worldwide
strategic implementation
We help lawyers worldwide to develop well-informed, realistic business and marketing strategies. We continue to work with our clients to help them get the best possible business results on their strategic investment of time, effort, intellect, and resources.
strategy, mergers and acquisitions, crisis management, and more...
leadership for a changing legal profession
Managing a law firm is not like herding cats. With one of the most respected and experienced leadership consulting services in the legal profession, we lead our clients away from the junk science and management myths to develop effective leadership skills that anyone can master.
individual leadership assessments, senior leadership counseling, law firm governance, and more...
profitable operations
We help law firms identify and capture the "low hanging fruit" in their internal operations, to make smarter investments in their people, and to build long-term sustainable profitability.
comprehensive management systems review, profitability diagnostic, quality assurance, risk management, and more...
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Wisdom in Law Firm Management
a new book by
Norman K. Clark
and
Lisa M. Walker Johnson
How can ancient Eastern wisdom transform the management and performance of modern law firms worldwide?
Chapter 2
The Middle Way through Impermanence and Change
In the legal profession, change is often viewed as a disruption—something to be managed, controlled, and minimized. Lawyers are trained to anticipate risks, mitigate uncertainty, and create stability-enhancing structures. However, what if the assumption that change can be controlled is flawed? What if the key to thriving in a constantly shifting professional environment lies not in resisting change but in using it?
Walker Clark LLC continues an exclusive advance serialization of this ground-breaking new book, to be published in June 2025.
Click here to continue the journey.
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services for IP law firms worldwide
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Demystifying IP Outsourcing: What to Outsource?
a 25-minute free video
co-produced by
Walker Clark LLC
and
Intricate Research
How should an IP practice decide which, if any, of its internal operations to outsource? Norman Clark and Gaurav Khandelwal offer some practical guidance for IP practices everywhere.
As we at Walker Clark have been meeting since January 2025 with clients and professional friends worldwide to discuss their priorities and concerns for the next 12 to 24 months, many of them – across the world and the political spectrum – have used the same phrase to describe their anxiety about the uncertainties that lie ahead: “How can we Trump-proof our firm?”
In this post, Sarah Max offers some suggestions.
Responsible Lawyering
Fundación Fernando Pombo, has launched a project to identify globally best practices in responsible lawyering and to promote them amount the legal profession worldwide.
The team at Walker Clark LLC enthusiastically endorses this effort and urges you to complete a survey that the foundation currently is administering. The survey takes approximately two minutes to complete, but you probably will be thinking about the questions it asks long afterward.