Hands-on with Legal Tech: Anderson College Paralegal Students Train with uLawPractice

Anderson College paralegal students were recently visited by representatives from uLawPractice, a leading Canadian legal practice management and accounting platform, to receive an in-depth presentation on the intersection of technology, compliance, and legal accounting.

On July 15, at Anderson’s Mississauga Campus, students participated in a guest lecture titled “Everything Practice Management,” which offered practical insights into financial management, trust accounting, client relationship tracking, and compliance reporting—all within the context of modern legal tech.

The interactive session not only covered the fundamentals of managing a legal practice but also showcased uLawPractice’s latest innovations, including mobile-based analytics, voice-to-text transcription, and AI-assisted workflows that streamline daily operations for legal professionals.

“The vast majority of the students were about to graduate and enter the workforce as paralegals, so they were very keen to learn the importance of compliance from day one,” said uLaw representative Gayathri Shanbhag, who led the session.

She added that many of the students were eager to start their own practices or join small firms where a strong grasp of practice management and legal accounting can be a major asset. Their questions were very practical and were focused on how to perform specific tasks related to their course curriculum.

“One of the best parts of meeting with students is showing them how certain tools like uLaw can help make that entrepreneurial journey as smooth as possible,” Shanbhag said.

Students had the opportunity to ask questions, explore real-life use cases, and even get hands-on demonstrations of the software, giving them a head start in understanding the critical role that digital tools play in ensuring legal compliance, improving efficiency, and fostering client trust.

Depending upon at which point uLaw is incorporated into the curriculum, students may functionally make use of the software through their coursework. But in some cases, such as Anderson most recently, the intro to uLaw was more to do with students who were about to graduate from their students; many of whom will be venturing into their own entrepreneurial journey.

Schools and administrators of various legal programmes may make use of uLaw in different ways. That’s why the uLaw EDU team is always available to work with educators to see how uLaw can fit with the school. This includes not only lectures, but also access to the software, as well as uLaw’s EDU certification program. 

“Any program coordinator or instructor who wants to get their hands on uLaw to see how it works, and how it can fit with their schools, are encouraged to reach out to us,” says uLaw Marketing Director Sam Cooley, who also heads the EDU program.

uLaw’s EDU infrastructure is separate from the digital infrastructure/environment that supports lawyers across the country. While the software itself is the same, the databases and other core components are kept separate. “Each year our company happily spends extra to create a sandbox environment for all schools wishing to teach their students how to use automated software to augment their curricula,” says Cooley.