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17 June 2020 / Grania Langdon-Down
Issue: 7891 / Categories: Features , Opinion , Profession , Covid-19
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Marketing after lockdown

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As firms scramble for position post‑lockdown, effective marketing is crucial. Grania Langdon‑Down speaks to the experts
  • Highlights importance and value of return on investment (ROI).
  • Marketing & PR professionals offer views on how legal marketing will change after COVID-19.

As the lockdown starts to ease, measuring the effectiveness of marketing initiatives will be mission critical as law firms and barristers’ chambers seek to position themselves in a business landscape fundamentally changed by COVID-19.

In a special report for NLJ, lawyers and legal marketing and communications professionals consider what lies ahead in this ‘unchartered period of global change’ as everyone comes to terms with working in a more virtual world.

ROI: Return on investment

How will legal professionals measure what may be a better value marketing mix but one which is ‘frustratingly less human’? Will business travel be changed permanently as people see the potential benefits for the planet and family/work life balance?

However, amid the uncertainty, all agree that measuring the success of marketing initiatives through return on investment

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Firm awards training contracts to paralegals through internal programme

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Private client disputes specialist joins commercial litigation team

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’ 
Family law must shift from conflict-driven litigation to child-centred problem-solving, according to a major new report. Writing in NLJ this week, Caroline Bowden of Anthony Gold outlines findings showing overwhelming support for reform, with 92% agreeing lawyers owe duties to children as well as clients
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