This is the final article in a three-part series of blog posts designed to help corporate law departments take their operations up a notch. In Part One, we provided an overview of maturity models for six of the twelve CLOC Core Competencies that we reviewed with participants in HBR’s educational program at the 2018 CLOC Institute. […]

Whether you’re looking for a case management solution right now or acquired one many years ago, you’ll want it to deliver on its potential to support your own business processes. When it does, the benefits to your management team and lawyers alike are mind-blowing. But case management systems out-of-the-box are a vanilla offering; it’s the […]

Earlier this year DPS Software ran a competition to win a Spitfire Experience at The Imperial War Museum in Duxford. The experience included flying ‘wing to wing’ with a Spitfire in a 1940’s de Havilland Dragon Rapide, entry to the Imperial War Museum and a souvenir photograph alongside the Spitfire. The lucky winner was Charlotte […]

Nine proposal pros walked away with the award of best pitch team at the Briefing 5P conference on 26 June 2018: Nicole Beck, director, client value and strategy, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Kristel van den Elzen, marketing and business development manager, DLA Piper UK Chris Hanley, pricing and project accountant, Pinsent Masons Paul Hollingworth, […]

Three legal technology companies have recently joined the LSSA. They are BaseNet, Coyote Analytics and inCase. BaseNet is a cloud-based integrated practice management and legal office system targeting high street practices to large law firms. Headquartered in Amsterdam, BaseNet is the market leader in the Netherlands and will soon launch in the UK. Coyote Analytics is the […]

Taking advantage of the freedom the cloud affords is fast becoming the first choice for positive digital disruption, and many British legal firms have dared to reimagine their business and .realise the benefits the cloud can bring. One major advantage is that it can significantly reduce the amount of paperwork whether in chambers, in the […]

Thursday 14th June 2018 didn’t just mark the close of another successful CIPD HR Software Show – it also signalled the end of an era. We enjoyed the final HRSS as we know it, ahead of the expo changing to become the Festival of Work event at Olympia London next year. But before we look […]

Tikit, part of the BT Group and leading provider of technology solutions for law and professional services firms, today announced that its leading document and house styles application Tikit ReStyler has had a UI refresh to streamline usability. Tikit ReStyler, a part of the Tikit TMS template management product suite, provides users with superior document […]

During my recent visit to Denver for the 2018 Aderant Momentum conference, I noticed a common theme as I interacted with attendees at the conference: Many law firm leaders are currently questioning the effectiveness of their financial reporting systems. This is not the first time we have observed the legal industry seeking out more robust technology systems […]

In the late 80s and early 90s, I worked for a bank to develop an automated system supporting customer service representatives. The purpose of the system was to enable support staff to facilitate credit card applications. A customer would call in, and our support staff had a computer system to bring all the information they […]

Information is king in the legal world and, just like any professional services company, barristers’ chambers must put data analysis at the heart of their business. These are the words of Robin Jackson, Chambers Director at 3VB, the international commercial set of chambers based in London, which has signed a major deal with Advanced to […]

As part of the QualitySolicitors network the firm is committed to redefining customer service within the legal marketplace. In order to achieve this ambitious goal the firm identified the need to have processes in place with the client as the focus. An in depth analysis highlighted the need to combine the personal touch of highly […]

Tikit, part of the BT Group and leading provider of technology solutions for law and professional services firms, today announced that its flagship Carpe Diem time recording platform has added rule awareness and validation features to further comply with client engagement terms such as Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCG). Carpe Diem is configurable for all industry […]