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The book addresses the challenge of turning legal work into a more measurable, strategic part of the business through the use of data analytics. With a clear focus on metrics and KPIs, legal professionals with the tools to not only interpret data but also understand the decisions it supports. This is a comprehensive resource for those looking to improve performance, offering detailed metrics, reporting strategies, best practices, and practical insights that can be applied across the legal profession.
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In a rapidly evolving legal market, Law Firm KPIs by Mori Kabiri is the book many of us in legal finance and analytics have been waiting for. As Director of FP&A, I routinely face the challenge of translating mountains of firm data into insight, strategy, and action. Kabiri’s book provides not only a taxonomy of over 80 clearly defined KPIs but a much-needed framework for turning law firm data into a shared language of performance and value. The book’s value lies in three core strengths: 1. Clarity and Practicality: Each KPI is laid out with definition, calculation, data sources, pitfalls, trend insights, and improvement strategies. Whether you're assessing realization, partner profitability, or AI adoption rates, the format allows for immediate application without wading through unnecessary academic detail. 2. Audience-Aware Structure: Kabiri understands the varied roles within a law firm—from managing partners to HR and legal ops—and aligns each metric to its relevant stakeholders. This makes it easier to drive cross-functional alignment. 3. Forward-Thinking with an Operational Backbone: Particularly impressive is the inclusion of metrics around Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), AI impact, knowledge reuse, and cost-to-serve measures like Operating Cost per Billable Hour (OCPBH).
Legal Operations KPIs – The Professional’s Handbook to Operational Excellence by Mori Kabiri is a book with in-depth, practical examples considering the business and KPIs associated with legal operations. The book covers data, metrics and KPIs, and includes explanations and examples for spend management, budgets, resources and performance management, law firm and vendor management (including external expense distribution analysis), cross-functional collaboration, diversity and inclusion, and risk management and best practices. This is a great toolkit to start off anyone wanting help with practical tips and examples.
Mori Kabiri wrote an awesome book on ops KPIs. I’m currently using it to develop a dashboard and benchmarking program for my L&C team!
Ordered. As always, I recommend that law firms know their clients' KPIs too.
I’m jumping on the bandwagon of those who already recommended the book—and that just confirms it’s definitely worth reading. You can find a lot of content about KPIs and OKRs in general, and there’s plenty of talk about how Legal Operations provides value to an organization. But I’ve never seen such a precise analysis and listing of metrics that are specifically suited to provide evidence of that value through reliable data. I’m glad I read it before tackling some KPI-related topics this year—and I’ll certainly recommend it to the team.
The legal market is changing fast and so are client expectations. It’s no longer just about measurable outcomes, but about real impact. Used effectively, KPIs empower law firms to deliver strategic value, optimize performance, and stay competitive in a data-driven world.
A valuable book for any professional starting their journey in the world of legal operations. From the beginning, the author aims to convey a balanced approach between the technical and personal skills needed by these professionals to connect with the business and people, understand their needs, and provide value to the client.
El manual del profesional jurídico para la excelencia operativa (Spanish Edition) escrito por Mori Kabiri, lo recomiendo ampliamente para cualquier persona que quiera tomar decisiones basadas en datos reales, mitigar el riesgo e interpretar el desempeño de una manera mucho más objetiva. Y lo mejor, enfocado al área del Derecho (el cual muchas veces se siente ajeno a estos temas...) tanto en inglés como en español.
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