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Business Development - Strategy

Explore Datalaw’s business development online courses, specifically tailored for professionals involved in managing law firms. These comprehensive business development strategy courses are designed to equip law firms with practical tools and strategies to thrive in a competitive market.

Our online legal business development courses offer flexible learning options, making it easy to integrate training into your busy schedule. Delivered through an intuitive platform, these courses provide engaging content and up-to-date insights on business development for law firms, ensuring you stay ahead of industry trends.

Whether you're looking to improve client relationships, enhance marketing efforts, or refine operational strategies, our courses are designed to meet the specific needs of law firms at all stages of growth. Elevate your legal practice with Datalaw’s business development courses and explore our extensive selection of legal CPD courses to support your continuous professional development.

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SEO Essentials for Law Firms - Attracting Quality Work

Discover how Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) can revolutionise your law firm's online presence. This session, led by Ben Trott of Marketing Lawyers, will provide a practical introduction to SEO, equipping you with actionable strategies to increa ... See More

Datalaw Team

with Datalaw Team

89 Users Enrolled

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Free

Arrows - Strategic Planning and Entering New Legal Markets

Moving into any new market can be difficult. The investment required to get the project or new department off the ground can be very significant, and questions should be asked about the initial and ongoing outlay in the context of regulatory requ ... See More

Katie Jackson

with Katie Jackson

52 Users Enrolled

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£ 169 +VAT

How to Set-up Your Own Firm

While the prospect of opening your own law firm is an exhilarating one, it can also be intimidating – not least of gaining authorisation from the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA). After all, as a lawyer you already have a full ra ... See More

Mac Mackay

with Mac Mackay

4.8

136 Users Enrolled

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£ 70 +VAT

Completing the SRA Form FA1

This comprehensive course represents a handy guide for every applicant firm seeking authorisation or recognition from the SRA using their form FA1. An applicant firm may be a Licensable Body, a Legal Services Body or a Sole Practitioner. Recognis ... See More

Mac Mackay

with Mac Mackay

2.5

255 Users Enrolled

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£ 120 +VAT

Minding My Own Business

Whether you are a sole practitioner or are working with people you trust, you will be playing to your legal expertise strengths. But what about the management and marketing issues that you must also master in order to prosper? Delivered by ... See More

Mac Mackay

with Mac Mackay

5

217 Users Enrolled

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£ 120 +VAT

Winning Tenders

So, you have received the ‘Invitation to Tender’… Now what? Are you going to use valuable resources to no effect or focus on the right things and turn all that effort into new business? This course draws on an investigation into what makes ... See More

Mac Mackay

with Mac Mackay

85 Users Enrolled

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£ 70 +VAT

How Small Law Firms can Survive and Thrive in Post-ABS World

The recent changes in the legal services market have led to a fall in the number of law firms and the advent of alternative business structures. Some futurist ‘gurus’ tell lawyers that they need to innovate in order to survive, but you mig ... See More

Stephen Desmond

with Stephen Desmond

124 Users Enrolled

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£ 60 +VAT

How to Manage the Merger Process

Consolidation between law firms is a trend which can only gather pace given the highly fragmented state of a legal profession made up of around 11,000 firms, the majority of which are too small to be viable in the long term. However, the process ... See More

Peter Scott

with Peter Scott

115 Users Enrolled

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£ 60 +VAT

The Niche Law Firm

In recent years changes in the UK legal services market have marked the decline of the general-service law firm and the beginning of a period of growth for boutique and specialist law firms which can leverage expert knowledge in a particular tran ... See More

Sue Edwards

with Sue Edwards

5

136 Users Enrolled

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£ 60 +VAT

Outsourcing for Solicitors

Outsourcing may be considered for a variety of reasons including holidays, maternity leave and long-term illness. This course will examine why you may want to outsource and the over-riding principles of the SRA including risk assessments w ... See More

Sue Edwards

with Sue Edwards

136 Users Enrolled

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£ 60 +VAT

Tendering for the Legal Profession

Tendering can be a major opportunity for law firms to win new business or compete for larger contracts, but in order to do so, it is crucial that you understand the tender process and how to tender, as this will undoubtedly assist you and your fi ... See More

Mark Frost

with Mark Frost

3

144 Users Enrolled

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£ 60 +VAT

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SEO Essentials for Law Firms - Attracting Quality Work

with Datalaw Team

Discover how Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) can revolutionise your law firm's online presence. This session, led by Ben Trott of Marketing Lawyers, will provide a practical introduction to SEO, equipping you with actionable strategies to increase search visibility, attract high-quality leads, and grow your legal practice.Learn the SEO fundamentals tailored specifically for the legal industry, including how to optimise your website, leverage content marketing, and improve your Google rankings. Whether you're new to SEO or looking to refine you ... See more

89 Users Enrolled

Free

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Arrows - Strategic Planning and Entering New Legal Markets

with Katie Jackson

Moving into any new market can be difficult. The investment required to get the project or new department off the ground can be very significant, and questions should be asked about the initial and ongoing outlay in the context of regulatory requirements.Building on the management model ‘Boxes’ (copyright Honne Limited / Bloomsbury Professional), which featured in the Datalaw course ‘The Legal Services Market (2021)’, this course goes beyond value added strategic planning, and looks at the complicated move into a new market. With a focu ... See more

52 Users Enrolled

£ 169 +VAT

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How to Set-up Your Own Firm

with Mac Mackay

While the prospect of opening your own law firm is an exhilarating one, it can also be intimidating – not least of gaining authorisation from the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA). After all, as a lawyer you already have a full range of roles and responsibilities; is it really feasible to add setting up and running a new business to the list? This session, delivered by management expert Mac Mackay will provide viewers with an overview of the key criteria that the SRA will expect you to meet when setting up a law firm.Five ... See more

4.8

136 Users Enrolled

£ 70 +VAT

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Minding My Own Business

with Mac Mackay

Whether you are a sole practitioner or are working with people you trust, you will be playing to your legal expertise strengths. But what about the management and marketing issues that you must also master in order to prosper? Delivered by experienced lecturer Mac Mackay, this comprehensive course will provide viewers with useful tips and ideas to get a ‘FOCuS’ on the right things to keep your business balanced, show you why ‘bigger’ (more turnover) might not be ‘better’ (more profitable) and how to de ... See more

5

217 Users Enrolled

£ 120 +VAT

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Completing the SRA Form FA1

with Mac Mackay

This comprehensive course represents a handy guide for every applicant firm seeking authorisation or recognition from the SRA using their form FA1. An applicant firm may be a Licensable Body, a Legal Services Body or a Sole Practitioner. Recognised bodies and recognised sole practitioners who wish to change their legal status should also use the SRA form FA1. While every entity will have its own specific approach to its application, this course will identify the common areas than cause applicants concern and will ensure that you do not fall fo ... See more

2.5

255 Users Enrolled

£ 120 +VAT

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Winning Tenders

with Mac Mackay

So, you have received the ‘Invitation to Tender’… Now what? Are you going to use valuable resources to no effect or focus on the right things and turn all that effort into new business? This course draws on an investigation into what makes for an effective response to the invitation and will guide you to greater success. We draw on experience from many successful and not-so-successful organisations to guide our thinking – including ‘magic circle’ firms. More and more organisations are turning to ‘Invitation to Tender’ as a meth ... See more

85 Users Enrolled

£ 70 +VAT

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How Small Law Firms can Survive and Thrive in Post-ABS World

with Stephen Desmond

The recent changes in the legal services market have led to a fall in the number of law firms and the advent of alternative business structures. Some futurist ‘gurus’ tell lawyers that they need to innovate in order to survive, but you might ask how can I do this when resources are limited and clients are becoming increasingly demanding of my time? Delivered by experienced lecturer Stephen Desmond, this two part course will consider ways in which lawyers can adapt to emerging trends and position their businesses in order to thrive in th ... See more

124 Users Enrolled

£ 60 +VAT

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How to Manage the Merger Process

with Peter Scott

Consolidation between law firms is a trend which can only gather pace given the highly fragmented state of a legal profession made up of around 11,000 firms, the majority of which are too small to be viable in the long term. However, the process of bringing two or more law firm businesses together will need to be managed carefully if the merger negotiations are to be satisfactorily concluded and the resulting merger is to achieve each firm’s objectives. During this course lecturer Peter Scott will utilise his own experience of successfully m ... See more

115 Users Enrolled

£ 60 +VAT

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