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Key concerns from GCs on motivating and managing your legal team

On Tuesday 18 August 2020, LOD hosted a roundtable discussion with ten senior in-house legal leaders from across the UK. The wide-ranging conversation centred on common concerns surrounding how to motivate and manage your legal team.

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Demonstrating the value of in-house legal

Getting your business to recognise the value of your in-house legal team is an important challenge for GCs and Heads of Legal around the world.

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LOD Live: insights from in-house leaders

LOD Live is a series of webinars created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It's an opportunity for in-house legal professionals to come together and listen to leaders in their field share their stories, give practice advice and provides some deep insights.

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Lessons for in-house lawyers from the Australian financial services industry on Risk & Compliance management

Australia’s Banking Royal Commission and APRA’s Prudential Inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have highlighted the considerable influence an organisation’s approach to Risk & Compliance management has on its ability to manage misconduct. And these lessons are not just limited to the financial services industry – all industries and organisations, in both Australia and NZ, can learn from the challenges experienced by financial institutions in achieving effective Risk & Compliance management practices.

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Can you put a number on your worth?

The second day of CLOC Institute 2018, for us, can be neatly surmised by the infamous Peter Drucker quote: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”.

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Legal project and portfolio management

To get under the skin of the buzzwords of “project management” and “portfolio management” in the legal world, we speak with Therese Linton and James Kenney.

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LODcast
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Introducing LODcast

Interested in the business and practice of law? Interested in thinking broadly and differently? LODcast is designed for you - providing the latest insights from experts around the world on topics affecting the legal profession.

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Showing the value of the legal department

In this episode, we explore how in-house legal leaders can show the value of their legal department.

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Wellness for legal professionals

This episode is focused on the topic of well-being for legal professionals. As of publication, it's 10 October 2022 - World Mental Health Day.

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LODcast
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Effective communication for in-house lawyers

How can in-house lawyers communicate effectively with the business? This episode dives into the topic of communication and shares highly practical tips for both in-house legal leaders and junior lawyers.

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LODcast
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Ethics & in-house legal professionals

This episode, we speak with Professor Steven Vaughan and take a deep dive into his research into ethics and in-house lawyers.

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LODcast
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Building the next in-house legal team

In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team?

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LODcast
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Remote working

This episode focuses on how lawyers and other knowledge workers can work remotely - and effectively. We speak with three experts: Dr Heidi Gardner, Assistant Professor Ella Hafermalz and LOD co-founder Simon Harper.

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LODcast
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Emotional intelligence for legal professionals

In this episode, we speak with Amy Jacobson. Amy is an experienced Emotional Intelligence specialist, passionate speaker and inspirational leadership trainer.

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LODcast
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Technology and the law

This episode we speak with Ron Friedmann, the Chief Knowledge + Information Officer at LAC Group and long-time commentator and author on the legal industry.

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LODcast
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Artificial intelligence & legal practice

In this episode we attempt to demystify AI and how to applies to the legal world. To help us do that, we sat down with Adam Eastell, the Chief Legal and Strategy Officer at Eigen Technologies.

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LODcast
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Smart collaboration - a conversation with Heidi Gardner

In this episode, we’re delighted to speak with Heidi Gardner about smart collaboration – a term she coined to talk about how we need highly-specialised experts to come together tackle more complicated issues than any of them could do on their own.

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LODcast
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How to be a trusted advisor

Trust is a concept we all intuitively understand. We all understand what it means to trust someone and what it means to be trusted. But something easily understood, doesn’t make it something easy to do.

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LODcast
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Managing your contracts better

We’re starting 2021 with a bang – bringing you an episode on your most requested topic – contract improvement.

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LODcast
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What do I need to know about LIBOR?

Are you confused about LIBOR? To help you understand LIBOR and its impact better, we spoke with with Emma Millington and Miranda Campbell, banking and finance experts from LexisNexis in London.

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LODcast
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Generative AI

This episode focuses on AI and more specifically, generative AI. Many people will have recently seen the trending discussions and thought pieces on #ChatGPT.

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LODcast
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Is that good advice?

This episode is slightly different. We speak with Milan Gandhi, an Australian lawyer, innovation ambassador, a prize-winning law student and founder of one of Australia’s leading legal not-for-profits - The Legal Forecast.

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LODcast
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Stress and mental health in the legal profession

This episode focuses on stress and mental health in the legal profession - it looks at the relationship between stress and mental health and provides evidence-based strategies to improve your own mental health.

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LODcast
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LOD Perspectives: Errol Bong on managing compliance

We focus on how small in-house teams can manage a global organisation's compliance regimes across multiple regions.

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LODcast
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Leading in-house legal teams through uncertainty and change

In this episode, we dive into the topic of leading through times of uncertainty and change, an evergreen but particularly salient issue right now for many in-house teams and their leaders.

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LODcast
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Multi-disciplinary teams for in-house legal

This episode of LODcast explores the world of multi-disciplinary teams in the context of in-house legal departments.

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LODcast
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Building resilience for lawyers

This episode defines resilience, considers why lawyers are typically not resilient, offers tips on how to improve their resiliency and shares insight for in-house leaders.

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LODcast
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Business thinking for in-house counsel

This episode focuses on bringing business thinking into the world of in-house counsel.

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LODcast
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Legal self-service

This episode focuses on self-service for in-house legal teams. What do we mean by it, what’s the history, its advantages, common missteps and where to start.

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LODcast
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What does the future of law look like?

In this episode, we speak with Jordan Furlong about the future of law. What will the legal industry look like in 5, 15 and 25 years time?

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LODcast
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Break the bias

In this episode of LODcast we explore how this year's theme of #breakthebias for International Women's Day impacts the legal profession. We were privileged to be joined by Niti Nadarajah, a leading voice on gender equity.

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How in-house legal leaders can drive and manage change

This episode dives into the topic of leading and managing change for in-house counsel. To explore this topic, I was delighted to be joined by Simon Wilkes.

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LODcast
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How legal teams can manage the microstress effect

In this episode we’re diving into the world of microstress, guided by the co-author of a newly released book on this topic, Karen Dillon.

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LODcast
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Generative AI - Part 2 - Transcript

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Generative AI - Part 2

We dive into the latest developments in the generative AI space for in-house lawyers and professionals around the world by speaking with legal innovation expert Josh Kubicki & SYKE's Chief Legal Engineer Jonny Badrock

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Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)

Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)

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Managing exhausted teams

Managing exhausted teams

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Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)

Compliance insights for in-house legal teams (download)

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Draft better contracts - toolkit

Draft better contracts - toolkit

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Download - Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams

Download - Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams

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Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure

Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure

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Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams

Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams

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Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

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Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

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Building the next in-house legal team

Building the next in-house legal team

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At a crossroads?

At a crossroads?

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The Rise of the Millennial Lawyer

The Rise of the Millennial Lawyer

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Lawyering with Purpose: How doing the right thing creates a positive effect

Lawyering with Purpose: How doing the right thing creates a positive effect

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What is Managed Legal Services?

What is Managed Legal Services?

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Cutting through the **I.T. Decoding the legal tech market

Cutting through the **I.T. Decoding the legal tech market

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Manage Change: a toolkit for in-house teams

Manage Change: a toolkit for in-house teams

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Increase Your Influence: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

Increase Your Influence: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

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Managing Exhausted Teams

Managing Exhausted Teams

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Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

Inspire Your Team: a toolkit for in-house legal teams

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Manage Legal Supplier Procurement

Manage Legal Supplier Procurement

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How to be a legal marvel: 8 super skills for the modern lawyer

How to be a legal marvel: 8 super skills for the modern lawyer

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Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams

Creative Problem Solving: 5 stages of Design Thinking for in-house legal teams

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Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams

Getting up to speed: 7 Risk & Compliance insights for in-house legal teams

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Unravelling AI for legal

Unravelling AI for legal

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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?

Which Way is the Wind Blowing?

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Through The Legal Looking Glass

Through The Legal Looking Glass

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Draft better contracts

Draft better contracts

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Global survey report 2021

Global survey report 2021

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Global survey report 2022

Global survey report 2022

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Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure

Global survey report 2023 - Under Pressure

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Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams

Measure your value: 7 KPIs for future-ready in-house teams

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Balancing risk management & efficient legal delivery

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Our work with Astro commended by the Financial Times

One of LOD's key clients in Asia-Pacific, Astro, was commended by the independent judges from the Financial Times' APAC Innovative Lawyers Awards for 2023.

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How To Help Your Junior Lawyers Thrive During Remote Working

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LOD head spills on lexvoco acquisition

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Announcing LOD Trainee for UK paralegals

LOD Trainee is an SRA-registered training programme specifically geared to develop in-house stars of the future and enable greater access to the profession. It's open to all LOD in-house paralegals in the UK.

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LOD awarded Highly Commended for Law Company of the Year 2021

LOD was thrilled to be awarded Highly Commended by the judging panel of The Lawyer Awards 2021 for Law Company of the Year.

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LOD awarded an Employer of Choice for a record fourth time

For the fourth year in a row, LOD has been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. This brilliant external recognition further bolsters LOD's status as the premier employer of flexible legal talent.

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Establishing remote business-as-usual in unusual times

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Managing juniors and new joiners in the "COVID normal"

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Introducing LOD Legal

Former in-house lawyer team based in Australia, New Zealand and the UK already providing pragmatic solutions to GCs.

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Asian-mena Counsel – March 2019: Deals of the Year Report 2018

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Clients are shifting from traditional service to flexible lawyering

"Traditional Service From Law Firms Doesn't Cut It Anymore". When thinking about how to efficiently get their legal work done, Legal firms are taking a more strategic approach.

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Challenges and opportunities for Indigenous lawyers amid COVID-19

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How NewLaw workplaces are adapting to COVID-19

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Lawyers on Demand announces new Country Manager for UAE

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio company (LOD), is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mark Dodd as the new UAE Country Manager.

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The Corporate Counsel Show: Lessons from ‘constant firefighting’

In the Corporate Counsel Show, produced by Lawyers Weekly, LOD's Mark Dodd and Canon Oceania Chief Legal Counsel, David Field, explore the phenomenon of “constant firefighting” that law department leaders are facing, as well as trends around artificial intelligence, data fluency, and ESG.

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What 2021 will look like for legal tech and innovation?

In the Spring magazine for Lawyer's Weekly, LOD Director Anthony Wright shared his thoughts on what 2021 will bring for legal tech and innovation.

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LOD releases global survey report on how in-house teams are managing in 2023

The fourth annual survey of global in-house teams by LOD and SYKE, who have recently been acquired by Consilio, reveals that staff retention and morale is the number one emerging issue for legal leaders worldwide.

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NewLaw: Time to move beyond the edges

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GCs are evolving into business strategists

Our Australian Managing Director, Paul Cowling, spoke with Lawyers Weekly about the evolution of the role of General Counsel

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LOD and SYKE's combined offering drives further growth

Their Managed Teams + Tech offer is resonating with in-house teams. These revenues have almost doubled in the last year, driving further LOD and SYKE service integration.

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The Corporate Counsel Show: Managing a cost-cutting environment

In the Corporate Counsel Show, produced by Lawyers Weekly, LOD's Mark Dodd and Helena Kolenbet join the show to discuss how in-house lawyers can thrive in cost-cutting environments.

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LOD’s UAE managing director relocates to Singapore to spearhead Asia practice

LOD, one of the largest and fastest-growing alternative legal service providers, has announced that Managing Director of Middle East, Brett Menadue, has relocated to their Singapore Office to spearhead both their Asia and Middle East practice.

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How technology can help in-house counsels to work better

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Top Tips To Change the Wiring On Remote Working

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Responding to the bushfires in Australia

Like everyone around the world, we have been shocked and horrified by the bushfires impacting communities all across Australia. And like every Australian, LOD wants to do what we can to help those impacted by this tragedy. As a business, LOD will be donating AU$30k to the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery and we will also be matching contributions by our staff, lawyers and consultants.

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Exploring the challenges facing in-house legal teams

Paul Cowling and Mark Dodd speak with Jerome Doraisamy at Lawyers Weekly about our recently released report, Risky Busyness, exploring the state of in-house teams globally.

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DocuSign announce SYKE as APAC Partner of the Year

DocuSign announce SYKE as Partner of the Year at the DocuSign APAC Customer and Partner Awards, held on 17 August 2023. This recognition celebrates the huge innovation and technology advancements that have been the key drivers of the partnership.

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LOD Group hires first-ever Chief Operating Officer

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LOD Australia launches ‘Comply’ in response to growing demand for risk and compliance support

As businesses continue to be faced with the pressures of a turbulent and fast-moving regulatory environment, there is a growing need to have effective risk and compliance management in place.

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Now is the time that in-house lawyers prove just how valuable they are

Anthony Wright discusses common problems that face in-house legal teams and looks at different approaches for lawyers to better show their value.

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LOD & SYKE come together

LOD and SYKE join forces to drive digital transformation and new operating models in the legal sector.

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LOD releases global survey report on how in-house teams are managing in 2022

LOD and SYKE’s latest global survey of 169 legal, risk and compliance professionals reveals the main strategic and management challenges being faced by in-house teams today.

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Our paralegal offering is growing

Following an initial six-month development and trial period, which began in January 2019 with the establishment of a pool of paralegals now totalling over 100, client demand for our paralegal offering increased on a month-on-month basis in the second half of 2019 and spiked in the first quarter of 2020 by 50%. This was driven by a particularly high demand from clients in March, with 23 current live assignments.

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Are lawyers ‘quiet quitting’ their jobs?

Sofia Khan, LOD Australia's Head of People & Development, spoke with Lawyers Weekly about the emerging trend of so-called "quiet quitting" - why it's nothing new and how employers can tackle disengagement.

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New Law Moves: What’s Next For LOD

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LOD and SYKE join forces with Consilio

Acquisition creates the market leader in people and tech solutions for legal teams

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SYKE launches in Australia

LOD has announced the Australian launch of SYKE as part of their service delivery to clients. Founded in 2016, SYKE is one of the world’s fastest growing independent legal tech consultancies, operating in UK/Europe, the USA and now APAC, helping legal teams choose, design and implement legal technology.

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LOD awarded an Employer of Choice for a record fifth time

For the fifth year in a row, LOD has been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. This brilliant external recognition further bolsters LOD's status as the premier employer of flexible legal talent.

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Artificial Lawyer – LOD Partners With Eigen To Offer Legal AI Services

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LOD Partners with AIEF to Launch Indigenous Internship Scholarship

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Is it time to put PQE to bed?

LOD Head of People and Development, Grace Strutton writes for Legal Week on the validity of using PQE today.

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Riding the legal op(portunitie)s wave

In the Corporate Counsel feature section of Lawyers Weekly Autumn 2019 edition, Jenny Rees contributed to an article titled: Riding the Legal Op(portunitie)s Wave.

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Consilio Integrates Flex Talent Solutions Under Lawyers On Demand – A Consilio Company Brand

Strengthens and Reorganises Global Legal Talent Staffing Capabilities

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Suits for hire

LOD's Head of Asia & Middle East, Brett Menadue, speaks to Asian Legal Business about the growth of Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs).

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The Corporate Counsel Show: Unpacking trust levels in legal departments

Produced in partnership with Lawyer's Weekly, this episode of "The Corporate Counsel" show explores how trust levels in-house have changed since the onset of COVID-19 and what this means for the legal department of the future.

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LOD is an 'Employer of Choice' for 2020: Australasian Lawyer

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How to Make Sure Your Legal Panel Review Really Delivers

Legal teams are under increased pressure to save costs and prove their value. David Curtain's article in the latest edition of the ACC’s Asian Briefings outlines practical steps to ensure external legal expenditure arrangements help achieve these objectives.

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LOD and SYKE open full-service US Office

LOD and SYKE announce the opening of their first, full-service office in the United States.

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We are joined by Vodafone’s Commercial Management Director

We are thrilled to share that we've been joined by Liz Cathelain, a highly experienced sales and marketing professional, from the leading multinational telecommunications company, Vodafone.

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Our COVID-19 report highlights the impact & opportunities for in-house legal teams around the globe

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LOD acquires lexvoco to accelerate growth and boost legal market in Australia

LOD is delighted to announce the acquisition of lexvoco, further positioning itself as one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing innovative legal services businesses. The combined business will be known as LOD and will bring together a shared commitment to better ways of working for both lawyers and clients.

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LOD is an 'Employer of Choice' for 2021: Australasian Lawyer

We are thrilled to announce that LOD has been listed as a winner in the 2021 Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice Awards for a third year in a row! We pride ourselves on having the best people on our team who love what they do and have fun along the way.

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LawTech – The Teenage Years

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Putting the people first in managed services

LODs co-founder, Simon Harper, asks ‘Whatever happened to Managed services?’

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Rewiring the legal profession

"The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest business disruptor of our lifetime and it will require a radical response."

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LOD celebrates 10 years in Singapore

On the tenth anniversary of LOD’s launch in Singapore, Anita Thompson sat down with Co-Founder Ken Jagger and Head of Asia & Middle East, Brett Menadue to look back and also cast our eyes forward.

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What will the millennial legal market look like?

In May, Lawyers On Demand released their fourth report authored by leading legal market analyst Jordan Furlong titled, The Rise of the Millennial Lawyer, which centred on how millennials have begun to drive a seismic shift in the legal profession.

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The biggest IT issues facing in-house legal teams

In-house legal teams face unique challenges that differ from the demands of other business functions.

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LOD ready for an increasingly flexible marketplace

COVID-19 has taught the legal profession that it can never be complacent and must always be adaptable. LOD is prepared to thrive in this “new normal”, says Paul Cowling, LOD's Australian MD.

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LOD releases global survey report into how in-house teams are managing in 2021

Over 18 months into the pandemic, and 12 months since our last market review, LOD has once again carried out an in-depth global survey of 183 in-house legal professionals, which probes further into the sustainability of the changes in working practices that we first saw in 2020.

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Lawyers On Demand hires Fatima Seyadi to boost UAE flexible talent offering

Lawyers On Demand (LOD), a Consilio company, has appointed Fatima Seyadi as its new UAE Talent Acquisition and Client Solutions Consultant.

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Global webinar: the state of in-house legal teams around the world

Join our Head of Market Insights Mark Dodd and in-house legal leaders from around the world to discuss the state of law departments, using hard data and insightful first-hand accounts from the real world.

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