Blog - Family Law Lab

Why static docs can’t compete

May 21, 2020 by Sam Paul

Historically, the way solicitors and other legal professionals interact with their potential clients for the first time has been constant, ie in-person conversations The central role email plays in servicing clients may have helped streamline this process to some degree, but one problem remains,...

The Limitations of Zoom for Family Law Clients – Video

May 14, 2020 by Alan Larkin

Our Chief Innovation Officer, Alan Larkin, considers the difficulties posed for new family law clients meeting their lawyer for the first time through Zoom and suggests a solution Watch the video...

Time is Money. How Digital Practices Benefit the Bottom Line

May 7, 2020 by Alan Larkin

I want to achieve three things for family lawyers with this post Demonstrate how digital working makes you more profitable; Give you real examples of how other lawyers have already made this happen; Give you a link to get you started on the same journey You won’t get stock...

Part 2 – Proceed with Caution – Analogue to Digital

April 22, 2020 by Alan Larkin

In the first blog in this two-part series, we shared how Engage can be used to ensure business continuity in the servicing of new family law clients during the COVID-19 crisis The Family Law Lab platform and the Engage application did not emerge from a vacuum Their provenance and development...

Part 1 – Business Continuity – How a family team can still service new clients effectively during the COVID-19 crisis.

April 2, 2020 by Alan Larkin

I’ve been banging the drum for a radical change in the way family lawyers conduct initial client consultations for the best part of a decade This has now been brought more into focus as one of the challenges law firms are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic is business continuity This is mainly...

Engage v2.0 for 2020

January 5, 2020 by Alan Larkin

The information-gathering application for family lawyers has extended its capacity into a number of new client types First, let’s recap: for those who aren’t aware, Engage is a web application that helps prospective clients, in their own time, put together all the information a...