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Behavioural Design for lawyers

Your legal advice is correct. The question is whether people act on it.

A watertight piece of advice that no one follows, a contract no one reads, a code of conduct that gets circumvented. Legally correct and practically worthless. Behavioural Design gives you the second half of your profession. You learn how behaviour works, and how to design it into advice, contracts, compliance and boardroom influence.

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The legal profession is a behavioural profession

Every lawyer runs into these behavioural challenges.

Advice, contracts, compliance, negotiation, boardroom: it all comes down to whether people actually do something. Time and again the same pattern shows up: people do what they have always done, even when they know better. The question is not whether you recognise this. The question is how you break the pattern.

01 · Advice follow-through

Why doesn’t my client do what I’ve advised?

The advice is correct. The behaviour around it isn’t. Legally perfect, practically worthless.

02 · Contracts & terms

How do I design contracts people actually read and follow?

Pages of protective clauses, one click to agree. The risk sits in what people accept without reading.

03 · Compliance & codes of conduct

How do I get our code of conduct to actually shape behaviour?

New code, mandatory e-learning, everyone signs. A year later the incidents come from the same corners.

04 · Boardroom influence

Why do I lose the argument in the boardroom when I’m legally the strongest?

The law has no framing. People do. At the leadership table, what matters most is how something lands.

05 · Negotiation

How do I influence an opposing party that negotiates irrationally?

Cost-benefit doesn’t hold. Loss aversion, ego and framing take over.

06 · Decision fatigue

Why does my client decide too late, in panic, or not at all?

Sunk-cost behaviour and overload wreck even the most carefully planned trajectory.

07 · Framing & nuance

Why does my legal nuance get dismissed as ‘too legal’ in the boardroom?

The boardroom wants simple answers, you give nuanced advice. Nuance loses out to clarity.

08 · AI & commoditisation

What is my added value when AI takes over the routine work?

AI is eating the routine. Margins and relevance are under pressure on the part where the machine can reach.

09 · Impact of your work

Why do my memos get praised but not used?

Your work is valued for its quality, not its outcome. High marks, low follow-through.

Why the SUE Behavioural Design Method

Behavioural science made practical for professionals who are not behavioural experts.

Most behavioural science knowledge is locked in academic papers and consultancy reports. SUE built its own method, the Influence Framework, which translates that knowledge into a practical step-by-step process any lawyer can apply, without a scientific background.

Read: the SUE Influence Framework explained →
SUE Influence Framework, five forces that shape every human behaviour
No academic theory, you work on your own legal case during the training and go home with a fully worked-out plan
Built on Kahneman, Cialdini and Thaler, scientifically grounded but accessible for practitioners
Our own method, the Influence Framework is not taught anywhere else, described in the #1 management bestseller
16 years of experience, from Allen & Overy to Nautadutilh to Houthoff: lawyers have taken our trainings to learn how to design behaviour into advice and contract
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The ideal start

Three featured programmes for lawyers

Individually, with your whole team, or as self-study. Three formats in which you learn how to design behaviour into advice, contracts, compliance and negotiation. Choose the format that fits your role, schedule and firm.

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Or browse all our trainings and programmes

Beyond the three featured trainings above, we have a broader offering. Pick the format below that fits you. Every path leads to the same goal: designing behaviour that works in advice, contracts, compliance and negotiation.

Behavioural Design is the missing layer.

Why a legally sound piece of advice doesn’t automatically change behaviour

Behavioural Design for lawyers is the application of behavioural science to the legal profession: advice, contracts, compliance, codes of conduct, negotiation and boardroom influence. The method helps you understand why clients, employees and opposing parties do what they do, and how to design the legal context so that the desired choice also becomes the easiest choice.

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96% of behaviour is automatic. Most legal interventions address the conscious mind: read, understand, agree. The Behavioural Design Method teaches you to read the unconscious, and design for it.
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Five forces shape every behaviour. Pains, gains, anxieties, comforts and jobs-to-be-done. The SUE Influence Framework teaches you to recognise them in client, employee and opposing party, and use them to influence decisions.
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Behaviour is designable. The Behavioural Design Method gives you a step-by-step process for changing the legal context, not the person, so compliance and follow-through become natural.
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What lawyers say after the training

10.000+ professionals have followed a SUE Behavioural Design training.

The lawyers among them, from Allen & Overy to Nautadutilh and Houthoff, share one thing: afterwards they look at their profession differently.

In two days you learn the foundations of behavioural design. The examples support the theory really well, as do the many questions whose answers clarified how the theory works in practice. A highly skilled trainer and exercises that let you apply it straight away.

Jantine de Jong
Jantine de Jong
Innovation Consultant · Nautadutilh
★★★★★

The mix of theory and practice worked well. The summaries and take-aways per chapter helped. I liked that you could apply the material in practice immediately. I have no points for improvement. One of the best trainings ever!

Ruth de Groot
Ruth de Groot
Learning & Development Lead · Allen & Overy
★★★★★

Absolutely worth the investment. High level, plenty of depth and a nice translation to practice. Many thanks!

Sarah van Hecke
Sarah van Hecke
Advisor Legal Design · Houthoff
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After the training

What lawyers do differently after the Behavioural Design training

Concrete changes in how you approach advice, contracts, compliance and negotiation, rather than abstract knowledge.

You analyse the behaviour of client or opposing party before you design advice or strategy

You use the Influence Framework as your starting point: which pains, gains, anxieties and comforts are in play here, and what job-to-be-done sits underneath?

You design context and frameworks, not just legal text

You know how to design contracts, codes of conduct and compliance so the desired choice becomes the easiest choice, not just the legally required one.

You speak the language of behaviour in boardroom and mediation

You have a shared framework to explain why an opposing party decides the way they do, and how to respond without weakening your legal position.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions over Behavioural Design voor juristen

Most participants start without any prior knowledge. The training teaches you the behavioural science you need, linked directly to your own legal practice. No academic theory for its own sake, just actionable insights you can apply the very next day in your advice, contracts, compliance work or negotiation.

You learn the SUE Influence Framework: a method for analysing why clients, employees and opposing parties don’t do what they legally should, and for designing your advice, contract or policy so that it actually lands. You work on your own legal case during the training and go home with a fully worked-out approach.

The training is most valuable for experienced lawyers. You’ve got the practical experience. The training gives you the scientific framework that backs up your intuition and sharpens your approach. Many participants say afterwards: I was already doing parts of this, but now I finally understand why some advice gets acted on and other advice ends up in the drawer.

A deliberately mixed group: lawyers, HR professionals, marketers, communication advisers, policymakers and leaders all together. Maximum 16 participants. That mix is what makes it valuable, because you learn not only from the content but also from how professionals in other sectors deal with similar behavioural challenges.

Yes. We invoice in the company or firm name and the training is EQAC-accredited, which makes reimbursement easier. Get in touch if you need a quote or additional information for your request.

Start with the Fundamentals. That gives you the complete Behavioural Design framework: the Influence Framework, the JTBD method and all core tools. Deep Dives such as Persuasive Writing or Building Buy-in build on that with specific applications. Without the Fundamentals, a Deep Dive lacks its foundation.

The Fundamentals course is the broad foundation programme: 2 days live (or 33 online lessons) in which you learn the complete Behavioural Design framework. You can then apply it to any legal context. A Deep Dive training takes 1 day and dives deep into one specific theme, such as Persuasive Writing, Building Buy-in or Behavioural Interviewing. If you take both, the Fundamentals course always comes first.

Yes. The Behavioural Design training is EQAC-accredited, which makes reimbursement by firms, employers and L&D funds easier. We invoice in the company or firm name and provide a quote on request. The course is delivered in Amsterdam and online. Get in touch for a personal consultation on which programme best fits your situation.

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