Practice Intelligence

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...