“It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent, but the ones who are most responsive to change,” Charles Darwin wrote in The Origin of Species.
His words are as relevant to partners in law firms as they are to any other species. Think back just five years and recall what firms looked like then and what clients required in terms of service and you realise the pace with which the legal profession has changed. Look back 10 years and many firms are almost unrecognisable today from the operations that existed then.
