How Modern Tools Accelerate Training & Recruiting at Your Firm

Ease the burden of recruiting and training staff with simple systems that streamline your practice.

Law Firm Recruiting and Training Trends

To gain a competitive edge in today's legal market, it's crucial to understand how to both attract and retain talent at your firm.

Canadian Lawyers’ survey of 347 Canadian Law firms showed that law firms considered recruiting and retaining staff as the top economic challenge in 2024, with 36% of legal professionals rating this as their top challenge.

Canadian Lawyers’ survey of 347 Canadian Law firms showed that law firms considered recruiting and retaining staff as the top economic challenge in 2024, with 36% of legal professionals rating this as their top challenge.

In another recent study, the 2024 Thomson Reuters State of the Canadian Law Firm Market, noted that 59% of lawyers they surveyed saw attracting and retaining talent as a moderate to significant challenge.

This means there is room for a lot of improvement in bringing in talent, retaining new lawyers, and helping them with professional development.

Training Systems: One office, one system, one process

Without a consistent system, there will be no consistent training.

If you anticipate expanding your firm and bringing in new lawyers, but you have no system,

this is a major challenge when it comes to effectively training your staff. By establishing one set system of tools, you set a standard at your firm that will keep your reputation consistent.

It may hurt your law firm in the long run if each lawyer is meant to fend for themselves with the experience they brought in. If a lawyer comes in with a foundation of poor mentorship and no standard set of systems, this will impact your practice.

Surprisingly, some lawyers today don't even use a Scott Schedule for their property distribution calculation - this is a red flag not only for your law firm, but for clients as well. Clients need clear guidance on how you come to your conclusions, and lawyers need efficient tools to do so.

Modern tools accelerate training

Having a system and a set of standard tools that are designed for your specialization are essential if you want to embody efficiency and clarity at your firm. Tools like Divii can do this, and the Divii for Lawyers team can even come in and train your staff on how to use its automated agreement system.

By choosing one consistent system to use across your law firm, you establish a standard of excellence that communicates that you value your associates and want to set them up for success.

Mentorship is also crucial in a lawyer’s professional development. By setting up your office with efficiency and automation, you can have more time to dedicate to mentoring and coaching lawyers at your firm. Modern tools are easier to learn than traditional methods, as well as easier to teach, and easier to adopt - this makes mentorship clearer and efficient.

Simplicity helps overcome change management hurdles

You don’t have to establish a complex structure to your systems, but when you map out the process-consistent tasks that are in every case, it helps to choose the right tools for you and your firm.

Divii for Lawyers is designed with simplicity in mind. Buy-in likely won’t be a challenge when associates find out you can be trained to use Divii in under 10 minutes and that it dramatically reduces drafting and calculations for agreements. This is the kind of fast adoption and efficiency that will not only help you establish buy-in and one consistent system across your firm, but help train your staff in record time.

Organization makes every firm run smoother, which takes less stress off you and gives your associates the confidence they need to create an elevated client experience that generates referrals.

Modern firms using cutting edge tools can attract talent

Reputation is everything when attracting new lawyers to your firm. An outdated office with little to no tech adoption shows that not only will new lawyers not be set up for success, but compared to firms who have set up their office with modern technology, they will be starting at a disadvantage.

This competitive advantage puts offices with late adoption in the margins. You can show potential new associates that you not only care about growing your firm, but you care about supporting them with the best possible tools and mentorship.

Conclusion

Modern legal technology not only sets you up for success, it helps make training and recruiting easier. Investing in legal tech, means an investment in your associates, your firm’s reputation, and your operational efficiency.

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