LPM Legal IT Landscapes report 2017

This month, LPM magazine’s Legal IT Landscapes supplement looks at whether SME firms have an IT strategy that’s fit for purpose, with insight from issue sponsors Tikit, Thomson Reuters and IManage. Download your FREE copy now Feature: We crunch the results of our Legal IT Landscapes survey to find out, with insight from legal leaders, what’s going on in […]

Learning lessons from virtual businesses – LPM magazine, February 2017 – Virtual possibility

This month, LPM magazine asks if SME firms can learn virtual management. Download your FREE copy now Feature: We speak to Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, former president of the Law Society and founder of Scomo (the UK’s first virtual firm), to find out how legal leaders can manage law firm workers from afar.  LPM Birmingham: We cover […]

Briefing February 2017: Let’s get flexible

Let’s get flexible  Briefing asks top 100 law firm leaders – plus the new band of freelance and virtual legal business – exactly how their agile arrangements are working. Download your copy now for FREE  What’s in this month’s issue? Feature: Business services leaders at Clifford Chance, DWF, Brodies, Keystone Law, LOD and Vario at Pinsent Masons offer up experiences and top tips for moving […]

Polly Jeanneret’s HR agony aunt: A year in HR

This article was also featured as a HR agony aunt in the December 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Q What was the most shocking event in HR to happen this year? A I can’t believe you’ve asked this: Trump’s election victory, no question. You may wonder what Trump has got to do […]

Polly Jeanneret’s HR agony aunt: Forced festivity?

This article was also featured as a HR agony aunt in the November 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Q  Senior associate who used to work for us before she left for childcare reasons a couple of years ago has got back in touch – she is keen to come back, […]

Leave when you like? by Edward O’Rourke, Ashtons Legal

This article was also featured as a column in the May 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Over the last 18 months we at Ashtons Legal have learned a lot about holidays. Back in autumn 2014 we explored the idea of paid time off (PTO) to replace the traditional holiday policy. After a […]

Briefing Frontiers – A series of half day events

          Briefing Frontiers is a series of innovation events from Briefing. These events will be hosted at the world’s top law firms, and will welcome an exclusive group of at least 30 or more leaders in legal management from top-tier law firms. Featuring speakers who are leaders in technology and business innovation, the intimate […]

Industry case study from CascadeGo: People power

This article was also featured as am incdusry case stufy in the December 2016 issue of Legal Practice Management magazine. To read the issue in full, download LPM magazine.  Lincolnshire-based firm Hodgkinsons Solicitors is vying to become the number-one legal business for client service in the county. The key to this goal, from the firm’s perspective, is using technology […]