Building NewLaw

John Grant has a lot of experience bringing change to law firms – or trying to. As you might expect, John has seen both success and failure in those attempts, and he brings all of those stories to his discussion with Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold.

He's seen the marketing brochures trumpeting project management tech that only five people are actually using. He's seen the lack of strong executive leadership. He's also seen individual lawyers push a new idea through a whole office, purely on the strength of conviction. In short, he has been exactly where many of our listeners are, and he has wisdom to spare.

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Lawyers that have completed the S03E06 BNL CPD cam claim a 60 minute Professionalism CPD credit.

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Peter Aprile and Nathalie Worsfold interview Jordan Furlong. Jordan is a leading global legal market analyst and the interview focuses on Jordan’s new book Law Is A Buyer’s Market: Building A Client-First Law Firm. In the interview, Jordan shares how clients are influencing the changes that law firms must make to prosper.

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Lawyers that have completed the S02E07 BNL CPD can claim a 35 minute Professionalism CPD credit.

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Aly Haji is researching what it means to be a millennial at a law firm – why they’re leaving en masse, why they find their jobs soul-crushing, and why all of this is a real problem for law firms. Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold talk to him about the stories his research is uncovering and get him to explain the unnerving results so that law firm leaders can figure out some concrete next steps to stall the exodus.

Also joining BNL for the first time is Brittany Rossler, summer associate at Counter Tax Lawyers. We dragged her in front of the mic to give her opinion as a real-life millennial working at a real-life law firm – and, spoiler alert, she gets a bit riled up.

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Lawyers that have completed the S03E05 BNL CPD can claim a 50 minute Professionalism CPD credit.

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Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Jordan Furlong, leading Canadian analyst of the global legal market.

Peter, Natalie, and Jordan discuss Jordan’s first book, Law is a Buyer’s Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm. They dive deep into the business of law, law firm (mis)management, lawyer substitutes, and how law firms need to change to meet and manage the demands of the shifting legal marketplace.

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Lawyers that have completed the S02E06 BNL CPD can claim a 25 minute Professionalism CPD credit.

• To access the S02E06 verification examination click this link.

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Seth Godin. Yes, Seth Godin!!!! S-E-T-H-G-O-D-I-N!!!!!!! We believe that outside voices are key to the legal industry evolution. And, as long time fans (...well...Stans to be more accurate), we believe Seth’s insight adds considerable value to the conversation. Seth talks to us about the “lawyer narrative”, real v. perceived fear, making art, and the future of legal industry in the connection economy.