Legal Directories Training
Trainings and consultations (Online)
About your trainer, Alexander Dillinger
- Advising law firms/patent attorneys on working with directories and rankings since 2004.
- Managing Partner of Law Business.
- Clients of Law Business include DLA Piper, Freshfields, Taylor Wessing, and others.
- Publication of ‘Compass Law Firm Rankings,’ the world's first book on law firm rankings, 2015 in the publishing houses CH BECK / Stämpfli / Manz.
Trainings Overview (Click to go directly to the training you are interested in)
Training “Legal Directories for Lawyers”
Content
- What is the structure of a successful submission for, e.g., Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, etc.?
- How to organize yourself for a submission.
- How to recognize the important content within a matter.
- How are client referees properly selected and managed?
- How to approach your client referees.
- How can the submission process be designed to be as time-saving as possible for lawyers?
Duration and structure of the training
- Participants can be partners, associates, and other legal staff involved in submissions.
- One training session will last 1 ½ hours.
- A maximum of 5 people are trained in one session.
- Participants will receive a presentation on the named subject.
- The presentation will include examples of proven successful submissions.
- The training is conducted via MS Teams in English.
Training "Legal Directories for Marketing Managers"
Content
- How to write a successful submission for, e.g., Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, etc.
- This applies to both the matters and all other contents of a submission.
- Setting up and leading an efficient control process for handling submissions.
- Communicate with directories regarding extension of deadlines and client referee management.
Duration and structure of the training
- Participants can be marketing staff in law firms tasked with collecting data and writing/finishing submissions.
- One training session will last 1 ½ hours.
- Up to 5 people can participate.
- After the presentation of the relevant information, examples are worked through immediately afterward.
- The examples are taken from proven successful submissions.
- The training is conducted via MS Teams in English.
- DLA PIPER: "...highly recommend the Law Business team."
- FRESHFIELDS: "...know the material very well,...impressived our equity partners."
- TAYLOR WESSING: "...know the legal market excellently ."
Chambers and Partners Insight Report Analyses
Content and structure
- Law firms often find it difficult to derive useful improvement strategies from the Insight Report.
- Law firms send their Chambers Insight Report to office@lawbusiness.de no later than 2 days before the booked date.
- During this consultation, I will analyse your Insight Report and provide you with clear recommendations for improving your submissions.
- After the consultation, you will receive a written analysis of your Chambers Insight Report.
- This consultation is for the analyses of one Chambers Insight Report for one legal field / one jurisdiction.
Duration and structure of the training
- The consultation will be for one hour.
- You can send the Insight Report beforehand but it is also possible to anlayse the report via screen share.
Consultation: Directories Sales Offer Evaluation
Content
- Directories and rankings, such as Chambers, Legal 500, MIP IP Stars, etc., send numerous sales offers to law firms.
- During this consultation, you will discover which sales offers are useful for your law firm.
- Specific sales offers that you have received can be analysed and evaluated during the consultation.
- You can also receive general guidelines for evaluating sales offers.
Duration and structure of the training
- One consultation session will last 1 hour.
- Two customers can participate in one consultation.
- The training is conducted via MS Teams in English.
Directories and Rankings General Consultation
Content
- General consultation about all topics concerning directories and rankings, such as Chambers, Legal 500, MIP IP Stars, etc.
Duration and structure of the training
- The consultation will be for one hour.
World's first book on law firm rankings by Law Business MP Alexander Dillinger, published by C H Beck / Manz / Stämplfi - in cooperation with Chambers, Legal 500 and ThomsonReuters
Law Business Managing Partner Alexander Dillinger, in cooperation with prominent directories such as Chambers, Legal 500 and ThomsonReuters, has written the world’s first book on the subject of law firm rankings – the “Compass Kanzlei-Rankings”.