Two decades of cybersecurity were organized around keeping attackers out. That is no longer the measure of success. Regulators are writing recovery obligations into law, insurers are pricing recovery posture into premiums, and boards have stopped asking if the organisation is secure and started asking how long it would be down. What that shift exposed […]

LSSA member LawNeeds has launched an AI-powered mobile app to help migrants navigate UK immigration support, combining multilingual guidance with access to regulated immigration professionals. In this Q&A, Founder and CEO Steve Okolo discusses the inspiration behind the platform, lessons from its beta trials and how lmembership has supported the company’s development. LSSA CEO Kevin […]

AI is everywhere in the legal industry. However, many professionals don’t know what AI is actually useful for in real legal work. This guide breaks down how AI impacts legal workflows—and how leading firms use it to: Reduce the time spent preparing work Summarise and organise large volumes of information Draft first-pass language faster Create structure from […]

Litera, the Legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, announced its plugin availability within ChatGPT Enterprise, bringing Foundation Firm AI Search into ChatGPT so eligible Foundation Cloud users can query their firm’s experience data in natural language. Foundation is the growth intelligence backbone for more than 300 law firms, […]

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, announced a new integration with ChatGPT Enterprise. The iManage plug-in gives knowledge workers a direct way to securely access and work with governed iManage content from within ChatGPT Enterprise, while existing permissions, ethical walls, and audit trails remain in place. With the plugin, iManage gives customers access […]

NetDocuments, the #1 trusted intelligent document management system for legal professionals, announced its existing ChatGPT plugin is now available through the OpenAI plugin library, bringing NetDocuments’ governed legal context together with OpenAI frontier models. The milestone is the latest expansion of NetDocuments’ growing Model Context Protocol (MCP)  ecosystem, which connects governed legal knowledge to leading […]

Efimis, the legal financial management platform, is helping law firms give finance, billing and operational teams a clearer view of the information they need to manage work in progress, billing activity and financial performance. Firms often have the underlying financial data, but it can sit across processes, teams and systems, making it harder to identify […]

The efficiency gains are real, but so is the unintended consequence. When the work that built professional judgment disappears, how do we set emerging lawyers up for success? For decades, junior lawyers built judgment the same way: through years of repetitive, high-volume work under supervision. Document review, redlining, contract analysis. The work was rigorous, and […]

Almost a quarter of people across England and Wales live in legal aid deserts. Access to legal aid remains deeply uneven across England and Wales. Our updated LexisNexis Legal Aid Deserts report 2026 identifies the local authorities where legal need appears highest relative to legal aid provider capacity across five key areas: housing, family, crime, immigration and […]

Helping law firms invest smarter in technology that delivers measurable value In 2026, legal technology is no longer a “future initiative”, it’s part of the competitive foundation of modern legal practice. The conversation has shifted from “Should we invest in legal tech?” to a more important question: “Where will we get the greatest return?”. For […]

Small, often overlooked frictions in legal document workflows quietly erode profitability, increase compliance exposure and compound into millions of pounds in lost time. Addressing this challenge requires more than new tools, it demands disciplined workflows supported by the right productivity technology, says Michelle Langton, CEO at Novaplex The legal tech market offers no shortage of […]

You’re not here to read another pitch about “the future of work.” You’re here because the job you do every day is already changing—fast. This guide breaks down what that shift actually looks like inside a law firm, why it’s happening now, and how administrators are using AI to move from handling tasks to shaping […]

Automation using legal practice management software For many lawyers, the biggest barrier to productivity isn’t legal work. It’s administration. Every day, fee earners lose valuable time to repetitive tasks such as opening new matters, recording time, filing emails, chasing approvals and preparing bills. These activities are essential to running a successful law firm, but they […]