Relentless disruption, change and innovation are once again the key themes for lawyers this year. Increasingly sophisticated technologies along with pressures from clients, employees and regulatory systems are pushing firms…
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Why Plain Language Law is Shaping the Way Legal Solutions are Delivered
It’s time we thought differently about delivering legal services. The practice of law has changed. The days of hiring practitioners with specialist knowledge and decades of experience for small litigation,…
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How Legal Procurement is Helping In-House Legal Teams Get Better Results
In-house legal departments are under constant pressure to take on more work, but usually have little flexibility to add more lawyers to the team. It is more important than ever…
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How to Improve Gender Diversity in Law Firms
There are now more female lawyers than male lawyers practising in Australia¹, so it is crucial that law firms adopt a proactive approach to gender diversity. It is well understood…
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Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Report Reveals Slow Quarter for Australian Law Firms
Law firms throughout Australia saw a decline across most segments in the previous quarter, widening the gap between the Big 8 law firms and their Large counterparts. Australian law firms across most…
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Making an Apple More Like an Orange: How the ACCC is Planning to Improve its Chances in Merger Reviews
A recent speech by Rod Sims, Chairman of the ACCC, is making waves amongst Australian competition law practitioners and business leaders. Sims has proposed requiring more information from businesses seeking…
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3 Ways Self-Service Contracts Can Benefit Your Organisation
Self-service contract creation uses the wonders of document automation to reimagine the contract creation process. Forget bottlenecks within your legal department – self-service contract creation means anyone in your organisation…
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The Legal Profession Welcomes Another Benchmark
For just over two months this year – from 2 October 2017 until the retirement of Canada’s Chief Justice on 15 December 2017 – four women will hold the position…
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Why Upskilling Junior Lawyers Should be Your Firm’s Priority
The law firm model is broken. Industry commentators and those who work within it are increasingly pointing out how the traditional pyramid law firm model (a select number of senior…
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Email Addresses on the Register of Members: Implications of the New Bill
A proposed amendment to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) will require companies to include members’ email addresses on the register of members. The Corporations Amendment (Modernisation of Members Registration) Bill…
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