Every writer out there hopes that his masterpiece will be discovered one day and maybe will make an impact in someone's life. And of course, some writers just do that for the purpose of being published, becoming famous, market themselves and so on. However, most writers just want to share with the world a piece of themselves because by doing that they are healing their own wounds, and show me one person who doesn't have at least one. Growing up in East Europe, I sure have some of my own reasons why I've postponed looking into the existing legal software in Russia. Call me biased or emotionally attached, involved or just someone who has more awareness around this part of...
My first encounter with the UK, as a country, has happened in 2003, way before I've landed in New York. What I remember about my stay in the UK was the super clean streets, even in a city like London, very windy weather up in Norwich, the Queen's garden, the super long hot dogs and super tasty jelly donuts. Everything was so new and exciting to a girl coming from a small East European city. But this article is not about the Buckingham Palace and surely not about the jelly donuts. Instead, I will try to take a look into the legal software legal professionals rely on in the UK. This journey around the world has been quiet exciting. To...
When I think of legal software, I think of all those amazing tools created by super talented engineers meant to enhance and ease the life of someone who is connected in any way to the legal industry. Yes, you are right "enhance" and "ease" and if you belong to the generation swamped and overwhelmed by the load of paperwork, than you will know where I am coming from. But, because the human being is not so great at identifying its needs and even more communicate them, there are still some discrepancies as to "what do lawyers need" and "how can we create, deliver and meet all of those needs". I also think that a lawyers' needs differ depending on the...
The law firm of the future has always been a hot topic for me and I am sure that there are many people out there who love to speculate on the way it may turn around for many of us, for example the death of some of the jobs; and some of them even take the courage to predict the future. In a way, we all know that the best way to predict the future is by looking at the past. The book "Artificial Intelligence an Illustrated History" has shed some light in this regard. It talks about the beginning of the beginnings, from the Medieval Robots and all the way to the Neural Networks, that which we are living...
Sometimes I ask myself, "How would it feel to only have access to one legal practice management software?" Imagine, every single office having access to the same features? It is possible that this would eliminate the need to train the new employees, which would probably save a lot of time and money. In addition, this may help the providers enhance their platform instead of worrying about the competition and focus on growth rather than on client retention. Fair enough, but then you will say "this is not how the market works". I get it! Fortunately, or unfortunately that it not an option. The journey into all of the existing legal practice management software is quiet intriguing and one may say...
