Five pathways to legal strategy

Five pathways to legal strategy are a framework by Prof. Robert Bird, outlining a five-stage path of activity in legal firms strategic development:

1. Avoidance
2. Compliance
3. Prevention
4. Advantage
5. Transformation

Bird, Robert C., Pathways of Legal Strategy (August 28, 2008). Stanford Journal of Law, Business, and Finance, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3171065

The Contracts for Sustainability Assessment Scorecard is based on these five stages.