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As September draws to a close we’ve rounded up our top five legal reads from this month on the Future of Law. This month’s reads look at everything from using teamwork and collaboration to help add value to your business, and creating a first-rate client experience in your law firm.

Top five Future of Law reads:

Size does matter: Small law firms gearing up for success

Following the release of the Bellwether Report, entitled, 'Is the Future Small?', we discuss our findings around the benefits of small law firms and consider the link between a firm’s size, and its ability to scale and grow effectively.

Teamwork makes the legal dream work

You are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and you have two choices, go it alone or team up?

In a competitive market, lawyers are often led to believe that teamwork »å´Ç±ð²õ²Ô’t make the dream work. But, just as with fighting zombies, the fight to keep up with client demand and the complex nature of their problems may be better tackled in a team.

In this article we address how collaboration could be the key to keeping up with the ever-changing nature of the legal profession.

Are the skills needed by solicitors lacking in today’s legal profession?

With the legal profession becoming more and more competitive, practitioners are always looking for something to give them an edge above the rest.

In our latest Bellwether report: ‘’ we found that the skills needed to help practitioners stand out may not be as difficult to obtain as you might think.

How to create a first-rate client experience in your law firm

Recent research suggests that clients are increasingly concerned about the quality of client experience and business value that law firms provide. Over the past couple of years, overall service delivery to clients has shot to the top of the legal business agenda.

In this article, we discuss how you can ensure that you have the time and resource to focus on delivering outstanding client experience to your customers.

The future of law: 4 ways small law firms punch above their weight

At 95% of the total of all law firms in the UK, small law firms currently make up an overwhelming majority of the legal market.

The Bellwether Report, entitled, Is the Future Small?, surveyed solicitors currently working at small law firms finding that small firms are becoming more and more attractive to legal professionals as their chosen employer.

With the number of small firms on the rise we consider: Could small law firms shape the future of law? And is big always better?