Building trust Part 1: Relationships with clients online
As legal services move online, creating and maintaining a good relationship with clients can be challenging. However there are strategies to improve professional relationships online.Snapshot…
Change leadership for a dynamic profession
The latest research findings on how lawyers can lead change within their own practice. By DR JUSTINE ROGERS and DR FELICITY BELLSnapshot How can lawyers…
Innovate or perish: key lesson from the 2019 FLIP Conference
Canadian lawyer and management consultant Mitch Kowalski discussed modern client needs, flexible work, millennials and talent retention at FLIP 2019.Canadian lawyer, barrister and management consultant…
Huge line-up announced for 2019 FLIP Conference
Legal visionaries George Beaton and Richard Susskind will headline a star-studded line-up of speakers at the Law Society of NSW’s annual FLIP conference.Legal visionaries George…
Future looks bright for Australian law graduates
Law firms are diversifying, accounting firms want lawyers, and a rise in legal technology is creating new jobs for law graduates.Law firms are diversifying, accounting…
The top 5 trends of future legal practice
The Law Society’s Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession (FLIP) conference saw more than 400 lawyers attend to hear local and international experts…
Recognising a new form of legal practice: limited scope services
Limited scope services can enhance access to justice and help to define the changing roles played by lawyers and clients. By MICHAEL LEGG.Snapshot Limited scope…
Making sense of metadata
Thanks to Australian data retention laws, which came into effect late last year, many government agencies (including the RSPCA and Medicare) are likely to know…
Legal eagles join forces to hack for justice
More than 100 participants from universities, law firms and technology companies took part in the Law Society of NSW’s first hackathon, hosted in partnership with…
The future looks brighter than robot lawyers
Preparing for the future of the legal profession means looking beyond the “threat of robot lawyers”, a US legal academic told an audience of more…
Illuminating the future of law
Chrissie Lightfoot discusses how lawyers can remain relevant when robots finally do take over, and about the viability of the traditional law firm model moving…