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25 February 2022 / Dominic Ayres
Issue: 7968 / Categories: Features , Profession , Career focus
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Getting ahead in legal marketing

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How to succeed & advance in the world of legal marketing: Dominic Ayres offers some valuable insight
  • Understanding and adapting to the particular challenges of the legal industry is vital for marketing professionals.
  • Knowing your clients and engaging relevant stakeholders is critical for success.
  • Career advancement requires continuous personal development and a flexible outlook.

If you are considering a career in legal marketing or have recently moved into the industry from a business-to-consumer (B2C) organisation, it is important to understand some of the critical differences to adapt and develop your career in the industry.

Law firms face a particular challenge in that their ‘product’ is typically their people providing a service (and so is intangible). Most marketing degrees focus on tangible products in a B2C environment; however, the legal industry is more challenging because advisers are tasked with marketing and creating opportunities to advise clients. Furthermore, you have to work with a variety of stakeholders.

The lawyers you work with are often highly educated and are sought after

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Milan Devani

Kennedys—Milan Devani

Chief information officer appointment strengthens technology leadership

Maguire Family Law—Hannah Barlow & Sophie Hughes

Maguire Family Law—Hannah Barlow & Sophie Hughes

Firm strengthens Wilmslow team with two solicitor appointments

DWF—Ian Plumley

DWF—Ian Plumley

Londoninsurance and reinsurance practice announces partner appointment

NEWS
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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