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Running a successful law firm and being a good lawyer shouldn’t be incongruous, but to achieve these goals you need to identify – and implement – the best tools at your disposal. In business, data is power, whether that’s data on your clients, the market, legal trends, your staff, finances, performance – the list goes on.

The route to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales has changed. In September, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is introducing the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) which will eventually replace the current Legal Practice Course (LPC).

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announces its participation in the International Legal Technology Association’s (ILTA) annual conference, ILTACON 2021 to be held August 22-26 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. The hybrid virtual and in-person event brings together industry experts and legal community members from over 20 countries for comprehensive peer-driven programs, educational content, and networking that address today’s transforming legal industry.

Imagine this. You are driving down the motorway at the actual speed limit of 70MPH in your lovely shiny new car. As you come up to your junction, you signal left. As you come off your junction you slam on your breaks sending your phone flying off the passenger seat into the foot well and leaving you in a breath daze. What on earth happened? What suddenly forced you to break?

Studying law, and working in law at a junior level, can prepare you for a lot of things. They can both deepen your understanding of different areas of law, show you new ways of looking at problems, and introduce you to legal networks. What they can’t do, is teach you the nuances of legal workplaces and work cultures.

We are all familiar with the use of M365 for both mail, office and, of course, Teams. There are many products within the M365 family, and this is only set to increase as Microsoft releases new versions or products, such as Cloud PC.

Insight Legal are proud and delighted to announce that we have again been awarded the Solicitors’ Software Users Award from the Institute of Legal Finance and Management (ILFM),

In July, significant data breaches included an online learning provider who exposed account information to unauthorised sources, a council exposing rent payments to the general public and the National Lottery Community Fund putting around six years’ worth of data at risk.

The latest Red Flag Alert research by Begbies Traynor for Quarter 2 of 2021 has recorded 650,000 businesses in the UK in ‘significant financial distress’. However, this number has fallen 10% since the highest recorded number of significantly distressed businesses which were recorded in Quarter 1  (723,000).

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated… accredited to the author Mark Twain, the statement has rung true over the last five years for a woman in France who has been trying to convince the authorities that she is very much alive and kicking.