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We can’t wait to see you at this year’s #TheSayGap2024. My thanks to Cosmonauts in their tireless organisation of what will be another amazing conference. This year the #dei conference will be over two days. The first day will look at how we create an environment in which we can support truly diverse teams, and encourage diversity of thought. DE&I initiatives have never faced greater challenges and this conference will enable largely Chatham House conversations around how corporates and private practice teams can understand one another’s challenges and come back with practical solutions. Day 2 will see the return of the brilliant Sarah Lloyd Hughes and some razzle dazzle as we teach women how to tell stories for maximum business impact. Head to the website to register and find out more. ⭐️

Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers selects ShareDo for case management Full service national Australian law firm Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers has selected ShareDo’s adaptive case management system, we can reveal. Carroll & O’Dea will initially implement ShareDo in their commercial property practice, with plans to expand the platform’s use across the entire firm, including their personal injury practices. The phased approach is designed to ensure a smooth transition and build momentum in the take-up across the firm. We’re told that the decision followed a thorough evaluation of the market. #legaltech Read More: https://lnkd.in/eYG59hs6

WEBINAR: Is it time to return to the office? This is a live webinar on 23 July at 15:00 – 16:00 BST/10:00-11:00 ET hosted by Caroline Hill. In the wake of the Covid pandemic, it was widely assumed that working from home and hybrid working were here to stay for good. However, the more time passes, the less that appears to be the case. With law firms looking to increase productivity and visibility, many firms are insisting on a return to the office at least three days a week, including making it a condition of financial incentives such as bonuses. Read More: https://lnkd.in/g_NybDMd Or Register Here: https://lnkd.in/dBZNxGCG

Dentons partners with AI startup Intanify for IP discovery, including referral scheme and white label pilot Dr Justin Hill, partner & co-chair of IP at Dentons explains to Legal IT Insider how AI software platform Intanify improves the process of creating IP inventories and assessing IP opportunities and risks. Dentons will refer clients to Intanify for a fee and is piloting a white label offering for clients. Dentons today (16 July) announced that it has partnered with AI fintech startup Intanify to accelerate and improve the process of creating IP inventories and assessing IP opportunities and risk. Dentons was an angel investor in Intanify’s £410,000 pre-seed funding round in July last year. #legaltech Find Out More: https://lnkd.in/gWeT4-dW

Legal IT Insider launches inaugural Practice Management System Report – Download it here! Legal IT Insider has today (16 July) launched the first-ever practice management system industry report, which takes an unparalleled, in-depth look at the functionality of many PMS systems in the market. This report is written by our lead analyst Neil Cameron, who has decades of experience working as a technology consultant for law firms, including experience of selecting and implementing software. It is the result of hours’ worth of demos, and we are grateful to the participating vendors for their time and patience. It includes a functionality table that we know you will not find elsewhere. And it includes industry analysis that gives insight and context on both historical and latest trends. When we first conceived of this report well over a year ago, it was partly in recognition of the fact that the legal market is changing and evolving in terms of its PMS needs, but that there is little out there in terms of a ‘Gartner-style’ review. This report started as a ‘pay-to-play’ model, where we asked vendors to pay to participate. However, we decided along the way that from an ethical journalism perspective, we didn’t want to preclude anyone who deserved to be in the report from being in it, and we pivoted to an advertising model. As a result, all legal main PMS vendors have been invited to participate for free, not conditional on advertising, although we are grateful to those who have advertised. The vendors that are in this report have agreed to be in it and there is a reason why that is important. We didn’t want to write a report based on headlines, press releases and hearsay, only direct engagement and demos of current functionality. In terms of the vendors here, this is an invaluable look under the hood. As he did with our CRM report, Neil begins with some of the history of practice management systems going way back in time, which is a fascinating read! In understanding where you’re going, it is really important to understand where you are coming from. I absolutely love the sheer amount of knowledge that has gone into the Historical Background, as well as the current trends and future of PMS analysis. We have learned a lot in the process of creating this report and we will be taking that learning forward for the next report. We hope you enjoy it and takeaway some valuable learning yourselves. #PMSReport2024 Sign Up Here To Receive The Report In Your Inbox Now: https://lnkd.in/eR2BHJf9

The Latest From Caroline Hill: BRYTER launches AI Agents with major brand backing BRYTER, the no-code platform for law firms and in-house legal departments, today (11 July) officially launches a new product-suite: AI Agents, which help legal teams to automate repetitive tasks such as requests for HR information. AI Agents has been in beta since last year and early customers including media conglomerate Bertelsmann (with subsidiaries including Penguin Random House and Arvato); NYSE-listed medical device company Zimmer Biomet; and US IT distribution company TD Synnex. #legaltech #AI Read More: https://lnkd.in/dspqXB6R

WEBINAR: Is it time to return to the office? In the wake of the Covid pandemic, it was widely assumed that working from home and hybrid working were here to stay for good. However, the more time passes, the less that appears to be the case. With law firms looking to increase productivity and visibility, many firms are insisting on a return to the office at least three days a week, including making it a condition of financial incentives such as bonuses. In Advanced’s latest Legal Sector Trends Report, when asked the question of whether they are planning to ask staff to come to the office more, leaders of firms were split fifty-fifty, which begs the question: is it time for lawyers to return to the office, or not? In this live webinar on 23 July at 15:00 – 16:00 BST/10:00-11:00 ET, we will look at topics including: Where do you stand on more office days and why? Are lawyers more productive in the office? What’s the bigger challenge: productivity or talent retention? Does this shift affect that and in what direction? Is it potentially a scapegoat for other performance and people management processes ignored by the legal profession? Our speakers will include Hamzah Hafesji, group product manager for performance and talent at Advanced. REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/dBZNxGCG

LITI Launches 2024 Generative Ai Report Register to receive Legal IT Insider’s Generative AI Report, out soon!  Generative AI is the biggest technological development since the creation of the internet and will transform the way that law firms and corporate legal teams deliver their work product. It is also massively over-hyped, and buyers are struggling to avoid putting technology before real use cases. In this report we will look at how legal technology vendors are rising to the challenge of providing tools that leverage generative AI to create efficiencies. How can the end user be assured that the new innovations can be trusted? To read the Gen Ai report in full, sign up here (The report will be emailed to you first when released)https://lnkd.in/gs7mEmjj #legaltech #GenAireport #GenAi

LITI Launches 2024 Legal PMS Software Report This extensive and in-depth report, written by industry expert Neil Cameron, will take a look at the practice management systems and enterprise resource planning systems available in the legal technology market globally.     Free to download, the report includes a recap and analysis of the history and development of PMS systems, as well as an up-to-date, lengthy comparison table, which includes the various vendor and software characteristics and range of functionality. The report also includes in-depth profiles of a number of vendors and their software. To read the PMS report in full, sign up here (The report will be emailed to you first when released)https://lnkd.in/eR2BHJf9 #legaltech #PMSreport

LITI Launches 2024 Generative Ai Report Register to receive Legal IT Insider’s Generative AI Report, out soon!  Generative AI is the biggest technological development since the creation of the internet and will transform the way that law firms and corporate legal teams deliver their work product. It is also massively over-hyped, and buyers are struggling to avoid putting technology before real use cases. In this report we will look at how legal technology vendors are rising to the challenge of providing tools that leverage generative AI to create efficiencies. How can the end user be assured that the new innovations can be trusted? To read the Gen Ai report in full, sign up here (The report will be emailed to you first when released):https://lnkd.in/gs7mEmjj