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77 pieces across four shelves and nine hats. Filter by shelf, hat, topic, or priority.
Workflows, handoffs, waiting points, process consistency, and operating design.
Get matter visibility in 30 daysSign up to read →
From 'I don't know where the work is' to a live view of every open matter, owner, and status.
Running a weekly matter reviewSign up to read →
The half-hour meeting that catches dropped matters and renegotiates priorities.
Building a simple matter management systemSign up to read →
Without buying software. Status, owner, milestones, and a working review cadence.
Matter audit sheetSign up to read →
Not a replacement for PM software — a diagnostic. Pull every active matter into one sheet to surface what your tool isn't showing, run the weekly review, or bridge the smallest firms before they buy software.
Matter duration benchmarksSign up to read →
Median and upper quartile for common matter types — and the three places duration usually leaks.
Matter closure disciplineSign up to read →
How to make sure closed matters actually close — fees collected, files archived, CRM updated.
Matter status taxonomySign up to read →
The six statuses you actually need. No more, no less.
Matter closure checklistSign up to read →
What to do before a matter leaves the active pipeline.
Active matters per fee earnerSign up to read →
Healthy workload vs. overflow, by seniority and practice area.
Killing the three biggest admin drains→
Where fee-earner time really goes — and the sequence to reclaim it that doesn't require new software.
Standardising the five most repeated jobsSign up to read →
The week-long exercise that turns ad-hoc work into documented, delegable steps.
SOP templateSign up to read →
Eight-section, two-page format. Objective, trigger, steps, owner, handoff, exception, instrumentation.
Admin vs fee-earner timeSign up to read →
How much of a fee-earner's day goes to non-billable admin at small firms.