The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented transformation in the modern law firm, where conducting business and working from home has quickly become the new “normal” for millions of lawyers and staff across the world. While the move to remote working happened swiftly, it’s unlikely that law firms will return to traditional ways of […]

Common sense might tell you that being in the middle of a pandemic, being restricted to your own home and most businesses being closed would result in a big drop in levels of business for the legal industry. After all, as of 21st May 2020, 16% of the courts and tribunals in England and Wales […]

The days of grinding out 80-hour weeks in the office on top of a long daily commute are over. Whether it’s flexible hours, flexible location, work-from-home or going “part time,” law firms are changing their ways and opening the door to new policies that benefit both employees and the bottom line. With the right strategy, […]

Whether you’re a lawyer or IT professional in a law firm, you have a natural understanding of the threats that surround you. Threats of competition, mistakes in compliance, potential human error and the overall stressful nature of maintaining a successful practice and delivering exceptional value to your clients. Perhaps the biggest threat law firms face […]

As a law firm, the last thing you want is to be in the headlines about a data breach. While your ITteam may have standard security measures in place, a private cloud provider ensures you have asecure environment to store your most sensitive data. We conduct interviews with each client that implements NetDocuments. The trends […]

As this is published, legal firms throughout the UK are facing the huge operational challenges brought about by Coronavirus and the subsequent requirement for social isolation. The Law Society is continually monitoring the situation and providing regular updates to provide information and guidance. Many of the responses posted by the Law Society point to very real concerns about job […]

Advanced has signed a new deal with Morrish Solicitors LLP which will see the Yorkshire-based law firm implement Tikit Partner for Windows (P4W) to handle its practice and case management as well as Tikit Connect for its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and marketing activities. P4W, already used by over 600 legal firms across the UK, […]

The Tiger Team is a problem-solving approach used by NASA to investigate, and hopefully solve, highly critical and complex issues. Most famously, it was adopted to bring the astronauts safely back to Earth when a module malfunctioned during the Apollo 13 mission. Experts in a range of areas, such as engineers and scientists, are brought […]

Video length: 53 minutes 54 seconds. In this, our first Briefing Tiger Team session, we have the chief operating officer at Hogan Lovells (Darren Mitchell), head of legal project management and process improvement at Ashurst (Kate Bassett), finance director at Fieldfisher (Mike Giles), and director of BI and finance and practice management systems at Herbert Smith Freehills (Allison Scanlan). […]

Bristol-based Legal Protection Group is implementing the Proclaim Case Management solution from Eclipse, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider. The group, led by several industry experts, specialises in legal protection insurance for various areas of law.   Following an in-depth search for a case management solution that could be easily configured to meet specific requirements, […]

During this time of economic uncertainty, deepening relationships has proven to be a high priority for corporations and law firms alike. In the long run, forming tighter partnerships and working through this challenge together will benefit all involved. Preferred outside counsel programs are one way to better define and strengthen relationships. Although focusing on rationalizing […]

“Positive People. Positive Impact.” Bates Wells certainly live up to their strapline, by forging ahead with an important project to replace its Practice Management systems with the Linetime Liberate solution. In 2019 their project board established a clear objective to improve business efficiency and client service levels. During this process it was quickly realised Bates Wells […]

In our previous article https://www.legalsupportnetwork.co.uk/practice-management/resources/how-right-processes-supported-technology-can-lead-firms-new-success we explained about the link between successful system transfers and preparedness. The project team assembled to conduct any systems review in your firm should make a list of the critical processes that they want any new system to perform. While firms share many similar characteristics, they are different in many ways […]