CTS: Service excellence is key but firms embracing tech are winning the race

In a digital world, law firms’ technology strategies are key to both profitability and differentiation. Indeed, as Mark A. Cohen, Distinguished Fellow at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, recently wrote: “Law has become a three-legged stool supported by legal, business, and technological expertise. Practice expertise was long the dominant element in the legal mosaic. Now, […]

Actionstep in conversation with Will Taborns from Taborns

Taborn’s is a legal concierge outsourcing business that connects businesses of all levels and professional service providers such as law firms to some of the best in class legal and legally related business services. Will Taborn (Managing Director at Taborns) has 20+ years’ experience as a barrister clerk in chambers and working for a variety of […]

Four reasons why lawyers love legal workflows

Long working hours, high-pressure stakes and an ever-evolving market contribute to the everyday stresses of being a lawyer in the modern world. In the legal industry, any means that can help alleviate the stress and pressure being put on lawyers is welcome – especially if it allows them to do a better job for their […]

Tikit: When virtual becomes reality

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Perhaps necessity is also the mother of transition? Because undoubtedly, over the past few turbulent months, many hundreds of thousands of legal personnel have transitioned, virtually overnight, and entirely out of necessity, to the status of “home worker”. In so doing they’ve accelerated the adoption of […]

sa.global: How law firms are looking beyond operational efficiency to gain strategic advantage

It no longer holds true that the legal industry lags behind professional services when it comes to technology adoption. Like most industries, the legal industry is focusing on aligning its strategy, innovation, and the supporting technology; while embracing and adopting technology such as cloud, collaboration tools, and AI. Law firms have slowly overcome the barriers […]

Why MS Teams isn’t just for collaboration, according to Repstor

Teams ‘companion’ products that focus solely on information compliance are missing a trick. Getting the best from the platform means setting it up in a way that feels natural and helpful to users, so that it becomes a one-stop desktop and dashboard for entire workloads As I’ve noted in recent blogs, use of Microsoft Teams […]

DPS Software: Learn how to build a great legal team and the impact of Covid-19 on law firms

Law firms can learn how to build a great legal team and how to tackle the challenges being faced by law firms as a result of COVID at Access All Areas 2020 as some exciting additions have been made to the panel of speakers. Alison Lee, Managing Director at leading Portsmouth-based law firm, Biscoes; Alisa […]

Conscious Solutions: Closing your office – will it kill your local SEO?

Well one thing is for sure, it won’t help it. As the UK officially enters the greatest recession on record it is inevitable that many formerly thriving businesses will soon find themselves in desperate times and looking for ways to cut outgoing costs. The legal industry has been incredibly successful at migrating into the “working […]

Software swap guide: four tips to protecting your data by Quill

The COVID-19 lockdown has forced all of us to be more reliant on technology and embrace working from home. But many legacy IT infrastructures are ill-suited or too outdated to handle all the demands of remote working. Cloud-based software is the solution, but where to start? Read on for four important considerations before making the […]

Databarracks launches season four of The Business Continuity Podcast

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery provider Databarracks today announces the release of the fourth season of The BCPcast. This season features guests who have managed Business Continuity and Resilience at Experian, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Ealing and Leicestershire Councils, the Cabinet Office and COBRA. The guests include practitioners, consultants and an expert on crisis leadership […]