Picture this. You are the Principal of a boutique law firm and employ several junior solicitors in their first few years of legal practice. How do you ensure your staff have what they need to grow?
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A Barrister’s Perspective on Smart Legal Research
Representing clients to the best of your ability requires you have access to legal information, fast. In a customer case study, David Kim from Owen Dixon Chambers, Australia, compares free research to the new Westlaw.
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Securing Your Practice’s Future: Making the Pieces Fit Together
Last year was one of substantial change for many small law firms as they continued to develop and refine their skills, especially in regard to how they run their businesses, not just how they practice law.
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Guide to Choosing the Best Legal Research Software for Your Firm
No matter the area of the law you specialise in, without a suitable platform or provider to keep abreast of precedents and court rulings, you may go excessively overtime – billable or not – on legal research admin.
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What Law Firm Practitioners Really Think About Doing Legal Research [Report]
This report showcases results from a targeted survey of sole to mid-sized law participants based in Australia and New Zealand. The emerging themes drawn from this report offer a unique perspective.
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6 Ways to Raise the Bar on Your Legal Research
Does raising the bar on your case and precedent search methodologies form part of your 2020 goals? We share six ways to help advance your legal research. Take on the ideas detailed and legal research output will excel.
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Coronavirus and Bushfires Rekindle Interest in ‘Force Majeure’
The destruction and disruption being wrought by the bushfires and the coronavirus has businesses dusting off contracts to check whether these phenomena might be ‘force majeure’.
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Legal Ethics and the Professional Responsibilities of Lawyers
Legal ethics and professional responsibility are at the heart of legal practice. They are fundamental to an understanding of Law as a profession, argues Author, Richard Scragg.
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Practical Law New Zealand’s Quick Guide Has Contract Negotiations For Businesses Covered
The recently launched Practical Law New Zealand resource centre has released a quick guide which highlights key issues for businesses to consider.
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Digital Adoption and the Shake-Up of Legal Practice
As any lawyer knows, utilising technology has become essential in the business of law. But where do you stack up on the rate of adoption in comparison to your peers?
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