Setting attorney goals in a hybrid workplace

As 2022 begins and new year resolutions abound, we’re focusing on how law firm leaders can set concise and meaningful goals for their attorneys in the year ahead while operating in a hybrid work environment.

Four lessons from the “Achieving End-to-End Compliance” webinar series

During a recent four-part compliance webinar series, Aderant experts shared unique industry insights into end-to-end compliance, citing statistics gathered during roundtables and forums throughout 2020 and 2021.

Agile advice blog: Are you enough?

As the full implications of Covid-19 start to be felt across the legal industry, and as we take our first tentative steps to reopening offices, the need for greater resilience and agility in our business model and service delivery has become paramount. And it has brought two important questions to the fore: just how agile […]

Wilson Allen: Preparing for every contingency

In our daily lives, we’re so accustomed to technology, we barely give it a second thought. That is unless our systems stop working, or they’re working slower than we’d like. Then it gets our attention. Beyond the personal aggravation you may feel from this inconvenience, system disruptions or slowdowns can take a real toll on […]

Agile advice special: Remote service provision, in testing times

In today’s remote working climate, most organisations are having to adapt to new ways of working, collaborating and communicating when delivering IT change. This presents very significant challenges to delivery dates and evolving business priorities. What can we do for you? Industry-leading functional and non-functional testing   Highly technical test automation and performance engineering services Strategic […]

Wilson Allen: Time to transition to digital billing – the top five reasons

Has there ever been a time when the pain of paper-based proforma management processes was more evident? Unlikely. Law firms that have made the transition to digital are experiencing little to no disruption as a result of working from home. Those who are still transitioning are feeling the impact in spades, driving many to conclude […]

A clear vendor governance strategy can help law firms weather an economic downturn

As we face the prospect of an economic downturn, firms are looking at ways to best position themselves. A centralized, clear vendor governance strategy that aligns with the firm’s strategic direction can aid in responding to economic turbulence. Vendor governance can help a firm readily identify operational costs for reduction, minimizing the impact on profits, […]

Chris Cartrett at Aderant on how to normalise better billing processes

The global recession that we experienced a decade ago brought about disruption in many ways, not least the proliferation of new billing rules dictated by clients. Whether you call them outside counsel guidelines (OCGs), client guidelines, or just billing guidelines, the point is that the dynamics of the billable hour have changed. Like any kind […]

Michael Warren at Wilson Allen on three attitudes to CRM

It seems appropriate to debut my first ever column in Briefing, at the start of a new decade, by looking to the future. As firms think about their growth strategies for the next five years, many are doubtless considering how to face a number of business challenges. These include increased competition from both traditional law […]

Tim Smith at Insight Legal on how to unearth the client service opportunity in Making Tax Digital

The first year of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT, known as the soft landing period, ends this April. During these first 12 months, VATregistered firms used to keying in their quarterly return have been required to install suitable software that records all VAT transactions and then submits the data to the HMRC via an […]