This month’s round-up of best practice management comment, features, and news from across the web includes articles on technological innovation in law firms, how to grow your client base, and the language used when talking about mental health.
Innovation and technology
Collaboration for CoLin: online courts hackathon for Law Society and Wavelength Law
Insights from this year’s Online Courts Hackathon.
The Law Society
Why the professional services industry is swiftly moving to the cloud
As relatively early adopters of cloud technology, the professional services sector continues to flock towards software-as-a-service (SaaS) and hosted platforms.
Legal Futures
Ask an AI: What makes lawyers ‘professional’?
AI has the potential to augment our ability to deliver affordable, quality, professional services. Does it also have the potential to leave you out of a job? An AI could make legal decisions, but what about ethical decisions?
The Law Society
Eclipse Legal Systems – the UK’s leading legal software provider – has announced the launch of Eclipse Compact, a new solution designed to cater for the needs of small law firms.
Legal Futures
Business
Companies at risk over lack of trade secret protection
Companies need to put in place measures to protect trade secrets as innovation drives the economy.
Global Legal Post
Growing your client base: content is king
Alex Heshmaty, legal writer, explains what content marketing is, and how law firms can use it to grow their client base and build a rapport
The Law Society
Wellbeing
The language we use to talk about mental health
Sue Baker, director of Time to Change, discusses the language used when talking about mental health
Law Care
