Why do law firms only engage with fee earners when recruiting?

21 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 3 comments

When a press release reached us at LSN about DLA Piper's new UK graduate recruitment microsite, it got me thinking. My big question - Why is it law firms spend all this money on attracting graduates when support staff represent a significant enough percentage of the make up of any law firm to warrant similar investment, yet so rarely - if ever - have I seen the equivalent platform designed to attract… ... read more.

all I want for Christmas is…....

17 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 0 comments

Possibly the most interesting bit of news in yesterday's LSN newsletter was the announcement that a London law firm are offering divorce gift vouchers to entice clients. ... read more.

£3,644 raised for Charity from golf day

17 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 0 comments

I'm delighted to announce that final figure raised from the combined Pat Levey Memorial Golf Day & The LSN Golf Cup held in October this year is a huge £3,644 - and a cheque has already been sent to the MPS Society, which was the designated charity for the day. ... read more.

Christmas popularity rating

11 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 0 comments

The season of festivities and goodwill to all men is upon us, or should that be goodwill to all people these days for fear of not being inclusive enough? Anyway, there we are coming up to halfway through December and it struck me as I was leaving the office last night that either my or our (if I cushion the truth by extending the blame onto LSN) popularity may have plummeted judging by the historic… ... read more.

I promise never to mention Billback again

08 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 0 comments

Its not uncommon for me to ask people I meet on my travels through the legal community what suppliers/software they use for things like accounting & case management, credit control, document management, digital dictation, costs recovery, expense management to name but a few areas. ... read more.

Kay Betts leaving Elite

01 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 4 comments

News has reached me that Kay Betts who has run the support area for Elite for as many years as I can remember is being made redundant. ... read more.

A YouTube ‘must see’ for Legal Cashiers

01 December 2009 by: David Sparkes from legalsupportnetwork.co.uk with 0 comments

Not a day goes by when my inbox isn't bombarded with self inflicted 'Google Alerts' notifying me of something new on the web that falls within the parameters of my interest. ... read more.