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Mastering Legal Billing Complexities: uLaw's Comprehensive Solutions

Mastering Legal Billing Complexities: uLaw's Comprehensive Solutions

In the intricate realm of legal billing, simplicity is a rare luxury. Legal professionals face multifaceted challenges that distinguish legal billing from conventional business invoicing. The legal landscape is a labyrinth of retainer fees, disbursements, trust funds, trust transfers, and a myriad of financial intricacies. To navigate this complexity effectively,

Tech update: Client portal can send email directly to clients

Tech update: Client portal can send email directly to clients

Emails can now directly be generated and sent to clients when they use the uLaw Client Portal. Existing uLaw users may be aware of a feature released called the "uLaw Client Portal", which was created so clients can enter their own information by visiting a web link, and the fields

SCC: Law Societies have right to reject Christian law school

SCC: Law Societies have right to reject Christian law school

In a recent split decision, Canada’s top court upheld the right of Law Societies to not accredit students from a proposed Christian law school at Trinity Western University. Students at the school, and its faculty, are required to follow a religious code of conduct. This raised the ire of

Order Chequesnow cheques directly through uLaw

Order Chequesnow cheques directly through uLaw

OTTAWA, ON, Dec 9, 2021 – Chequesnow Cheques, a leading provider of cheques to financial institutions across Canada, has partnered and integrated its offerings with uLawPractice, Canada’s most trusted legal accounting and practice management software. Through uLawPractice itself, law firms will be able to enhance their digital bookkeeping and accounting

May 17 Webinar: How to get started with uLaw

May 17 Webinar: How to get started with uLaw

Do you want to learn more about uLaw? Recently many lawyers and paralegals have heard through their colleagues and through educational institutions about an all-in-one software solution for managing clerical tasks associated with running a legal business Well, our team wants to set the record straight: indeed, uLawPractice was made

Law Society considers exemption for lawyers challenging controversial “Statement of Principles”

Law Society considers exemption for lawyers challenging controversial “Statement of Principles”

After numerous public outcries by lawyers and academics, the Law Society of Upper Canada might reconsider its recent demand for all practitioners in Ontario to submit a personal “Statement of Principles” declaring that they will promote equality and diversity. LSUC bencher Joe Groia is asking the society to allow lawyers

5 things sole practitioners say about going solo in law

5 things sole practitioners say about going solo in law

Law schools across the country are pumping out graduates hungry for experience at an alarming rate, and the result is that big law firms are getting pickier and picker when it comes to hiring lawyers because there's just so many to choose from. Nevertheless, lawyers are increasingly finding it profitable

LawPay $150 credit promotion for uLaw clients starts Aug 1

LawPay $150 credit promotion for uLaw clients starts Aug 1

Special offer from our partners at LawPay: sign up for LawPay by October 31 to receive a $150 new account credit. Get started with LawPay today>> uLawPractice has partnered with LawPay to bring integrated payments into our cloud-based practice management and legal accounting software suite. If you are interested in

Settlement Statements

Settlement Statements

Today we’re going to talk about settlement statements; how they build your brand and satisfy clients, and also how these advanced documents prepare you for scrutiny from regulatory auditors in jurisdictions across Canada. A settlement statement is a nifty document that breaks down the constituent elements of work your

LSO launches Paralegal Insurance Portlet

The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has launched a new Paralegal Insurance Portlet. Licensees can access the portlet through their portal account. According to LSO literature, this self-serve tool lets paralegals review & update their info quickly and easily. Depending on whether they identify, under By-Law 6 licensees might be exempt,

Cloud-secure legal accounting with uLaw

Cloud-secure legal accounting with uLaw

Legal accounting is by its very nature a highly sensitive area. Not only does it contain sensitive personal information about a client you are representing, it is also financial in nature which requires security also. For more than a decade, uLawPractice has been trusted by law firms across Canada to

Friday free CPD: Prepping for audits 101

Friday free CPD: Prepping for audits 101

It probably goes without saying that an audit ought to be prepared for before the law society starts calling. Lawyers who fail to do this are often caught in a whirlwind of panic if their bookkeeping is sloppy, and in many cases lawyers will bury their heads in the sand

Opponents to LSUC's 'compelled speech' policy lose 38-16

Opponents to LSUC's 'compelled speech' policy lose 38-16

In a relatively split decision earlier this month, Ontario’s regulator for legal practitioners squashed a motion allowing lawyers and paralegals to choose whether to submit a controversial “statement of principles’ to the law society by the end of the year. More than a quarter of LSUC benchers were opposed

Clients: $50 gift cards for referring friends to uLaw trials

Clients: $50 gift cards for referring friends to uLaw trials

Throughout the summer of 2023, the uLaw team is dishing out $50 gift cards to clients who successfully get their friends to sign up for a trial. How it works: * Fill out the form below * You will get an email about the referral * Forward the email to your friend so

6 things we know about Canada’s new Chief Justice Wagner

6 things we know about Canada’s new Chief Justice Wagner

Change is in the air for Canada’s top court, and it’s in the form of a new Chief Justice whose legal decisions will likely leave a lasting mark on Canadian jurisprudence for years to come. While judges in Canada often remain out of the spotlight for a number

"During a recent audit, (uLaw) went above and beyond" says Rodgers Paralegal

"During a recent audit, (uLaw) went above and beyond" says Rodgers Paralegal

I have been using uLaw for just over a year now and find it very helpful and user-friendly for my business. (Rodgers Paralegal) As a sole practitioner, I need all the help I can get. I've always been pleased with uLawPractice but during a recent practice review/audit, the support

"Efficient, Intuitive, Essential", clients weigh in on our practice management software

"Efficient, Intuitive, Essential", clients weigh in on our practice management software

Increasing numbers of lawyers and paralegals are sharing with us their experience using uLaw Practice's original and cost-effective legal accounting and practice management software. Below you'll find a few testimonials sent our way recently. Rolled into one seamless piece of cloud-based software, we specialize in offering legal and paralegal firms

"Parking" your reconciliation to enhance compliance, speed

"Parking" your reconciliation to enhance compliance, speed

Even with top notch legal accounting and practice management software, it takes time to produce a monthly reconciliation report to satisfy legal regulators and to remain in compliance. But did you know you can make this process even faster and easier if you break the work down into weekly portions?

16 ways uLaw works as your personal digital assistant

16 ways uLaw works as your personal digital assistant

A lot of clerical, managerial, archival, bookkeeping and accounting work goes into managing a law firm while also remaining in compliance with legal regulators. Since the inception of uLawPractice, our team has continually worked around the clock to create the best possible cloud-based framework for lawyers and paralegals to manage

3 things legal auditors are looking for

3 things legal auditors are looking for

Whether you're a legal practitioner in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta or Saskatchewan, it's probably a good idea to be well-aware of what law societies are expecting and regulating once they audit you, which happens quite often. Like an equipment inspector lifting the hood to a work vehicle, regulators are

3 ways lawyers can use the press to get new clients

3 ways lawyers can use the press to get new clients

When it comes to marketing your brand, advertising isn’t everything. Consumers get sick of advertising, and you probably do too. Sometimes, you gotta use the news. Since the beginning of mass media, inventors have routinely disrupted advertising efforts by helping the unwashed masses avoid sales pitches with technological advancements.

5 things that can assure you're about to get audited

5 things that can assure you're about to get audited

The only guarantees in life, they say, are death and taxes. While this might be true for the barristers and solicitors of the world as well, lawyers have another guarantee to expect to endure during their long careers of handling other people's money--getting audited. Random spot audits are expected to

5 ways SaaS can slash $13,000 in law office costs

5 ways SaaS can slash $13,000 in law office costs

Over the course of five years, a lot of expenses can be accrued for supposed necessities inside the daily operations of a medium-to-small firm. Learn to cut down more than $13,000 of annual expenses to free up revenue in your business Just think about it for a moment. IT

5 ways to get ahead as a new lawyer

5 ways to get ahead as a new lawyer

Our primary business objective is to deliver fantastic bookkeeping and legal accounting results to lawyers, we also spend a considerable amount of resources educating practitioners so they can maintain a competitive among among others in the profession. After all, without clients we'd also be unable to provide our services to

7 ways a smart phone can Harm a lawyer's practice & how to stop it

7 ways a smart phone can Harm a lawyer's practice & how to stop it

The modern smart phone, and to a lesser extent, the tablet have become indispensable tools in the management of your practice. Such power, mobility and convenience comes with security vulnerabilities that can be highly detrimental for a lawyer if not mitigated. In our experience consulting with the administrative staff of