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Austin's angle: on top with the e-diary

13th August 2012 | practice management
Manage your deadlines better with the digital version of that vital diary

Austin's angle: winning the buy-in

1st August 2012 | practice management
Getting your staff onside involves people interaction as well as systems

Austin's angle: the good of the system

25th July 2012 | practice management
Uniformity, or the benefits of a factory production line in the solicitor’s office

Austin's angle: the key question for clients

19th July 2012 | law society of scotland , practice management
Ask "What if?" to make them think about wills - or other needs

Austin's angle: the potential of your wills bank

13th July 2012 | practice management
First in a series of blogs about increasing your efficiency and profitability as a firm

A glimpse of the future

14th June 2012 | practice management
Williams seminar highlights need for fresh thinking

Pushing the boundaries of practice

20th May 2012 | practice management
Benefits can flow both ways from becoming a niche player

Combined forces

16th April 2012 | practice management
Interested to find a sense of excitement, rather than foreboding, in those involved in recent law firm mergers

Letter: “Tough times are still ahead”

16th March 2012 | practice management
Time to invest in marketing

Talk of the town

8th February 2012 | law society of scotland , practice management
Some thoughts against the background of the mergers dominating the legal news

Doing good for pro bono

11th November 2011 | practice management | Charities
Time to get back to the real message

Will Aid needs you!

15th August 2011 | executries , practice management | Charities
Reasons for taking part in the 2011 campaign

Paralegals: team building at work

11th February 2011 | careers , practice management , professional regulation
Initial success of Registered Paralegal Scheme suggests the right formula

Time to think pro bono

15th December 2010 | practice management
Winter weather "good neighbour" stories set background for LawWorks launch

SLAS response to the Lloyds Banking Group panel cuts

9th November 2010 | banking-financial services , practice management , property (non-commercial)
Advice to solicitors on how to respond, and how to appeal if affected

Giving up the paper round

7th August 2009 | practice management
Research into lawyers' means of communication should throw up some interesting findings

Hong Kong – a place to do business

2nd July 2009 | law society of scotland , practice management
Society's breakfast briefing shows the opportunities on offer

Staff have needs too

18th March 2009 | law society of scotland , practice management
Legal firms are adopting pragmatic responses to the present economic difficulties, but these should focus as much on the needs of staff as on the structure of the business

High Street Conference feedback

5th December 2008 | law society of scotland , practice management
Event to boost smaller firms provided a "positive view of the future"

Not all gloom on the high street

29th November 2008 | practice management
Conference hears of ways to create opportunities in recession

Mind mapping the profession

7th November 2008 | practice management
Enterprise Minister comes up with a new way to identify business solutions

Hard times on the high street

1st November 2008 | practice management
The conference on 29 November aims to share ideas on dealing with the economic situation
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