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The legal industry is not unsusceptible to change. Modern-day technology and work ethic have left no parts of our lives untouched. Certainly, lawyers are adapting to this new aspect of...

Currently, functioning in about 24 countries worldwide, the latest statement cellular technology is the global 5th generation network or 5G net. Devised specifically to enhance the speed and responsiveness of...

KordaMentha has leveraged its restructuring experience and involvement in some of Australia’s largest and most high-profile class actions, launching its own software platform, EnterClaim, to streamline the management of class...

The benefits of leaders voluntarily initiating their own performance evaluation can be enormous. There is an empirical correlation between the strength of a leader and their willingness to ask for candid...

Research from BigHand shines a light on the increasing cost pressure law firms face in an unprecedented financial climate. Law firms are experiencing economic changes and geopolitical instability that are...

Research conducted by the Legal Iconoclasts EXPO finds the more profitable firms have a different approach to pricing: Only 48% of Law firms expect profitability to increase by at least...

Findings from the Smokeball State of Small Law Australia Survey 2022 Small law firms across Australia still rely heavily on referrals (84 per cent) and word of mouth (82 per...

Continuing from the successful launch earlier this year, the Women of the Australian Legal Technology Association (WALTA) are launching the global publication of the WALTA Playbook! In this playbook, WALTA...

In recent times, machines have put back human beings to handle predictable tasks. Chores like toll tax collection, consumer query resolution, and even kitchen floor cleaning is now fulfilled by...

Imperva Threat Research released new data that shows cyberattacks in Australia have grown significantly in both frequency and severity in 2022, at a rate that outpaces the global average. Cyberattacks...

What if people belonging to the Legal diaspora could lay their hands-on data statistics that offer valuable insight into some of the major challenges faced by the legal industry with...

At least ten Central West law firms have committed to providing free legal help to victims of the region’s floods, on various issues related to the disaster. President of the...

Fact: Lawyers who proactively reach out to prospective clients to engage them in sales discussions, get new engagements only about eight per cent of the time. Put another way, ninety-two...

With much anticipation and delight in attending the NetDocuments conference at Gilbert + Tobin’s offices in Sydney, the scene was set to Inspire the legal industry with the latest NetDocuments...

Laying the groundwork for a career change into legal innovation: 3 things you can do while still hitting your billables. The legal innovation ecosystem continues to go from strength to...

Immediation response to new ABA opinion: 'Reply all' in electronic communications can imply consent, new ABA ethics opinion says Last week, the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics...

Placing reliance on the changing trends, the advent of technology and proficient amount of research put in to cater to all the needs of Law Firms and their clients, LEAP...

It all came suddenly It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. - W. Edwards Deming In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Amish folks still use horses and buggies...

With Australian small law practitioners prioritising growing their client base, improving profitability, and improving operations and workflows as their top three challenges for the next 12 months, Smokeball has specifically...

The legal industry has been on a roller coaster ride of change over the last two years, and it’s been uncomfortable for many firms that weren’t equipped with all the...

The only thing standing between you and your ideal prospect is the lawyer currently doing the work. Many of the new engagements that you pursue are matters that an incumbent...

InfoTrack has been officially named one of Australia's Best Workplaces for Women in 2022 by Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture. The inaugural list highlights organisations...

Smokeball has been named on the 2022 Australia's Best Workplaces™ for Women List that identifies organisations across the country committed to fostering equity in the workplace ensuring their women employees...

Moonlighters have existed since the very emergence and evolvement of commercialisation and work culture. In the wake of the lethal pandemic (COVID-19), necessary adoption of flexible workplace practices by corporates...

BigHand has been productive in releasing updates to its award-winning software to the legal sector.  Recently BigHand launched its latest versions of its legal task delegation solution, BigHand Workflow Management and the latest...

In-house lawyers say spending on legal services in Venture Capital and Private Equity has grown this year and is likely to grow next year too. Survey finds pressure to control...

InfoTrack Reveals Q3 2022 Property Results for QLD. Over the past few years, the sunshine state has experienced a property boom, with an influx of potential buyers migrating into Queensland....

Over the past two decades, I have had the privilege, through my research, interviews, and hands-on consulting to peek behind the veil surrounding the challenges of becoming a NEW Firm...

FileMan host a fascinating review of how the working-from-anywhere culture has revolutionised collaboration and productivity tools across law chambers. About this webinar It often seems like the bar is overlooked...

In our February 2022 article “Legal Technology: Trends and Predictions by Gartner”, we highlighted the positive sides of technological innovations and the impact they would have on the productivity of...

A lawyer’s progression from associate to partner is no cakewalk but a journey fraught with bumps, peaks and valleys. One graduates law school magna cum laude; gets hired by a...

Most professionals use a generic sales approach for every sales situation. The sales strategy can generally be described as one in which you position yourself as the ‘best choice’ legal...

AF Legal Group Ltd (ASX:AFL) announces that it has executed a share sale deed to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of GTC Legal Group Holdings Pty Ltd, the...

NetDocuments, today announced it has acquired Worldox, a global document management system (DMS) provider that has helped shape the legal technology landscape for more than 30 years. Leadership from both...

With so much of our digital life tied to our devices, it has never been more important to keep our data secure. It goes without saying that you should never...

With the growth in the global economy, we see an increase in the number of commercial transactions. The transactional increase requires several lawyers and legal professionals to minimise the risk....

International law firm Taylor Wessing has implemented BigHand Resource Management to enable effective hybrid working with equitable and inclusive work allocation that also supports lawyer career development. Wendy Tomlinson, Director of...

During November NetDocuments will be hosting legal industry professionals at their Inspire 2022 events. The focus of the conference is the “Patterns of Success” — best practices, supported by innovation,...

National law firm Gadens has released a first-of-its-kind cyber incident manager to navigate the legal reporting obligations of businesses during a cyber breach. The digital workflow tool steps a user...

The two arbitration conferences recently held in the UK - the inaugural Future of Technology in Arbitration (FOTA) in London, and the 25th Congress of the International Council for Commercial...

Unlike almost every other profession, the legal industry is the only one owned and regulated by its practitioners i.e., lawyers, themselves. However, a few manage to go public and list...

In our September 2022 article titled, “Unstoppable Legal Industry Amid Sanctions (Part 1)”, we showcased the announcements of leading global law firms regarding boycotting and leaving Russian territory. Everyone knows...

Research says that individuals only retain about 10% of what they are taught in-classroom training. In fact, it's estimated that half of classroom learning is lost within the first 24...

The Second Annual Smokeball State of Small Law Australia Survey released. The COVID impact of working from home has certainly become the ‘new normal’ for the Australian small law sector...

Imagine finding yourself in court but rather than a human judge considering your case, a computer will instead be considering your evidence.  In Estonia, the automation of small contract disputes...

Fileman the creators of BundlePro recently released version 3.0 with the new and exclusive LEAP integration that empowers LEAP clients to create electronic court books in an efficient and time-saving...

Findings from BigHand’s latest industry report has revealed the extent to which support staff structures are evolving in law firms. With more support staff embracing hybrid working, support staff resignations...

Close on the heels of the Russian invasion of Ukraine early this year, international sanctions came nipping hard and bans were imposed. Popularly dubbed the “Superbowl of Sanctions”, it impacted...

Queensland is following the path of other Australian states in mandating electronic conveyancing. From 20 February 2023, Titles Queensland has mandated that certain types of instruments and documents must be lodged through an...

Recently Actionstep kicked off the new roundtable discussion webinar series “Subject Matters.” In the first instalments, they brought together legal thought leaders from around the globe to share perspectives and...

The decision to take your practice from a start-up to a scale-up is not for the faint-hearted. While your growing practice may have a successful business strategy, we know other...

What I have come to learn is that the very highest performing groups, committees, boards and teams, in the best firms, have established for themselves some written guidelines by which...

Being a lawyer is a rewarding profession. However, a combination of demanding clients and overwhelming amounts of emails and documents can lead to some lawyers becoming overworked to the point...

According to 2022 Bloomberg data, India overtook Britain to emerge as the world’s fifth-largest economy. The Indian economy toppled the UK from its position in the last three months of...

Ascertus, a leading iManage Work Partner, has collaborated with Novum Learning, a professional services micro-learning course provider to launch a series of 3 courses designed to upskill lawyers, paralegals, legal...

After record growth, Australian scaleup Lawpath announces that it has launched into the United States of America. US small businesses and startups can now access Lawpath’s award-winning all-in-one legal platform used...

InfoTrack has been named as the winner of four prestigious awards in the 2022 Australian Business Awards (ABA) for; Business Innovation, Mobile Innovation, Product Innovation and Employer of Choice. InfoTrack...

Actionstep, the cloud-based practice management platform for law firms, announces that it has acquired the legal software business, LawMaster. The transaction brings together two innovative practice management software companies serving the...

In 2022, the AmLaw 100 announced a collective revenue of $127.4 billion, an increase of 14.8%. The average revenue per lawyer was $1.18 million, up by 12.5% and the average...

Legal Practice Intelligence has introduced Legal Practice Careers (LPC), a legal industry job board that will showcase the legal profession's career opportunities across the globe.  We welcome Hall & Wilcox as the very...

When the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) was initially introduced as the new route to qualification in England and Wales by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), it was met with some...

In two separate episodes on their The Legal Ops Podcast, Alex Rosenrauch and Elliot Leibu, legal ops professionals with experience and passion for this subject, and deep connections in the...

Australian law firms sailed on a banner year with bumper revenues. While on the other hand, they had a counterblast and turned down work due to a lack of resources...

Cyberthreats and ransomware remained a key topic of discussion at the recent ILTACON 2022 event in Washington D.C. This article covers some of the key themes and some practical suggestions...

Dye & Durham, a global provider of legal technology and information services, and Morae Global Corporation, a global leader in digital and business transformation for the legal industry, are partnering...

Legal professionals from all over the world will soon be able to attend a first-of-its-kind virtual conference to suit their time zone, with two events taking place at 9 am...

57.1% of clients will change law firms for client service reasons. This ranks higher than factors like legal expertise and cost. This highlights a key issue: law firms are lagging...

MinterEllison, one of  Australia's largest law firms, has automated its business process management system. MinterEllison, which has 3,000+ partners and personnel servicing government, private and public clients, forecasts that the new...

The executive summary of ILTA’s 2022 Technology Survey is hot off the press with the full survey to be published in September this year. The executive summary highlights are based on...

Smokeball launches Marketplace Precedents, a new service connecting clients with a large selection of professionally crafted precedents from multiple industry leading peers, saving small law firms hours of drafting documents and...

The Law Council of Australia has launched a checklist designed to help small legal workplaces and sole practitioners recruit and retain new staff. “This checklist is designed to help legal...

While preparing for a recent consulting engagement I was reminded of the dominant role that Microsoft plays in the provision of key software to the legal industry. In our 2021...

While no technology can eliminate the possibility of human error completely, secure, best practice dispute resolution technology goes a long way to minimize the risk of complications arising and potentially...

Legal practice management company Smokeball has made the podium in high-profile employee engagement listings announced this month. The company is placed number three out of the top 20 companies with...

David Woolstencroft interviews David Hepburn, President of Actionstep to discuss what progressive law firms are currently achieving in the highly competitive legal sector. The business of law discussion traversed many insightful...

ILTACON 2022 is back as an in-person event for the first time in over two years and bigger than ever before. The event in Washington D.C. has been sold-out with...

BigHand, a leading provider of operational and financial products for law firms, announced it has acquired Digitory Legal. Digitory Legal (Digitory) is a cost analytics platform designed to help law...

The pandemic-induced lockdown of 2020 turned out the lights on the global economy, resulting in weak earnings in every sector. The legal industry, however, managed to blunt the force of...

David Woolstencroft interviews Michael Vassilieff, Head of Sales of Dedoco, the blockchain-based document infrastructure platform founded during the lockdown. Michael and David discuss how blockchain technology is changing the legal...

InfoTrack was named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces in 2022 by Great Place to Work. The list features leading organisations that have gone above and beyond to demonstrate their dedication...

Inc. revealed that NetDocuments, the world’s #1 trusted cloud platform where legal professionals do work, is included on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing...

David Woolstencroft interviews John van Rooyen, Global Sales Director of Fileman, discussing law firms transitioning to the “paper-light” environment.  Interestingly, before COVID-19, law firms did not prioritise digital transformation as...

Nicholes Family Lawyers and Resolve Conflict Family Lawyers have collaborated on bringing to Victoria a groundbreaking people-focused approach to family law conflict resolution called “Our Family in Two Homes”.  Instead...

For many professions, the modern workplace looks almost unrecognisable compared to even a few years ago. The traditional “work from a fixed location, every day” arrangement often fails to meet...

John F Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”. The great Winston...

Josef, a Melbourne-based legal automation company, has partnered with global e-conveyancing provider InfoTrack to automate property sales, with their sights first set on conveyancing documents.  Vendors Advocate Sandi Barry-Mueller of...

The fabulous team at Actionstep recently hosted The Future of Mid-Market Law event at the exclusive 6HEAD, overlooking the Sydney Opera House. Mike McKell, Ximena Farias, Triona Saunders and Rose Fitzmaurice...

The legal system has always been overburdened, but never like what we are experiencing today. Backlog in courts worldwide has grown to hundreds of thousands of cases and, The Guardian...

Review the latest interview with Michael Bacina, Partner of Piper Alderman, Board Member of Blockchain Australia and Company Secretary of the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce to gain incredible insights...

The world over, the legal industry is known to lean toward the cautious, slow to adopt change and shies from wading into uncharted waters. But the onset of the pandemic...

First and only purpose-built system for subpoena response and account garnishment processing Safari SOP, a Bellevue, Washington-based software company, has built the first online system for law departments and legal...

The latest major release of the financial services regulatory breach reporting tool, Gadens Breach Manager, now includes updated exemptions, significance tests and a focus on ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’ as...

Platformisation isn’t new, but many industries are realising the efficiency gains they can achieve with it, so it’s attracting increased attention. As the legal sector digitally transforms, firms need to...

There are few people out there with bad intentions, but there are firm leaders with bad habits. I recently spent an hour on a call with the managing partner of...

On 28 September, over 300 legal professionals from across Aotearoa and overseas will gather in person in Auckland for the premier legal innovation and technology event on the New Zealand calendar. LawFest...

LawVision and Iridium Technology (now part of BigHand) have today shared the results of their fourth annual law firm profitability survey. The survey, with responses from 74 law firms covering...

Gone are the days when a law degree merely meant charting a career as an attorney practising in a court of law. Up until recently, the opportunities that were available...

With the stresses of the current state environment, it has never been a better time to ensure your personal wellbeing. High levels of stress are correlated with other health issues,...

We have mostly read about the patriarchal nature of the legal system and not much about gender discrimination in delivering legal services or law practice. Through this article, we plan...

The legal industry job market remains buoyant as reflected in Elias' Legal Jobs Index Report Q4. Please find a summary of the report below.  54% of HR leaders expect the headcount will continue...

BigHand has announced the findings of its latest industry report uncovering an unprecedented level of employee volatility within law firms with increased lateral hiring, salaries rising fast, and a failure...

Corelogic has released their latest auction market update for July 2022, and has been summarised below.As selling conditions weaken across Australia, the auction activity decreases for the third consecutive week....

With the advent of web 3.0, metaverse and other platforms, blockchain tech has skyrocketed. Big companies have started crypto transactions for goods and services. New cryptocurrencies are constantly forming, and law...

Business development, in common parlance, is the creation of long-term value for an organisation from customers, markets, and relationships. At a high-level, business development efforts work towards building relationships and...

David Woolstencroft and Steve Tyndall the CEO and Founder of Client Sense talk about "The Great Resignation" and some practical steps that firms can take to deal with talent leakage...

David Woolstencroft catches up with Steve Tyndall, the CEO and Founder of Client Sense. They talk about the importance of client management function in a law firm and how this...

David Woolstencroft interviews Jason Elias from Elias Recruitment. They talk about the current state of the market, and interestingly there is usually a spark in the market at this time...

Elevate business through humanity | Elevate humanity through business. You may have previously gained access to the articles by Marika Messager, the CEO of ConsciousLeaderhip.org on LPI. Marika has provided a positive impact...

David Woolstencroft catches up with David Boland, the CEO of PracticeEvolve, a leading global legal practice management solution provider. David Boland discusses the legal industry, PracticeEvolve, and how they align their software to...

David Woolstencroft catches up with Jason Elias from Elias Recruitment. They discuss the key skills that are in demand right now as the way we practice law is evolving at...

David Woolstencroft interviews Alan Fitzgerald, CTO of Practice Connections Advisory. With both having worked across the accounting and legal industries, they discuss what is happening in the sectors and point...

Apperio, a provider of legal spend analytics and matter tracking software, announced the availability of a new feature to streamline the process of reviewing and approving law firm invoices to...

Fortunately, there has been more acknowledgement and higher respect towards legal support personnel that manage essential day-to-day tasks to keep law firms and businesses running. People are becoming more aware of the...

As workplace ideologies evolve, it is now imperative for legal operations professionals to evolve as well. According to the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium’s (CLOC) 2021 State of the Industry Report,...

Financial services regulatory and compliance teams are facing work overload, stress and anxiety as they grapple with onerous new compliance and reporting rules, a ground-breaking new report has found.  With...

Elias Recruitment has released the Legal Jobs Index Report for the latest quarter, which has been summarised for you below. The legal jobs market is still buoyant, signified by the...

As a General Counsel, I’ve sat in some good, bad and painful sales pitches. Regardless, it’s never bothered me having salespeople reach out to me and try to win my...

Large corporates spend billions of dollars developing more sustainable and path-breaking technology to improve processes. Unlike other industries where the emphasis is laid on technological development and innovation, the legal industry is...

We are delighted to present the on-demand New Law CLE's free CPD webinars, to you!  Due to the amount of positive feedback we have received from our subscribers that have accessed the...

As we are opening up again and returning back to the norm, this means it is time for lawyers and other professionals to brush-up their networking skills.  Building a professional network is crucial in the...

Elevate business through humanity | Elevate humanity through business As we welcome in 2022 and as many of us have returned to the fold, we have shared links to leadership articles...

"The Great Resignation" has received a lot of press.  There is no doubt that this phenomenon has hit the US, in particular.  According to PricewaterhouseCoopers US Pulse survey in August...

Are you looking for new, exciting career opportunities at some of the most progressive law firms in Australia? Novum Global and Legal Practice Intelligence have created a list of the top law firms all across Australia...

There is much debate regarding the The Great Resignation that we have shifted the focus to "What does the lawyer of the future look like?" Novum Learning assembled an exceptional cast of legal...

Legal technology company Lawcadia and technology partner FYB announce a deep integration with Micro Focus Content Manager (formerly TRIM) in response to high demand by Government legal teams for streamlined, connected solutions...

General Counsel who are proactively seeking to reduce costs and increase their team’s efficiency now have an industry-first practical toolkit to help them. LegalVision developed a General Counsel Toolkit, which...

I am writing this just coming out of 107 days of lockdown in Sydney so how the potential new outbreak affects business confidence is an unknown. Most lawyers I am...

Xakia Technologies Pty Ltd today announced its entry into the Japanese legal technology market with the launch of Xakia, its dedicated In-House Legal Hub, in the Legal Department at JERA...

Legal technology company Lawcadia and legal operations consultancy LEx360 partner to reduce waste, risk, complexity, and uncertainty for corporate counsel. The modern legal department remains a function plagued by inefficient,...

By Jodie Baker of Xakia, “Doing more with less” has long been a core competency of Legal Departments, but recent trends suggest the status quo may soon be unsustainable.  Indeed, according...

So you’ve made it through to the interview stage you are in the 5% - 10% of candidates … Over the last 18 months, the employment process has changed more,...

When borders finally open up, will travel starved lawyers reconsider their career choices? With international travel a possibility in 2022, how will law firms retain and attract lawyers that want...

This is the second article of a series of career pieces, contributed by Jason Elias, CEO of Elias Recruitment. The first article "Careers: Is a change on the horizon?" can...

Considerations for the professional Before you take the leap, take a moment to ask yourself the following questions: Am I being challenged in my current role? Am I still learning?...

Associate level employee job advertisements have jumped by 44% in the June 2021 quarter compared to the previous March 2021 quarter. This is according to research conducted by specialist legal...