Microsoft recently announced several of their core products would soon reach End of Life. Most will be very familiar to law firms, with many relying still on the Windows 7 Operating System, the Windows 2008 Server Operating System, SQL Server 2008 and Exchange 2010. On 14 January 2020, there will be no security updates or support […]

Where duty of care is concerned, protection of client monies is one of the highest priorities for law firms. As well as financial security being an obvious responsibility, it’s a vital regulatory obligation too. Depending on your specialisms and location, your legal practice will follow the SRA Accounts Rules, CLC Accounts Code or Scottish Accounts […]

The LSSA, the trade organisation for the legal technology industry, announces four new member companies, bringing the association’s number of member companies to 26. LSSA Chair, Craig Matthews comments: “We welcome these four exciting companies to the LSSA. The number of full members of the LSSA is now at a record high 26 companies. This […]

One of Yorkshire’s best-known law firms, Chadwick Lawrence, is growing. Following a series of acquisitions, the need for a single practice management system was needed to facilitate fresh business goals. Since the launch of SOS Connect in July 2018, the firm has added a new revenue stream and reported significant improvements in efficiency, productivity, timesaving, […]

Accesspoint understand the importance of automated forms and how they can have a positive impact on a firms efficiency as they spend less time on burdening admin tasks. Our highly trained team have created a number of FormShare products that not only enable firms to use Adobe PDF forms as an efficient method of electronically […]

Intapp Time helps professional services firms capture the true value of their engagements. It uses built-in AI, automated time capture, and accurate time data to provide a faster, more insightful way to capture work activity. With insight into the true cost of client engagements, firms can make more informed pricing decisions for fixed-fee engagements, improve […]

Legal Workflow is delighted to welcome on board Paul Clyde who has joined Legal Workflow as Commercial Director. Paul has experience of highly complex business services: from roles as Sales Director and, more recently, Managing Director at Oyez Professional Services  from previous Legal Sector roles at Advanced Legal, Croner and Lexis Nexis. Legal Workflow Legal […]

Highly experienced Microsoft Office 365 practitioners will give best practice tips on how to maximize Teams’ collaboration capabilities, without risking loss of control over content The first 3 sessions feature a generic webinar for anyone deploying Teams, plus a Legal and Professional Services market-focused version Repstor, the ECM software and matter management specialist, has today […]

Does your law firm use Microsoft Word? If so, Legal Doc Pro from Legal Workflow is the collection of tools that will allow everyone in your firm to create professional, client ready documents in seconds. Legal Doc Pro is made up of three key functions, all designed to generate stunning branded documents with ease. You […]

IT director Adele Summers explains how Northern Irish firm Wilson Nesbitt chose IT provider CTS to help it grow and ensure the firm’s security would remain up to scratch. Wilson Nesbitt is a full-service law firm with commercial offices in Belfast and volume services offices in Bangor. Among other areas, it handles significant proportions of […]

As you’re probably aware, the EU’s fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD) comes into force in January 2020. And law firms really do need to comply, especially as they’re particularly vulnerable. While banks and accountancy firms are much more geared up for this, law firms typically have fewer systems and resources in place with which to […]

Back in 2013, renowned marketer Scott Brinker described how he believed that the leading challenge faced by management teams was created by the concept that, while the pace of technological change is exponential, organisations only change logarithmically.  In simple terms, technology emerges and develops at a pace faster than organisations can keep up with. He […]

The bridge between legal service requirements and IT has long been an important talking point but what can we really do to make things easier, faster and more informative? In some instances, the basic structure IT can take within a firm is limited, but it’s not only the physical constraints on what can be achieved […]