Marketing your law firm in 2020

Recently we’ve been having a lot of discussions with clients who transitioned to become entrepreneurs after working as employees in larger law firms. Here are some things they told us: You’re in control of what you want to be As a sole practitioner and independent businessperson, your successes

Marketing your new law firm in 2017

Marketing your new law firm in 2017 The ever increasing presence of social media is beginning to shift how consumers hear about products and services that can help their lives. Successful entrepreneurs and paralegals are jumping on these trends and stomping on their competitors. Take a look at how to

More photos of Ottawa's weekend Paralegal Conference

At uLawPractice we're excited to serve the paralegal community in Ottawa and we pledge our support of thoughtful discussion regarding the improvement and advancement of business and bookkeeping aspects of the legal profession. It was a pleasure for our team to be involved in this process at 2017&

Nearly one third of Ontario law firms in 2017 not up to competent standards, says LSO

According to data released by the Law Society of Ontario, nearly one third of all law firms scrutinized by provincial auditors were deemed to be unsatisfactory in the levels of competence expected by Canada’s largest regulator of lawyers. “In 2017, 486 lawyer practices underwent a practice management review. Approximately,

New Analytics and cleaner work flow among uLaw tech updates: Oct 2019

OTTAWA--uLawPractice’s Compliance Coding Team (CCT) recently implemented several new features to the main uLaw interface. Among the updates released Sept. 29 were new analytics tools and also improvements to the overall work-flow and accessibility of the many tools offered to users through the main user interface. Because uLaw functions

New law firms: prep for audits! Build a strong foundation

Audit preparation is important, especially for new law firms on the block. Each year roughly 25 per cent of all legal practitioners in Ontario will be subjected to varying degrees of auditing conducted by Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) officials who are attempting to boost practice management compliance among

NO JARGON: So lawyers can understand legal accounting

How Legal accountants work as translators Just about all legal firms are made out of two systems which work in tandem with one another: one has to do with legal matters; and the other is closely associated but is related to the financials of the firm. Case law, the relevant

Omar talks tech in platform pitch to OBA

If the Ontario Bar Association plans to remain relevant in the years to come it must embrace technology and provide hands-on training to lawyers who wish to remain competitive in private practice. This was among several platform points discussed by Toronto lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye, a prominent commentator and writer on

Ontario paralegals to become 'officers of the court'

For years it was never certain, but now Ontario’s more than 8000 paralegals are set to be deemed “officers of the court”, similar to that of lawyers. The end result of such a change is that the province's growing number of paralegals will be required to follow

Ontario Tories reject Ryerson's proposed law school

Ryerson's multi-year proposal to build a new law school was recently rejected by a fiscally prudent provincial government cautious of a perceived over-supply of graduates entering a saturated workforce with shrinking articling positions. According to Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Merrillee Fullerton, it is not in the best

uLaw enters autumn curriculum at Ontario Colleges

For uLawPractice, Reading Week is a busy time of year because this is typically when the company’s EDU program is engaged the most with college administrators wishing to incorporate uLawPractice into the curriculum. Starting October 24, many of Ontario’s Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology will be pausing

uLaw makes Capterra shortlist for Trust Accounting

uLawPractice is named a top legal accounting software product according to Capterra, a free online service that helps organizations find the right software. "uLaw's development team has always been evolving the software to help lawyers out in a lot of the managerial activities they do, but at

uLaw wearables: watch your finances in a new way, with mobile also

uLawPractice tells you more than just the time. Perhaps the first of its kind in Canada, uLawPractice is available on Android and Apple iOS. By navigating to the app store (and iPhone store respectively) users can link their smart watches to their firm's legal accounting and practice management.

uLaw Wins the Summer 2022 Top Performer Award from SourceForge

uLawPractice is proud to be a winner of the Top Performer award from SourceForge, the world’s largest software reviews and comparison website. July 25 2022--uLawPractice, today announced that it has been awarded a Summer 2022 Top Performer Award by SourceForge, the world’s largest software and services review and

New Paper: Toronto researcher examines COVID impact on justice for public

In a recently penned research paper, a University of Toronto doctoral student examines how the closures of courthouses across the province impacted access to justice. "When it became clear that the pandemic would last months, if not years, justice institutions sought different ways to resume their operations. With their

Caroline Kim: Ont court of justice's newest judge

Attorney General Doug Downey announced the appointment of a new judge to the Ontario Court of Justice, effective September 29, 2022. Justice Caroline Kim was called to the Ontario bar in 2008. Justice Kim began her career representing clients in family law matters before the ­Ontario Court of Justice in

Convocation: courthouse law libraries to get more $

Included in 2023's law society budget is increased spending on courthouse law libraries. In late October, Convocation voted in favour of a $17 increase, totalling $200 for each county library fund. There has been significant debate within the law society, with conservative circles discussing the need for fiscal

uLaw included in LSO's new Legal Tech Centre

The Law Society of Ontario has recently unveiled its Technology Resource Centre. Available for public viewing on LSO's website, the tech centre acts as a repository of high quality educational materials which cover many topics of interest for lawyers in Ontario. With topics ranging from cryptocurrencies, remote work,

Security in the cloud: how uLaw keeps you safe

One of the many advantages of cloud based software is that it can be highly secure in comparison to other modes of handling sensitive information. For more than a decade, uLawPractice has been trusted by law firms across Canada to automate their practice management and accounting obligations. But, more than

Generating Quebec Bar's "Fiche Client" forms

Practicing lawyers in Quebec will be pleased to know that court forms specific to that province can be generated via uLawPractice's court form automation suite. In 2021 uLaw developers upgraded the software to provide automated support for Quebec Barreau's "Fiche Client" form for example.

Barrister & Solicitor exam cheating investigation updates from LSO

The Law Society of Ontario's ongoing investigation into barrister & solicitor licencing examinations is still in progress, with new progress being revealed in a recent press release. Several people who wrote the barrister and solicitor licencing examination in November 2021 have since been contacted with a notice letting

Advice from Canadian practitioners: uLaw in my business

How does uLaw free up more time for Joseph Behar and his clients?  Learn how Joseph Behar, a paralegal in Ontario, collects payments from clients and draws up retainers and handles his accounting with uLawPractice.   Why do paralegal colleges teach uLaw in the curriculum? Hear how George Thelwell, a paralegal

uLawPractice tops sourceforge list for 'conflict checking'

For several months now, uLawPractice has landed at the top of Sourceforge's list of conflict checking legal software in Canada! This is a tremendous honour, because we know what it took to get at the top of this list, and that's support from lots of clients

New uLaw feature: 'Daily Digest'; what it is, how it works

As part of uLawPractice's recent September 2022 update, developers have created a brand new feature that you can use to improve visibility of your calendar. Called "Daily Digest", this new feature enables you to get an automated email at 8:00 a.m. which summarizes what

The uLaw Introduction to Bookkeeping

Due to the nature of the services lawyers and paralegals provide to the general public, special obligations are placed on legal practitioners in Canada in order to remain in compliance with federal and provincial regulators. The collection of tax and reporting of income is regulated at a federal level. As