Legal Sector Resilience

In our first podcast with our Community Partner, Azets, our host Emma and her guests Katherine Broadhurst and David Holden, share their first-hand knowledge of the operational and financial challenges that law firms in Wales face – and what lies ahead. In this whistle stop tour of some of the key trends and issues currently affecting legal practices, we also explore the corporate transaction market in Wales and our guests from Azets share their own experience of consolidation and what the legal sector can learn from other industries. Azets works with legal firms on a daily basis on matters impacting their own financial performance and position and those of their clients, supporting all to achieve their desired outcomes. They also collaborate with lawyers on both sides of corporate transactions, succession planning and consolidation. For more information on the Azets team in Wales, click here. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

This episode is ideal for residential conveyancers as we speak to the founders of Welsh-born ntitle - the multi-award winning title investigation specialists. Nicola Davies and Nicola Ashley launched ntitle in 2020, to simplify the title investigation process, to support conveyancers and empower them to do more for their clients, without the added strain of time-consuming title investigation work - often undertaken on evenings and weekends. Our Editor, Emma Waddingham, is joined by the founders to discuss what adds value to the work of conveyancing teams - from practitioner wellbeing to client care - and what's next for ntitle, the only UK company to offer a specialist, legal process outsource service in title investigation. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

This episode of the Legal Sector Resilience podcast is with PEXA and it's ideal for property lawyers in Wales. It's one we’ve been looking forward to hosting to explore how PEXA aims to transform the remortgaging and home buying process in Wales and England and specifically its support for law firms and lenders in Wales. With James and Heather from PEXA, I explore what the solution offers to professionals and consumers, and how PEXA addresses the many challenges conveyancers face and help them empower clients via the consumer experience. There are around 420 law firms in Wales, 80% of which are small to medium sized firms, with nearly all of those offering residential property services to consumers. It’s a valuable sector to the Welsh Government for many obvious reasons and so it makes sense for us to help identify the solutions aimed to bolster conveyancing professionals, to help them compete locally and nationally. PEXA is the latest community partner to join Legal News Wales and we are delighted to share contact details with law firms looking to engage and explore opportunities made by being the first in the queue to speak to the PEXA UK team. For more information, visit pexauk.co.uk or contact the team via uk@pexa.com.au. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

IDEAL PODCAST FOR JUNIOR / ASPIRING LAWYERS! In this episode, Emma Waddingham, Editor, Legal News Wales, is joined by Ella Watts, award-winning founder of the Ladies of Law network. Ladies of Law aims to empower, support, empower and celebrate all women in law, at all stages of their career. It's nationwide success earned Ella an Inspirational Women in Law Award in 2022. Shortly after, Ella's career shifted from working within the law, to supporting those who work in the sector, and she is now a rising star at legal recruitment specialists TSR Legal. Expect to hear about the challenges of making career-changing decisions, why networks are so important and how you can reach out for support when you're having a career wobble - or just want to check in that you're on the right path in law. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

In our latest episode, Emma Waddingham, Editor of Legal News Wales & Damon Rands, CEO, PureCyber aim to can the jargon surrounding cyber security, to help the legal sector make sense of what's important when it comes to keeping their data safe and reassuring clients. Understand the common mistakes, and gain the strategy to get your law firm cyber confident and resilient. Damon is known for his passion for raising awareness and understanding of cyber security at all levels, demystifying the jargon and improving confidence and resilience across businesses. PureCyber is proudly Welsh grown, with a global reach. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

As 2022 draws to a close, Emma Waddingham, editor of Legal News Wales, invited Karen Jones, Director of our exclusive legal recruitment partner TSR Legal, to join her for a chat; to understand how law firms have approached recruitment this year - what’s been different, the challenges and achievements of the Welsh legal sector (and why it's a victim of its own success), and what she thinks employers and candidates should consider over the winter break as we head into the new year. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

Are you charging for the value you add? In the second episode of our Legal Sector Resilience podcast, we explore a fundamental element of legal services - putting a price on the value lawyers and law firms add, and having the confidence to charge for it. From the client's perspective, their 'outcomes' are based on the problem you solve for them - so if value to the client isn't a time-based measure, and they are happy to pay for the value you bring, why are law firms not considering value based pricing? Emma Waddingham, Editor of Legal News Wales speaks to Shaun about Value Pricing which, he says, is no more than having a conversation with a customer and agreeing a price that is fair to both the customer and the law firm, a price that reflects value for both parties. We discuss why law firms should adopt Value Based pricing, bust some myths on the subject and explain how your law firm can start working on an essential project that can fuel cultural change, lawyer satisfaction and business resilience. For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.

The legal sector in Wales made great gains with the during the pandemic but to sustain the pace of change to help build thriving, competitive and resilient law firms, those investing in tech need to feel confident their investments by knowing wha's best for them, and where to look for help. In our first Legal Sector Resilience Podcast, host Emma Waddingham, Editor of Legal News Wales, speaks to Ieuan Leigh, CEO, Validient to help SME law firms in Wales identify their process problems and the solutions that can help. Spoiler alert: you might not always need a tech solution! For more information and signposting, visit the insights section on legalnewswales.com and use the 'Legal Sector Resilience Podcast' filter.