The Leadership Dilemma in Law

Recorded webinar · about 1.5 hours · workbook included

Is this you? You were excellent at the work, so you were put in charge of people, and nobody taught you how.

Being an outstanding legal professional does not automatically prepare you to lead one.

PMRI, Leadership Dilemma workbook

What is going on

The profession promotes on technical excellence. The qualities that make a strong practitioner, independence, control, exacting standards and winning the argument, are often the ones that make a team struggle under that person. Leading legal professionals asks for a different set: reading people, delegating real work, giving direction without taking the file back, and holding a team steady under pressure while you still carry your own practice.

This session explains why the transition is hard, in the brain and in the profession, and gives you the practical skills to lead a legal team without losing your own practice or your composure. Firms buy it for newly appointed partners, directors and team leaders; individuals buy it for themselves.

What you will be able to do afterwards

• See why strong practitioners struggle as leaders, and where your own habits fit the pattern.
• Delegate in a way that develops juniors instead of handing the work back to you.
• Give clear direction and hard feedback without the fallout.
• Keep a team steady, and keep them, through pressured periods.
• Protect your own practice and energy while you lead.

What is in the session

The leadership dilemma in law. What pressure does to leaders and to the people around them. Delegation and direction. Difficult conversations. Building and sustaining a high-performing legal team.

What you get

The full recording and the PMRI Leadership Dilemma Workbook (PDF). Recorded 24 July 2026.

Who it is for

Partners, directors and practice group heads. Heads of legal and compliance. Senior advocates leading chambers groups or case teams. Anyone recently promoted into responsibility for other people.