Legal directories advice services
We’re an award-winning creative content agency with a combined four decades of marketing experience. For almost two decades, we’ve been preparing, submitting, and coaching on Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 applications. So, we’re highly experienced when it comes to providing legal directories advice. We’ll help you prepare the best possible applications for submission.
Contact our experts today.
Why would you need our legal directories advice services?
Well-known legal directories, Chambers and Partners, and Legal 500 carry out annual research to identify and rank the most outstanding law firms and solicitors. UK Solicitors Guide applications take a significant amount of time and planning. This can be a strain on lawyers and marketing teams, especially given the time of year they’re due – when billing is extremely important.
Deadlines to submit the applications vary depending on the practice area and region, but the earliest submission deadline is usually around December each year. As the submission process doesn’t open until late in the year, this means there’s a considerable amount of work that needs to be done in a very short space of time.
The applications can also be quite complex, so for those who don’t have experience in drafting and submitting these applications it can take even longer to complete them.
These are the reasons why our legal directories advice services can be of great benefit. We’re therefore offering these services to help law firms submit the best applications possible ahead of the deadlines, giving them a greater chance of success.
What are the legal directories advice services?
- The Advice and Review Service
- The Write and Submit Service
1. Advice and Review Service
Our Legal Directories Advice and Review Service is designed to give you the best possible tools and advice to enable you to complete strong legal directory applications. Although anyone can use this service, we would recommend this service to:
- Law firms with multiple applications to submit: Managing multiple applications, ensuring everyone meets deadlines and applications are consistent with each other, can be complex, time-consuming, and stressful. This service relieves you of that burden.
- Sole practitioners / niche law firms without knowledge of the process: This service enables you to learn how to submit the best possible applications, so you can use this knowledge for future applications.
The service includes:
- A 1:1 call with our legal directories expert, providing insight and guidance on best practice
- A plan of deadlines to help ensure applications are completed and submitted on time
- A video explainer for lawyers with details on how to complete their sections of the application
- A video explainer for lawyers with details on how to choose the best referee
- A thorough review of your draft application form, including a spelling and grammatical error check and a consent / confidentiality check
- A report advising on amendments and improvements that could be made, such as cuts, changes, points to elaborate on, and missing content
The Cost of the Legal Directories Advice and Review Service
2. Write and Submit Service
The service includes:
- A 1:1 call with our expert to strategise on the submission process
- Interviews with key stakeholders to gather critical intel for the application
- Video explainers to lawyers on what information needs to be submitted to our expert together with deadlines
- A first draft of the written application and referee spreadsheet for review
- A final draft of the written application and referee spreadsheet for approval
- Completed online submissions together with receipts
The Cost of the Legal Directories Write and Submit Service
The cost of the Legal Directories Write and Submit Service is charged at a fixed fee of £750 plus VAT per application.
If we complete an application for Chambers and Partners, and you then wish for that application to be reproduced and submitted for Legal 500, we charge a fixed fee of £900 plus VAT for both applications.
Given the amount of time submissions take to prepare, within a short timeframe, spaces for this service are limited. Therefore, if you wish to book this service, please do so as soon as possible to guarantee your place.
Why choose Ruche's legal directories advice services?
These services are led by our legal directories expert, Rachel Craig, who’s been drafting, coordinating, and coaching on the UK solicitors guide submissions for Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 directories for over a decade.
She’s worked in the legal sector for over 30 years, so understands the importance of legal directory applications. This enables her to add significant value to your applications.
If you’d like to talk to Rachel about our legal directories advice services or would like more information, book an appointment with her today.
Alternatively, contact us for a no-obligation conversation and we’ll be in touch without delay.
FAQs about our legal directories advice services
Of course you can. And many law firms do. However, some need a helping hand. This is mainly down to three reasons:
- Resources: Some firms don’t have a marketing team, or have a limited marketing team, to help prepare the applications for submission
- Time: Given the first deadlines are usually in December, many firms simply don’t have the time, due to the festive break and billing deadlines
- Skills: The process can be quite complex. Some firms simply don’t have the in-house skills required to produce high-quality applications
The reason we offer two services is because different law firms have different resources, available time, and skills to produce the applications. Therefore, they require different levels of help.
If you need help and would like to know more about our legal directories advice services, contact our experts today.
Getting your firm and your lawyers ranked in legal directories is important. Legal directories add trust and credibility to your business. This can dramatically assist when you’re tendering for new business or securing new clients.
However, we can’t stress enough the amount of time that goes into the application and submission process for legal directories.
Although it’s something you need to do, the more time you spend on the process, the less time you’ll spend on your core business role. This may mean you’re losing money, especially if your hours are billable.
It can therefore be extremely cost-effective to instruct someone to help with your legal directory submissions.
Simply contact our experts for a no-obligation conversation today.
Yes we can. If you need someone to prepare the firm profile, practice profile, or any articles that are required for the legal directories, simply contact us and one of our experts will be in touch.
Yes we can. Promoting your successes on your social media channels is a great way to demonstrate your expertise.
If you need social media posts or video assets produced to promote your success, simply contact us to find out more.
Advice and Review Service: This service is charged at a fixed fee of £250 plus VAT per application.
Write and Submit Service: This service is charged at a fixed fee of £750 plus VAT per application. If we complete an application for Chambers and Partners, and you then wish for that application to be reproduced and submitted for Legal 500, we charge a fixed fee of £900 plus VAT for both applications.
To book one of our services or to find out more, simply contact us and speak to one of our friendly experts.
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