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

Here at uLaw Practice we’d like to take a moment to say HAPPY CANADA 150 to all our clients, friends, families and fellow countrymen/women who are all part & parcel of this great, tolerant, economically powerful, clean, safe, vast & beautiful land that we all call our home.

Perhaps unlike patent law, where corporate giants battle against one another for years at a time, the personal injury lawyer is in a whole different world—and so are her clients. Time is of the ultimate essence for practitioners who have carved their niche serving Ontarians who suffer injuries or

When a solo practitioner first begins representing clients it can appear to be quite easy to avoid conflicts of interest. After all, if you’re just beginning and your law firm is relatively new, it’s highly likely your client base is small enough that the potential for problems to

PRE POPULATED DOCUMENTS The lawyer's interaction with his or her clients occurs on a regular basis. Establishing a good rapport, understanding the client's concerns, deciding the consequent steps are some of the many conversations held during attorney-client meetings. Following such discussions, Law Society guidelines urge the

Our pro bono cases, trial cases, depositions, transcripts are to be maintained and categorized for the audits. With court cases, client meetings, keeping track of our clients and associated documents becomes a mammoth task. Organizing the log with updated details based on everyday proceedings requires time, time that could have

As part of uLawPractice's 2017 review of cloud storage services available to lawyers, we're going to put Dropbox under the microscope to view whether it's a worthy service for you to use in your day-to-day business dealings. Lawyers are jumping on board to use

Legal marketing has to be among the least glamorous subjects to market in today’s consumer driven world of celebrity-endorsed vehicles and budget trips to Jamaica. Nobody seems to want a lawyer like they want an iPhone or a Cuba Libre on the side of the ocean. Despite this, there

To be profitable, law offices should always be concerned with the overall value being delivered to the client.  Subconsciously the client measures you on four value adds: Px, Bx, Cx and Ux.  Here is what these metrics are about: BX: Brand experience. Initially at least, your firm is represented by

If you are starting your own law firm or are already a solo legal practitioner you are not alone and you are in good company.  As a solo you are getting used to the concept that you have to do everything – not just the practice of law, the legal research

David Lever, a leading paralegal in Ottawa and former president of OPA and a long time customer of uLaw gives us a 5-Star rating : uLaw is the first legal accounting program that I have ever found to be convenient to use. It is accurate and intuitive. The designers of the

uLaw adds to its growing team of Consultant Partners, further strengthening resources for it’s Canadian, cloud based, integrated legal practice management, general accounting and trust accounting, system. Ottawa Canada September 9, 2016 – uLawPractice, the leading Canadian cloud-based, law practice management and accounting software provider, has announced the addition of

uLaw adds to its growing team of Consultant Partners, further strengthening resources for it’s Canadian, cloud based, integrated legal practice management, general accounting and trust accounting, system. Ottawa Canada September 2, 2016 – uLawPractice, the leading Canadian cloud-based, law practice management and accounting software provider, has announced the addition of

uLaw adds to its growing team of Consultant Partners, further strengthening resources for it’s Canadian, cloud based, integrated legal practice management, general accounting and trust accounting, system. Ottawa Canada August 2 2016 – uLawPractice, the leading Canadian cloud-based, law practice management and accounting software provider, has announced the addition of

Today is the last day for registration for this evening's CCLA CPD seminar hosted at the Barrister's Lounge in Ottawa court. Paralegals, lawyers and students who are looking to learn more about how to effectively manage the administrative and accounting components of their legal business are

Students enrolled in Algonquin College’s paralegal program are exposed to several practice-oriented educational tools, which now includes uLawPractice, a powerful automated legal accounting and practice management suite. In August, Algonquin College began collaborating with uLaw to outfit its paralegal program with uLaw’s EDU environment. Faculty can use the

OTTAWA--Paralegal students at Algonquin Careers Academy campuses in Ottawa and Mississauga will be utilizing uLawPractice’s web-based EDU environment to learn legal accounting and practice management as part of their curriculum. “This new partnership unlocks the doors of automation for the next generation of paralegals in Ontario. With uLaw, students

While things might look a little bit different this year for students entering the paralegal program at Algonquin Careers Academy campuses this fall, instructors will be welcoming the class to a digitally-driven curriculum which focuses its training on the newest and best technologies available in private practice. In 2019, Algonquin

The government of Alberta declared a new name for the Provincial Court of Alberta. Effective on April Fool's Day 2023, it will be renamed to the "Alberta Court of Justice". According to statements made by the provincial government, the name change was requested by the court.

(Peter Rodgers is a Belleville-based paralegal who runs his own firm, Rodgers Paralegal) Recently, when I had a client meet with me to use my services, I presented them with a retainer agreement. To my surprise (at first), they flipped through the agreement and went to sign it without reading

July 2023 Update - It has come to our attention that the latest statistics from USA indicate that the total number of lawyers in USA has grown to 1.33 million as of June 2023. Every few weeks or so, Gartner Digital Markets, a company specializing in curating up-to-date ratings