US - LEAP was awarded Best Software as a Service - USA in the International Cloud Computing Awards program. The Cloud Awards identifies and celebrates innovation in cloud computing from organizations of any scale and headquartered in any country worldwide. Read more
UK - By organising their data into a single database held in the cloud as a single source of truth (SSOT), law firms give themselves a platform for legal practice productivity that cannot be achieved in any other way. Read more
AU - The collaboration will enable law firms using RapidPay to get paid faster by offering Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to their clients, in addition to RapidPay's existing market-leading capabilities in legal payments. Read more
US - James William, Head of Operations for the Cloud Awards, an international cloud computing awards program, said: "LEAP is a clear example of an organization using innovative technologies to achieve excellence - and, most importantly, provide value to its clients." Read more
US - The CATIC Family of Companies, which provides productivity-boosting tools to title agents across the US, will offer LEAP software to its agents, while LEAP will integrate title insurance and conveyancing into its software for the benefit of real estate attorneys. Read more
US - “LEAP enables legal professionals to work from anywhere, at any time. This complete legal practice productivity solution provides firms with the best case management solution available in the legal profession today,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director of LegalTech Breakthrough Awards. Read more
AU - “We want to celebrate the many great achievements of the profession and also provide first-hand support to ensure they can continue to remain agile and innovate in the way they operate their firms and serve their clients,” said Donna Broadley, CEO of LEAP AU. Read more
CA - LEAP has acquired Canadian software companies DivorceMate Software Inc., the premier supplier of family law software in Canada, along with MySupportCalculator Ltd., to create a partnership that will help law firms in Canada be more productive and profitable. Read more
US - LEAP collaborates with LawToolBox, an award-winning court rule and deadline management system, to launch a new integration to help litigators manage dates and deadlines more effectively. Read more
Global - LawConnect, an exclusive integration with LEAP that allows lawyers to share and collaborate on documents with clients, is available via mobile application iOS and Android devices, giving lawyers a competitive edge with superior client service. Read more
UK - “This strategic partnership is aligned with LEAP’s vision to deliver the best technology solutions to enable law firms operate more effectively, to survive and thrive in these uncertain times, and to make them more profitable,” said John Espley, CEO of LEAP UK. Read more
US - LEAP's new alliance with Uptime Legal Systems expands the scope of legal technology options for law firms across North America. Read more
AU - LEAP has been ranked number one in the Law Category and named Winner of Established Business of the Year Award at the Australian Digital Technology Awards 2021. Read more
US - Arizona law firms will receive a unique experience from the demonstration, sale, installation, training, and support of LEAP Legal Software. Read more
UK - LEAP partners with business solution specialist Red Rain to create RedView, a powerful suite of CRM and business intelligence products. Read more
US - LEAP offers exclusive automated court e-bundling, enhancing its innovative practice management software. Read more
AU - Richard Hugo-Hamman talks to CIO magazine about why LEAP's software is so valuable to law firms. Read more
UK - LEAP supports over 560 practising legal aid firms in the United Kingdom become more agile. Read more
UK - Specialised in providing law firms with the latest legal tech, Kirsteen Forisky is the Head of Innovation for LEAP Legal Software UK. Read more
UK - The pandemic has created an opportunity for law firms to improve their systems, become more agile and offer better service to their clients. Read more
AU - LEAP has placed 7th in the AFR's 2020 Most Innovative Technology Awards. Read more
UK - LEAP, the legal practice management software provider, is delivering a series of informative digital discussions aimed at helping law firms survive and thrive after the pandemic. Read more
AU - Many law firms have been transitioning away from paper in recent years, but the onset of COVID-19 may accelerate that trend. Read more
AU - Whilst there are inherent business opportunities for new legal practices in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, equipping one's self with the right tools is critical in ensuring success. Read more
AU - Legal technology isn't the only thing that must be onboarded in the looming 'new normal': better accommodations for wellness and creating better workplace habits is a pre-requisite for SMEs moving forward. Read more
UK - This article discusses how leaders of SME law firms can maintain productivity, use the downturn to improve their business, embrace digital change and recognise new opportunities as we emerge into the new normal. Read more
AU - The global coronavirus pandemic has upended the nature and appearance of daily legal practice. A new world order is upon us, and for legal tech providers like LEAP, that brave new world is exciting. Read more
UK - LEAP UK Marketing Manager explains how law firms using LEAP's cloud-based practice management solution are successfully adapting to remote working and how it's as near as can be business as normal for law firms using LEAP. Read more
US - "We believe it's our duty to help companies be productive during this COVID-19 outbreak. That's why we're making our products available for demonstration, purchase, installation, and training entirely online," said Peter Baverstock, CEO of LEAP US. Read more
UK - LEAP UK CEO John Espley provides a practical list of dos and don'ts to keep law firms working remotely productive, connected, and engaged amidst the disruption. Read more
GLOBAL - LEAP has rolled out its biggest cloud software enhancement to date. First released in November 2019 to Australian users, LEAP 2x is now available to all LEAP users in the United States, and United Kingdom. Read more
UK - LEAP partners with records management specialist FileMan, which is launching the in UK this November. The partnership provides UK law firms with a convenient solution for archiving closed files offsite. Read more
UK - As UK unemployment falls to its lowest levels since 1975, Richard Hugo-Hamman explores how technology can help law firms overcome the skills shortage. Read more
UK - Zylpha's Pay-As-You-Go electronic bundling software for LEAP has been adopted by Nexa Law, which is among the first law firms to adopt Zylpha after it officially partnered with LEAP UK. Read more
IRE - LEAP, the leading provider of legal practice management software, is proud to have won the award for 'Service Provider to the Legal Profession' at the Irish Law Awards. Read more
UK - Zylpha and LEAP join forces to launch the legal profession's first integrated pay as you go (PAYG) document bundling system. Read more
US - LEAP Legal Software, the leading global provider of cloud-based case management software, has announced a massive expansion to the US through a 'migration pathway' for 15,000 LexisNexis PCLaw and Time Matters clients. Read more
US - LEAP announces new joint venture, PCLaw | Time Matters, with LexisNexis Legal & Professional, as part of major expansion to the U.S. and Canada. Read more
US - LEAP partners with LexisNexis Legal & Professional to provide migration pathway to cloud legal software. Read more
UK - Learn how the new LEAP Probate App helps legal practitioners to complete complex inheritance tax calculations, input estate information and automatically generate relevant IHT forms. Read more
US - CEO Chris Stock speaks to Jeff Horn, attorney and host of The Bold Sidebar, about his commitment towards achieving big goals, and how LEAP can help reduce stress in conveyancing. Read more
UK - Building on its 3,000 law firm subscribers in Australia, By Lawyers brings its highly successful legal guides and precedents to the UK as part of a strategic partnership with LEAP. Read more
US - Easysoft clients can now access RynohLive's escrow and financial security protection with this new Easysoft integration. Read more
UK - Bold Legal LIVE is the first ever one day conference dedicated to property lawyers, law firms and key decision makers in the conveyancing sector to discuss key housing sector reforms. Read more
UK - LEAP achieves fastest uptake of new technology in UK legal software history, with more than 2000 law firms in the UK and Ireland making the switch to LEAP. Read more
UK - Zaliet marketing manager Michelle Chun-Hoon explores how to better communicate with time-poor clients through a client Web Portal, website, and online booking platform. Read more
UK - LEAP Legal Software receives two top honours at the British Legal Technology Awards in recognition for its contributions to legal tech innovation and excellence for the SME market. Read more
UK - The Manchester Messenger provides an excerpt of Executive Chairman Richard Hugo-Hamman's 11 Habits of Highly Successful Law Firms. Read more
UK - LEAP becomes an early adopter of UK Bank NatWest's APtimise System which combines invoice automation and intelligent payments in a single cloud solution. Read more
GLOBAL - In the inaugural series of the LEAP Legal Podcast, Executive Chairman Richard Hugo-Hamman shares his insights into the 11 Habits of Highly Successful Law Firms. Hear more>
UK - LEAP, InfoTrack and Perfect Portal have partnered to present a series of complimentary seminars on topics including GDPR, fraud, price transparency, best practice, improving the home buying and selling process. Read more
UK - Litigation Futures provides an excerpt of Executive Chairman Richard Hugo-Hamman's 11 Habits of Highly Successful Small Law Firms. Read more
UK - Inside Conveyancing provides an excerpt of the 11 Habits of Highly Successful Small Law Firms, including a checklist of action items. Read more
UK - Dedicated to helping litigators work smarter, the Litigation Centre of Excellence tracks current and future needs of litigators using LEAP software. Read more
UK - Working closely with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), LEAP has launched a completely integrated Legal Aid software package for criminal and civil matters in England and Wales. Read more
UK - The Law Society of Scotland, the professional body for over 11,000 Scottish solicitors, welcomes LEAP as its first ever Legal Technology strategic partner. Read more
GLOBAL - Showcased in this Amazon Web Services podcast is LEAP Dev's revolutionary automated build pipeline, which simultaneously deploys containers in up to 10 AWS Regions. Podcast features LEAP IT Manager Gavin Smith and Senior Cloud Engineer Saman Tabatabaeian. Hear more>
GLOBAL - Richard Hugo-Hamman, Executive Chairman of LEAP, delivers the 2018 keynote speech at Legalex, 'Digital Conveyancing - Debunking the Myths.' See more>
GLOBAL - Chris Chahinian, Global Business Systems Manager at LEAP, spoke to DocuSign about how its Salesforce automation helped the LEAP sales team save up to 40 hours per week. Read more
USA - LEAP COO Kelly Clifford made the prestigious Women in Legal Tech 2018 list, The list recognises legaltech innovators, and was announced by the Legal Technology Resource Center and the American Bar Association. Read more
AUSTRALIA - In the lead up to Salesforce World Tour, we sat down with Gavin Smith from LEAP, a cloud-based practice management software, to talk about how he's used new technology to encourage a flexible working culture... Read more
USA - Recently I have read many articles discussing how to start a solo law practice. They have all been very good in that they give lots of advice on how to set up a firm cheaply and quickly. The biggest problem is that they all gloss over cash flow. Having a budget is not the same as having a cash flow forecast. Read more
UK - With buying and selling a home still typically taking months to complete, private sector businesses are leading the innovation charge to drive transformation and reform. Conveyancers that resist digital transformation face a challenge to keep up. Read more
UK - Gone are the days of lawyers having to carry heavy briefcases and large folders full of documents. Technology has enabled lawyers and their clients to share and collaborate across multiple documents with single handheld devices such as tablets or laptops. Read more
UK - Peter Baverstock, CEO of UK, gives his tips to law firms on how to ensure a smooth and successful transfer of data to a new practice management system. Read more
USA - Over the last few decades, advancements in data entry and computers have revolutionized the small law firm market. Instead of working harder and longer, firms have discovered how to work smarter. These legal leaders are now producing legal forms in one click, without human error. Read more
GLOBAL - Ten years ago, LEAP Legal Software had grown slowly to only 27 employees its first 14 years in business. Today it has a team of 300 and generates $50 million in annual revenue. LEAP accelerated its growth dramatically by tying its team's pay to achievement of its quarterly goals.Read more
AUSTRALIA - This year's Lawyer's Weekly Future Forum demonstrated that innovation spans the entire entity of an organisation—from technology through to business models and operations—to enable lawyers to provide a more intuitive experience to the market.Read more
AUSTRALIA - A new survey has shed light on how principals, lawyers, office managers and paralegals measure their success, with some vastly different results coming from each party. The survey, State of Play in Law 2017 and Beyond, was conducted by legal software solutions provider LEAP and heard from over 670 participants.Read more
UK - This year's Journal overview of current technology trends predicts that we are indeed beginning to see how IT is enabling innovative legal practices to redesign the whole delivery of legal services.Read more
AUSTRALIA - A new survey has uncovered what's top of mind for law firm principals, revealing that it's not all about profit margins.Read more
AUSTRALIA - With competition set to soar higher, a new survey has indicated that the key strategic focus for almost half of principals over the next 12 months is boosting their firms' online marketing.Read more
UK - Richard Hugo-Hamman, Executive Chairman of LEAP, discusses change and how to use technology to keep ahead of the curve.Read more
UK - LEAP, the cloud software provider for small law firms, has relocated its offices in Edinburgh to larger premises to accommodate a team which has expanded from seven to sixteen during the last year.Read more
GLOBAL - Rich Lister Christian Beck took out the EY entrepreneur of the year prize in an awards ceremony at Crown Palladium on Wednesday night. The founder of Australian Technology Innovators was described by the judging panel as a "self-made and self-taught" man who has amassed a $619 million fortune, placing him in 109th place in last year's Australian Financial Review Rich List.Read more
UK - How has the role of technology in probate evolved over time to provide a better service for clients, and how do you predict technology in this space will continue to change in the years to come?Read more
AUSTRALIA - If we were furniture makers we wouldn't send half-finished furniture to a client for feedback and further instructions. We would want the furniture to stay in the one place during its manufacture. Yet as legal practitioners we send half-finished documents back and forth by email.Read more
USA - Your law firm is a business. Like all businesses, growth and profitability is paramount. You want to see your client base grow and your profits increase, year on year. Even more importantly, you don't want to go backwards just because you are so busy working in the business that you don't notice what is happening. Read more
USA - What happens when humankind makes a machine more intuitive and efficient than itself? A wake of anxiety ensues. This phenomenon of technology overpowering humans is not a new social apprehension. The idea of man inventing a more powerful creation than himself can be traced back to the early 19th century. Read more
USA - The fear of not having a secure cloud-based software should far outweigh the fear of switching to a new system. In fact, the longer law firms procrastinate implementing a secure cloud-based software the higher risk of ransomware they face. With an estimated 4,000 ransomware attacks occurring daily, ransomware threats are at an ultimate high. Read more
UK - David Bowden describes the current trends in the market for case management software for legal service providers.Read more
UK - LEAP, the leading cloud-based practice management software provider, today announces a partnership with The Cashroom to provide outsourced cashier, management accounting and payroll services. The Cashroom will provide these services to LEAP client firms to increase efficiency, reduce costs and ensure full compliance with all Solicitors Accounts Rules.Read more
USA - It's a recurring theme. You know you need to transition over to more automation in your practice. You read the benefits. Lawyers you know can't say enough about the time-savings. You watch them accessing their entire office from their smartphone with a tinge of jealousy but you can't seem to move off the mark.Read more
USA - Share client documents safely and securely on-the-go. Over the past 15 years, email has become ubiquitous and has dramatically changed communication. A hand-scripted letter placed in an envelope is an outdated form of business communication.Read more
UK - LEAP Legal Software has doubled its UK customer base in the last twelve months and has now passed the 1,000 firm mark with over 6,000 end users of its integrated case management platform.Read more
UK - The demand for access to business information has grown dramatically. Over 80% of the UK population has a smartphone, and over two thirds of adults have access to a tablet. Current estimates predict over 75% of internet use will be on a mobile device in 2017, with this increasing to 80% in 2018.Read more
UK - LEAP Legal Software has doubled its UK customer base in the last twelve months and has now passed the 1,000 firm mark with over 6,000 end users of its integrated case management platform.Read more
USA - Today, smartphones and tablets put the world at our fingertips. Information can be retrieved with the touch of a finger. As a family lawyer, you must keep up with technological advancements in order to best serve clients.Read more
USA - Once a luxury, document automation has become essential in law firms. Consumers of legal services want to pay for your expertise, not for you to noodle around in Microsoft Word formatting a scanned form and manually entering data.Read more
USA - There are approximately 1.3 million lawyers in America. A law firm is also made up of support staff such as paralegals, legal assistants and legal secretaries. In total, are approximately 271,000 paralegals and 202,000 legal secretaries in the United States. So with almost 500,000 law firm support staff jobs in America, the most common question I'm asked is: "Will automation and machine learning cause me to lose my job?Read more
UK - LEAP Legal Software has doubled its UK customer base in the last twelve months and has now passed the 1,000 firm mark with over 6,000 end users of its integrated case management platform. This rapid growth in firms switching to LEAP has been accelerated by the recent launch of LEAP 365...Read more
UK - LEAP, the leading legal software provider for small law firms today launches LEAP 365 which enables a lawyer to work seamlessly worldwide on any PC, laptop, smartphone or Mac.Read more
USA - Recently, there has been a proliferation of opinions on why attorneys should worry about data security and privacy. Often, the main concern revolves around subpoenas ordering the release of data for legal proceedings. Read more
UK - Peter Baverstock of LEAP, the leading cloud based legal software solution for small law firms, outlines areas to consider when starting your own firm. The continuing advancement of cloud technology and new ownership regulations mean...Read more
UK - LEAP, the world's leading cloud software provider for small law firms, has recently transformed its UK customer service model, moving from an inbound helpdesk telephone system to a LiveChat system where the vast majority of support issues can be resolved immediately.Read more
UK - The continuing advancement of cloud technology and the new ownership regulation means it has never been easier to start a law firm. Read more
UK - LEAP, the leading practice management software provider for small law firms, has recently moved into a larger office in Portland Street, Manchester. Read more
UK - As the Christmas countdown begins and the mulled wine (ok just wine) flows, we bring you news of a new version of cleanDocs; a new 64-bit version of Workshare 9; a partnership between NAVEX Global and Baker & McKenzie; a post-merger IT overhaul for Royds Withy King; a Belfast launch for LEAP; expansion in Asia Pacific for Neota Logic; and a spotlight on the latest post-Brexit news.Read more
GLOBAL - Reaching the top takes passion, determination, patience and an entrepreneurial spirit. Five business leaders, who've vaulted onto the annual BRW Rich 200 list for the first time this year, share their journeys with Lyndall Crisp and offer a few words of wisdom.Read more
USA - Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers cloud practice management and document assembly software that runs on Windows PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices (see article below).Read more
USA - When law practice management software moved to the cloud, complex document assembly didn't go with it. In a nutshell, document assembly allows lawyers to merge client data into forms and templates to save time and avoid error.Read more
USA - Today I want to call out ten legal bloggers, tweeters, and podcasters who make exceptionally good content. From blogs to podcasts to Twitter accounts, these ten lawyers are worth your time and attention. Read more
USA - It is a common misconception among owners of small law firms that growth is measured by the number of people in the business. Over the years, I have spoken with many partners in small law firms, and as soon as the word 'growth' is mentioned, they react, usually with alarm and a statement similar to: "No! I don't want any more partners!" Read more
USA - Today, take 15 minutes to examine whether your IT systems are slowing down work in your firm. In less than three billable units of time, you could uncover insights that make you more efficient and more profitable. Read on to discover how to get started. Read more
USA - LEAP can increase law office billing by as much as 30 percent because the system facilitates capturing every service provided to the client - and that makes the investment well worth the money. Read more
USA - You know when formerly avant-garde concepts begin to worm their way into the lawyers' ethics canon, that it's finally time to pay attention. So it is that technology has been awarded its moment...Read more
USA - The fewer moving parts in a small law firm, the better. More complexity tends to increase administrative costs. In the technology realm, the more your practice management system can handle, the more you can dispense with single-function products.Read more
USA - I spoke with Chris Stock, the CEO of USA, a cloud-based practice management tool for solo practitioners and small law firms. We discussed how LEAP differs from the other law office management solutions on the market...Read more
AUSTRALIA - LEAP Legal Software has reported that in calendar 2014 more than 1,000 Australian legal practices chose LEAP Software.Read more
AUSTRALIA - Did a client enter your firm through the front door of your office today? Did a receptionist greet the client and offer a glass of water? This scenario is becoming less frequent as the digital age takes hold.Read more