Is the Legal Profession Needing Consultants?

What do consultants, consult about? It’s a great question and the answer isn’t what it used to be! Sharing expertise and knowledge is no longer confined to LEGAL expertise and knowledge in law firms, legal departments, CLCs, or ALSPs. These organisations are increasingly required to solve problems holistically, use the expertise of “all” their specialists for the benefits of clients in a growing number of areas like technology, risk management, innovation/transformation, ESG and many more – “consultancy” is being redefined and reinvented in the legal world!

In this podcast, Alison Laird, Senior Director, Legal Business Advisory, Morae Global and CLI Advisory Board member explored the role of a consultant with these gurus:

• Joel Kennedy, Head of Client Projects, Lander & Rogers
• Beth Patterson, Director, ESPconnect
• Emma Peters, Special Counsel, Cowell Clarke
• Mick Sheehy, Partner, NewLaw, PwC Australia

This podcast was part of the COL-CLI NewLaw Careers Summit 2022 program on 17 May 2022.

If you would like to know more about NewLaw Careers, you’ll find loads of information in our NewLaw Careers Series here.

If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you’ll find the video in our CLI-Collaborate (CLIC) free Resource Hub here.