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The search to find new and emerging legal talent is underway. Future Legal Mind, run by National Accident Helpline, is one of the UK’s leading essay law competitions.

A newly qualified solicitor who started his training contract “in the same bedroom where I revised for my GCSEs” has hailed the “clear vision” of Hudgell Solicitors on progressing early legal careers at the law firm.

To mark World Mental Health day (10 October 2021) Joanna Swash Group CEO at global  outsourced communications provider, Moneypenny – which supports more than 1,000 legal firms across the UK –  shares tips for minimising interruptions during the working day. 

Barristers are a vital component of our legal system. To ensure the law is representative of the people, the industry needs to recruit barristers from all backgrounds. With free access to aspiring barristers, LexisNexis is helping to achieve this goal.

PracticeEvolve Group have announced a new, secure, mobile app to complement their portfolio of Practice Management Software solutions which will act as a precursor to their native Cloud solution, currently being trialled in Australia.

Thomson Reuters today announced integrations with key Practical Law and 3E features, as well as Microsoft Teams®, on its industry-leading legal workflow platform HighQ. The integrations, along with more than 50 customer-driven enhancements, are part of ongoing improvements to help legal professionals strengthen collaboration, boost productivity and streamline work processes.

Choosing the right legal accounts and practice management software for your law firm is a business-critical decision, but it can be hard to know where to start. With the benefits of expertise and proper research, the right choice will lead to efficiency, productivity and profitability. A bad choice can lead to frustration, wasted time, a lack of proper management information and even compliance breaches.

Law firms of all shapes and sizes can realise a host of benefits, including access to up-to-date client and case data, easy document production, visibility of performance and increased efficiencies, if they have effective practice and case management software (PCMS) in place.

Taking the next step in your software journey can be daunting. “Is the current system sufficient enough?”, “Would a new software or solution be too disruptive?” and “Will the new software optimise and improve existing tasks or functions?” these are some of the questions you might be finding yourself asking. Finding a solution that not only builds upon existing success but also answers your concerns, whilst causes minimal disruption is not easy, but it’s not impossible either!

‘Motivation Monday’ on 18 October will take on a new meaning for thousands of legal professionals in central London as they take on the highly anticipated London Legal Walk, back as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.