Practice management
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FeatureNew leadership and renewed focus for legal tech
(Sponsored content.) Colin Bohanna reflects on why he has joined Dye & Durham UK, what’s changing and how legal professionals can benefit from a more connected, customer-first approach to technology.
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FeatureRoundtable: Coming forward - supporting profitability and growth
In seeking business success, law firms lean ever harder on functions that were traditionally ‘back office’ – and clients are noticing. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion, sponsored by Travelers.
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FeatureMental health and the law: Coping strategies
Mental health statistics show a deepening crisis in our workplaces, manifested in employment claims. Can existing laws keep up? And what of the legal profession’s own record? Catherine Baksi reports.
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FeatureParental leave reform – an opportunity for legal employers
Review offers a critical opportunity for parental leave to become a foundation for equality and accessibility from day one.
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FeaturePart 2: Legal Sector Embraces AI – But Slowly and Unevenly
Next steps and critical considerations for the road ahead (sponsored content).
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FeatureThe generative AI era: Embracing innovation and good governance
Sponsored content: The rapid adoption of generative AI is revolutionising the way we work.
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FeatureA firm of one's own
How do you avoid the dream of building your own specialist firm from becoming a nightmare? Joanna Goodman talks to solicitors who know.
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FeatureAll in it together
The benefits of becoming an employee-owned law firm can be cultural as well as financial. As Joanna Goodman hears, for some it is the magic pill that cures the headache of succession.
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FeatureSmall firms, big Pride: Amplifying LGBTQ+ inclusion in the legal profession
How small and regional firms can promote equality, diversity and inclusion practices even when resources are limited.
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FeatureSabbaticals: Break with tradition
Has the legal profession killed the career sabbatical, or merely rebranded it? Katharine Freeland reports.
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FeatureAI and mid-sized firms roundtable: Intelligence testing
For mid-market firms, the advent of generative AI is a double-edged sword. The technology can handle routine tasks and free up billable time, but also obscure intrinsic flaws in processes.
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FeatureAt the double
The saying ‘it’s lonely at the top’ doesn’t apply at many law firms, where senior and managing partners share leadership responsibilities. It helps if they get along, writes Katharine Freeland.
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FeatureNew world disorder
The exponential rise of GenAI heralded a deluge of new security threats – are law firms up to the challenge?