Global Legal Profession Opportunities with the SQE September 12, 2022 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...
Safeguarding Your Law Firm's Profitability September 8, 2022 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...
The Legal Iconoclast Expo to Spark Big Changes September 5, 2022 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...
Law Firm Strategic Client Management September 2, 2022 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...
Small Law Employers Checklist | Law Council Australia August 29, 2022 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...
Unleashing the Business of Your Law Firm August 24, 2022 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...
Legal Sector Financial Performance | APAC Analysis August 22, 2022 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...
Our Family in Two Homes Takes Up Residence in Australia August 15, 2022 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...
Embracing Your Best Work Life | Settify August 15, 2022 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 Future of Mid-Market Law Event Highlights August 11, 2022 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...
Online Dispute Resolution is a Necessity Not a Choice August 10, 2022 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...
Where BigLaw Leadership Trainings Falls Short August 2, 2022 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...
LawFest 22 New Zealand's Legal Innovation & Tech Event July 29, 2022 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...
Law Firm Profitability 2022 Survey Results July 28, 2022 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...
The Versatile Nature of Legal Profession July 27, 2022 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...