KSL ATP Legal Practice Management case studies
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Legal Practice Management is a taught component of the Advocates Training Programme at the Kenya School of Law, the professional course that pupils complete before petitioning for admission to the Bar in Kenya. The subject moves a candidate from knowing the law to running a practice that survives contact with clients, cash flow and the Advocates Act: how a firm is structured and capitalised, how fees are agreed and billed, how client money is handled on account, how files and records are kept, how staff are recruited and supervised, and how professional risk is insured and contained. The KSL ATP Legal Practice Management case studies are 5 cases and about 3,280 words.
1The Fixed Fee That Ate the File
A three-partner litigation firm agreed a fixed fee of KES 180,000 for a commercial claim it estimated at 60 billable hours. The engagement letter set the fee, stated it was 'all-inclusive' and said nothing about scope changes or disbursements.
606 words, about 3 min2Two Clients, One Transaction
A five-lawyer firm is instructed by a property developer, Meridian Holdings, to sell a six-unit commercial block for KES 240 million. Two weeks into the matter, a long-standing client - a pension fund - asks the firm to act for it in buying the same block.
616 words, about 3 min3The Trust Account Shortfall
A sole practitioner's client account is reconciled monthly by a part-time bookkeeper. At the end of March the reconciliation shows a shortfall of KES 410,000 against the total of client ledger balances.
719 words, about 4 min4The Associate Who Billed 2,400 Hours
A mid-sized firm sets an annual target of 1,800 billable hours for associates. One second-year associate recorded 2,410 billable hours last year and is the firm's top biller.
569 words, about 3 min5The Marketing Claim and the Missing Retainer
A two-partner firm launches a website describing itself as 'Kenya's leading commercial litigation boutique' and advertising a '92% success rate in High Court matters'. The figure comes from the partners' recollection of outcomes over three years; there is no dataset.
770 words, about 4 min