Lexcel Assessment Guide

The Lexcel Assessment Guide v6 is an invaluable tool for all legal practices completing the accreditation.

Lexcel is the Law Society's practice management standard designed for the legal sector. Lexcel accredited practices undergo rigorous independent assessment to ensure they meet required standards of excellence in areas such as client care, case management and risk management.

This guide is an essential resource that will help practices to understand the requirements for attaining and retaining accreditation under the revised standard.

It is designed to be practical and accessible and offers specific advice for sole practitioners, small and medium firms, large firms and includes the requirements needed for in-house legal departments to gain accreditation.

The Lexcel Assessment Guide v6 will also help you identify and develop key management areas to support the improvement of your practice's efficiency and profitability. Legal practices - accredited or not - can use Lexcel's approach to achieve greater cost efficiencies, reductions in risk and client service excellence.

This title also includes the full text of the Lexcel v6 Standard for legal practices and in-house legal departments.

Contents

1. Part I: Standard for Legal Practices:
2. Introduction
3. The Lexcel Standard for legal practices
4. 1. Structure and strategy
5. 2. Financial management
6. 3. Information management
7. 4. People management
8. 5. Risk management
9. 6. Client care
10. 7. File and case management
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12. Assessment criteria
13. 1. Structure and strategy
14. 2. Financial management
15. 3. Information management
16. 4. People management
17. 5. Risk management
18. 6. Client care
19. 7. File and case management.
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21. Part II: Standard for in-house legal departments:
22. Introduction
23. The Lexcel Standard for in-house legal departments
24. 1. Structure and strategy
25. 2. Financial management
26. 3. Information management
27. 4. People management
28. 5. Risk management
29. 6. Client care
30. 7. File and case management
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32. Assessment criteria
33. 1. Structure and strategy
34. 2. Financial management
35. 3. Information management
36. 4. People management
37. 5. Risk management
38. 6. Client care
39. 7. File and case management.