SME law firms guidance from LEAP: How to embrace new working practices in the pandemic

Through acknowledging the challenges that law firms currently face in the COVID-19 crisis, this article discusses how leaders of SME law firms can maintain productivity, use the downturn to improve their business, embrace digital change and recognise new opportunities as we emerge into the new normal.  Stage 1 – Initial outbreak: Mobilise and adjust This […]

Briefing magazine: Industry interview with Aderant – Toward integration

Matt Graywood has spent most of his professional life in fintech – with over 20 years’ experience in enterprise software. Six months ago, he brought this experience to Aderant, leading a team helping firms to implement Aderant solutions. For him, joining Aderant was a natural progression, he says. “I see the legal industry right on […]

DPS Software survey: How has Covid-19 affected the Legal Business?

Complete our 5-minute survey and you could win a £50 Amazon voucher. The survey aims to map how COVID-19 has affected & is affecting the legal business. We want to find out how COVID-19 and being on lockdown has affected you and your work; how have business levels have changed, what impact there has been on staff levels and your […]

Maintaining business continuity during times of crisis with Sysero

It’s a strange time for firms and legal practitioners across the UK. Coronavirus has forced many around the globe to rethink our daily lives from work and school to entertainment. In response to shelter-in-place advice from the UK government and world health organisations, social events have been cancelled, employees have been sent home, and people […]

What are the long-term effects of reducing legal support for lawyers that law firms should consider now?

During this time of uncertainty, law firms across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Like many other businesses, law firms everywhere are now finding their feet in the newly presented circumstances. From business continuity planning, through to cost saving and maintaining client relationships – a lot of time is being spent on keeping the metaphorical […]

Blog three: How can law firms stay in business during the coronavirus pandemic, and beyond?

This is the third blog in this series of posts where we’re discussing how law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown and what we can suggest to help them. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time to prepare. […]

Blog two: How can law firms stay in business during the coronavirus pandemic, and beyond?

I’m sure a lot of lawyers and law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time to prepare. Yet this is when your clients’ minds are really focused on what’s important to them, […]

How can law firms stay in business during the coronavirus pandemic, and beyond?

I’m sure a lot of law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time to prepare. Yet this is when your clients’ minds are really focused on what’s important to them, and they’ll […]

Make light work of MS Teams security for homeworkers

Most of our staff need to work from home now, and Teams seems the obvious means of collaboration. It’s important we don’t curb people’s productivity, but at the same time we’re concerned about information privacy and security protocols being breached if users are unwittingly careless. How can we achieve a safe middle ground? Given companies’ […]

Keeping track of content as remote teams proliferate

We’ve been surprised and delighted at how readily remote employees have taken to collaboration using MS Teams, given the sudden need to let people work from home. For now, we’re just letting them get on with it. With teams popping up all over the place, though, we’re wondering how we’ll manage to consolidate all of […]