BEYOND THE BILLABLES
You’ve Mastered The Law, Now Let’s Talk About Everything Else!
As lawyers, you’re outstanding at what you do. You know the law inside out—you can recite case law, draft contracts, argue your position, and make a real difference in the world.
But can you also…
Grasp the importance of business development and client relationships?
Win business and build lasting trust?
Navigate firm politics without the drama?
Safeguard the firm’s reputation in every transaction?
Truly understand how the business of law works?
If your answer is “not quite,” you’re not alone. Law school never covered these skills, and most firms don’t have the time to teach it all.
That’s where Beyond The Billables™ comes in—built for today’s lawyers who want to navigate the modern workplace, grow their confidence, and develop the skills to take their career further, with a course designed just for them.”
What Is It?
A practical, no-nonsense training program designed exclusively for lawyers who want to invest in their future and become the lawyers their firms can’t ignore.
Through self-paced modules, downloadable toolkits and optional live workshops and coaching, lawyers will learn how to:
Build and keep client relationships without feeling like a salesman
Handle difficult conversations and clients with confidence
Think commercially and understand profitability
Manage time, workload and boundaries without burning out
Deliver a client experience that keeps the work (and referrals) flowing
This course is an investment, if you’re only here to fulfil a requirement for your firm, this isn’t for you. Beyond The Billables™ is for lawyers ready to do the work and invest in their careers.
What’s Inside
Module 1: Rethinking Business Development
Business development without the awkward networking pitch
Module 2: Surviving Politics, Power Plays & Partner Egos
Navigating firm life without casualties
Module 3: The Business Of Law
From billing machine to business owner
15 lessons packed with real legal-world scenarios, practical exercises and tools to use immediately.
How It Works
Step 1: Choose your payment
Step 2: Complete the course at your own pace.
Each lesson can take as little as 3 minutes for a first read, or up to an hour with deep reflection and exercises. The course is designed for you to learn in your own time, around your schedule.
So dip in and out anytime - your career, your pace!
Step 3: Optional live workshops or coaching sessions to deepen understanding, skillset and impact
Step 4: Put those skills to work and thrive in your career
What You’ll Need
A notebook, a pen and quiet time to focus.
We recommend using a notebook, rather than typing, as studies have shown that writing by hand is a slower, more cognitive process that engages more brain regions, creating richer sensory feedback and deeper processing of information.
The Results
Increased confidence with clients, business development and your place in the firm.
Faster progression to Partnership-ready behaviours.
Build your brand and a sustainable practice.
Reduced staff turnover, loyal clients and a good firm culture.
Build, strengthen and retain loyal client relationships.
Don’t just take our word for it…
“This course is great!! Even as a junior partner, I can find the lesson I need to help me and feel better equipped to deal with the issue. Love this! ”
“If this had been available when I was an associate it would have saved me so much time and pain. ”
“Associates at all levels struggle to grasp how important it is to take ownership of client relationships. This course is an absolute must! ”