When working in your divorce law business each day, does it feel that everything is following a specific and consistent process? Alternatively, do you get the feeling that, no matter how diligent you are, each task you and your family law colleagues perform takes a random course?
If you are leaning toward the latter then one of the reasons could be the lack of standard operating procedures or SOPs. SOPs can be found in various legal businesses and law organisations across the world, and they have been proven to benefit them all in many ways.
The simplest definition of SOPs is that they are documents that outline the specific process and the steps that needed be taken to complete a given legal task. SOPs are followed by everyone within the business and are especially useful for new legal employees or graduates in learning how specific tasks are completed successfully.
You can create an SOP for anything you choose to, and it can range from the simplest tasks to the most complex. An SOP can also take many forms with the most common being: