Savills introduced “The Way Forward for Law Firm Offices” series to serve as a guide to redefine the purpose and value of law firm office space. In our first article, the Law Firm Tenant Practice Group offered advice for how to lay the groundwork for data-driven real estate decision-making.

The series continued with a discussion of short and long-term workplace strategies for success, offering advice for how to assess and prepare your current offices for the new priorities of face-to-face work. In our current article, we introduce the key enabler for the post-Covid workplace—an integrated technology strategy.

Whether your law firm is reconfiguring your current space as attorneys and staff return to the office or is taking advantage of attractive market fundamentals to commit to a new location, technology is emerging as the undeniable backbone of the new hybrid work model. A proactive and innovative strategy can support talent retention and attraction, mentorship and culture-building, operating and workflow efficiency, as well as enhanced client service and business development. It can provide the flexibility to reimagine space use, link and optimize support functions and provide a level of collaboration unimaginable even two years ago. Hybrid work is here to stay and there is no doubt that the workforce is changing. Failing to develop a holistic technology approach that considers how your entire law firm experiences the workday could threaten your ability to meet talent and client expectations even in the short term and limit your ability to operate and compete effectively - today and in the future.

In this article, our team will help you envision the right technology strategy and outline key considerations for next steps. Our goal is to demonstrate how technology can combine with a refined space design and enable a hybrid work strategy to create an inspiring destination and workplace experience for your entire law firm.

Download the full article below for an overview of the following key topics:

1. Identifying Challenges and Measuring Success
2. Mapping User Profiles to Space and Technology Requirements
3. Enabling Space Performance and Optimizing User Experience with Integrated Technology
4. Developing a Technology Strategy for the Future — Today

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