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Navigating Through a Changing World
DECEMBER 2025 - JANUARY 2026
This is the time of year when many law firms scan the horizon, sometimes in hope, sometimes in near desperation, searching for growth opportunities.
Why do so many of these initiatives frequently produce disappointing results or sometimes even fail altogether, especially for small and midsize firms?
In most instances, the answers can be traced back to weaknesses in, and in some cases the complete absence of, a strategic business case for the initiative. This issue of Walker Clark Worldnotes examines these all-too-common flaws and their implications.
Sustainable Profitability in Law Firm Operations
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2025
This issue of Worldnotes is about risk — ones that should be obvious but are overlooked, as well as those that lurk beneath the surface of law firm operations.
One of the most important, but also possibly the most subtle and insidious underlying cause of disappointing profitability in many law practices today is weak or, in a surprising percentage of firms, non-existent policies and procedures to identify and manage risks. The risks can be financial, service-related, or professional, but, in the end, they all affect the bottom line.
Navigating Through a Changing World
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2025
This issue of Walker Clark Worldnotes considers the characteristics that changing market conditions, advanced technology, and increasingly sophisticated and demanding clients will require for a law firm to continue to be successful — indeed, even to survive in some cases.
But how will these “future-leading” law firms get there? We also outline a proven methodology that already is helping law firm managers worldwide to lead and manage profound changes in their law firms.
Sustainable Profitability in Law Firm Operations
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2025
This issue of Walker Clark Worldnotes examines three often overlooked ways to improve the profitability of your firm’s internal operations by 10%-18%, or more, by working smarter, not harder.
