Recently I mentioned that Legal Week is moving to introduce more analytical journalism to the title. One aspect of that is the introduction of a monthly analysis piece focusing on the issues behind the biggest industry stories. We took a first run at that this week with a lengthy assessment of the challenges facing Clifford Chance.

But the purpose of this blog is to outline something else: a new in-depth format we are introducing to our features section, the first of which will be published next Thursday (24 September). The idea is to look outside the legal goldfish bowl and focus on the key industry sectors and clients that define law firms’ day job: practising law.