The Law To Know

Portal four

Legal Management and Careers

Knowing the law is one job; running a matter, a practice or a career is another. This portal gathers what we have today and shows what is coming: managing a firm, budgets and talent, and the paths from the first job to the bench.

  • Run matters

    The Legal Clinics take a whole client matter from first meeting to closing letter.

  • Price and manage

    See where a matter's money goes and how to price work you can stand behind.

  • Find your path

    Law schools, ways to qualify, and the interview itself.

Running matters

Learn management by running real-feeling matters.

  1. Legal ClinicsLabWhole client matters worked stage by stage under a supervisor. One matter is free to try.
  2. Matter Economics and PricingCourseSee where a legal matter's money goes and price work you can stand behind.
  3. The Client ConversationCourseBuild client relationships that last, from the first meeting to the closing letter.
  4. Starting a Law FirmCourseNew, Legal Management. Whether to start a firm, positioning, structure and regulation, the numbers and a plan, setup, winning the first clients and the first year. With a Firm Break-Even Calculator.
  5. Hiring and Keeping PeopleCourseNew, Legal Management. Why people decisions matter, recruiting fairly, selecting well, onboarding, managing performance, retention and ending employment fairly. With a Hiring Scorecard and a Retention Check.
  6. The Firm’s MoneyCourseNew, Legal Management. How a firm makes and loses money, pricing policy and billing, cash flow, getting paid, budgets and measures, tax and profit-sharing, controls and resilience. With a Cash Forecast.
  7. Leading a Legal TeamCourseNew, Legal Management. What leadership is in a legal setting, setting direction, decisions and decision rights, building a team, leading change, culture and ethics, and leading yourself. With a Decision Rights Builder.
  8. Working in a Large OrganisationCourseNew, Legal Management. The in-house world, understanding the business, stakeholders and influence, running the legal function, managing outside counsel, risk, compliance and ethics, and your in-house career. With a Stakeholder Map.

On the drawing board

  • Marketing and business development for lawyers.
  • Regulation, data protection and AI in practice, as a management course.

Careers

Where to study, how to qualify and how to get hired.

  1. Law Schools Around the WorldReferenceFind law schools by country.
  2. Bar AdmissionReferenceHow to be admitted to practise, by jurisdiction.
  3. Exam preparationExam PrepEvery qualifying exam we prepare you for.
  4. Legal Job Interview SimulatorSimulatorPractise the interview for a legal job.
  5. Life as a Practising LawyerCourseNew, Legal Careers. What attorneys, solicitors, barristers and advocates really do: the profession, where lawyers work, a real week, duties and conflicts, the craft, the business side and choosing a path. With a Conflict Check, a Billable Target and a Role Explorer.
  6. Life as a ProsecutorCourseNew, Legal Careers. What a prosecutor really does: the duty to justice, the file, the charging decision, disclosure, the courtroom, pressure and the path in. With a Charging Decision Worksheet, a Disclosure Review, a Caseload Triage and a Role Explorer.
  7. Life as a JudgeCourseNew, Legal Careers. What a judge really does: independence and impartiality, the week, finding the facts, law and reasons, running a hearing, ethics and the path to the bench. With a Standard-of-Proof Meter, a Reasons Checker, a Court List Planner, a Recusal Check and a Role Explorer.
  8. Life as a ParalegalCourseNew, Legal Careers. What a paralegal really does: running the file, the limits of the role, research and chronologies, documents and review, deadlines and the path in. With a Task Boundary Check, a Chronology Builder, a Document Review Coder, a Deadline Calculator and a Role Explorer.
  9. Life as a MediatorCourseNew, Legal Careers. What a mediator really does: the neutral role, the stages, the skills, positions to agreements, ethics and safety, the settings and the path to a practice. With an Issue Trade Finder, a Mediation Suitability Screen, a Settlement Agreement Checker, a Mediator Practice Planner and a Role Explorer.
  10. Life as a NotaryCourseNew, Legal Careers. What a notary really does: the trusted witness, identity, capacity and free will, certificates and deeds, fraud and liability, running the office and the path in. With a Document Route Planner, a Signing Screen, a Notarial Certificate Checker, Transaction Red Flags, a Notary Office Planner and a Role Explorer.

On the drawing board

  • More career-path courses, each with working tools, for lesser-known roles such as court clerk, legal secretary, compliance officer, legal operations and the enforcement roles.
  • A jobs board.

Looking for something in another area? The other three portals are on the front page: Foundations of Law, Law and Data, and Interpersonal Skills.