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15 Oct 2018

SafetyCulture boosts workplace training with EdApp investment

LegalVision has advised workplace health and safety company SafetyCulture on its external investment funding round for mobile technology platform EdAp...

12 Oct 2018

Lawyers on Demand promotes legal tech expert

Alternative legal services provider Lawyers on Demand has elevated its former head of client solutions as it launches its new Designed Solutions servi...

12 Oct 2018

Blockchain protects law and improves social issues

Sociocultural issues such as tax evasion, voter fraud and even climate change, may all be improved as the system of law interacts with blockchain tech...

11 Oct 2018

Outcomes, not billing targets, breed productivity for flexible workers

When the attention is shifted away from billable hours, flexibility “follows much more naturally”, according to the head of a NewLaw firm. ...

8 Oct 2018

ANIKA boosted by funding of almost $200k

ANIKA has secured $199,795 in government funding for a project to build an online platform that will provide free legal advice to vulnerable members i...

3 Oct 2018

How can blockchain help drive sustainable energy?

Much has been said about blockchain technology upending legal services, but it also has the potential to help combat climate change, according to a la...

technical knowledge of the law, diversity of work

1 Oct 2018

Commercial acumen and technical expertise ‘not mutually exclusive’

A NewLaw principal has spoken out about the need to bridge the gap between the skills picked up in traditional law firms and in in-house roles. ...

28 Sep 2018

Lawyers on Demand celebrates 10 years

Alternative legal services provider Lawyers on Demand has marked its tenth year of operation, after being founded in 2008 by three Freehills alumni. ...

legal hackathon, competition, Murdoch University law student Kashmirra Thevar

26 Sep 2018

WA hosts first legal hackathon

Murdoch University law student Kashmirra Thevar has facilitated the western state’s first interdisciplinary legal hackathon. Write comment ...

Leadership, winning ingredient, law firm, success

13 Sep 2018

‘Decisive’ leadership the winning ingredient for law firm success

New data has identified decisive leadership as being the key competitive advantage among top performing law firms. Write comment (0 Comments)...

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