Practice Intelligence

Last week, the Bar Council of India (BCI) made a notable decision to permit foreign law firms to practice within India, marking a significant shift from their previous policy that...

Over the past few decades, outsourcing legal services has become increasingly popular in the industry. This practice involves transferring legal work from law firms or legal departments to external service...

The legal industry is continuously changing, and globalisation has expedited this process. Technological advancements, shifting demographics, and new forms of competition will lead to substantial transformations in legal practice in...

With a global recession and further economic downturn predicted, clients are demanding financial transparency and cost certainty across their engagements with law firms as they look to alleviate their cost pressures....

Legal Practice Intelligence interviews Jane Oxley, CRO of Smokeball, to discover the latest legal industry findings from a leader in the sector. Jane unwraps what innovative firms are moving towards,...

A survey of more than 500 members of the Victorian legal profession conducted by the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) has revealed that the legal profession faced a range of...

Account Based Marketing (ABM) is a growth strategy focused on creating more personalised experiences for top current and prospective clients. ABM is an effective way to grow a law firm’s...

Sheetal Deo, the Founder of Shakti Legal Solutions in Helensvale, Queensland has been named the Smokeball Community Hero for 2023, announced at Smokeball Spark. The Smokeball Community Hero Award acknowledges...

New legislation taking effect next week makes buying and selling real estate in Queensland faster and more efficient, with conveyancing transactions to be conducted electronically. Queensland is the last of the major...

Industries including the legal industry all around the world shifted to the practice of outsourcing in recent times while most of it happened during the times of the global pandemic....

The recent Cyber-attacks on Optus and Medibank may have grabbed most of the headlines with respect to Cyber breaches in Australia, but it is obviously a worldwide issue, with 2022...

Galilee Solicitors announces that they have achieved ISO 27001 certification, demonstrating their commitment to protecting sensitive client information and maintaining the highest standards of information security.  ISO 27001 is internationally...

In our highly competitive knowledge economy, a critical path to success is to out-think (innovate), out-learn (continual knowledge and skill development), and out-run (become a first mover in lucrative micro-niches)...

It’s hard to deny, clients today are particularly sceptical. So, one of the most difficult challenges that each of us as professionals face, is coming up with a convincing response...

The Smokeball Community Hero Award returns for a second year to acknowledge the impactful work that small law firms conduct in their communities. Honouring the legal industry members who go above and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

David Woolstencroft catches up with Laura Keily, Founder and CEO of Immediation. Laura expresses her excitement with the recent announcements with Maxwell Chambers and Clio, further elevating their international market reach...

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...

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 catches up with Jason Elias from Elias Recruitment to discuss how the great resignation has impacted the Australian legal industry. Just when we thought the economy was opening up...

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...

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 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 and Garth Brown from Brown and Brown Conveyancers catch up and talk about the property risk that emerges due to bushfires. It is only 2 years since Australia experienced...

David Woolstencroft catches up with Garth Brown from Brown & Brown Conveyancers.David and Garth talk about several issues around land contamination that property lawyers, conveyancers and their clients need to be...

David Woolstencroft interviews Sam McCarthy, the Co-Founder and Director of Fresh Finance Group. Sam shares finance and banking information for your consideration. Sam outlines the importance of finding the best...

David Woolstencroft caught up with Garth Brown from Brown & Brown Conveyancers. Garth discusses how the pandemic has impacted the property market and how people have worked around the restrictions...

Before Australian tech superstars Atlassian and Canva put Australia on the map, LEAP was a hugely influential international business, empowering thousands of law firms to run successful practices around the world.

Inspired by the challenges that small laws face first hand - Hunter Steele is on a mission to make life better for small law firms around the world. Follow Hunters...

Paula Teague of Sirius Law recently interviewed Peter Frankl. Issues covered: 1. Productivity in law firms 2. The billable hour 3. The winding down lawyer 4. Thriving practices that can’t...

Recently we had the opportunity to talk with Max Patterson (Co-Founder & Executive Chair) and Paul Psaltis (Global CEO) at Settify, who are helping family law practices streamline routine processes...

Key points from Macquarie Group 1. Before Covid: strong growth in house prices – particularly Sydney and Melbourne 2. After Covid: listing numbers fell sharply but now back to average...