Too few firms invest in company culture
Too few firms invest in company culture Share
A concerning number of SME law firms in Australia are failing to make sufficient investments in culture as part of the business’ strategic growth, new research has found.
Cloud-based legal practice management software business Smokeball has released its State of Small Law Australia Survey, for which it interviewed 134 small law firms across Australia in February 2021, and found that a concerning number of SMEs are not taking enough time to improve their cultural environments.
Lack of investment
The interviews found that three in four (77 per cent) of SME law firms – which, as the 2020 National Profile of Solicitors noted, are the overwhelming majority of legal practices in Australia – see good culture as a strategic benefit for the business, given the flow-on consequences of increased client satisfaction, improved productivity, and business growth. Just one-quarter (23 per cent) of fi
Women solicitors outnumber men in all Australian states and territories for the first time
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There are now more women solicitors than men in each Australian state and territory for the first time, according to the latest national snapshot of the legal profession.
The 2020 National Profile of Solicitors, produced by research firm Urbis and commissioned by the Law Society of New South Wales, shows there are 83,643 practising solicitors in Australia and 53% of them are women.
This compares to 46% of solicitors being female in 2011. The proportion of women working as solicitors has gradually increased from that point, to 48% in 2014; 50% in 2016; and 52% in 2018.