How Will Criminal Justice Reform Impact Lawyers?

Prologue If power corrupts, then absolute power corrupts absolutely. This age-old adage is used to describe the actions of power-hungry elements of the society going rogue. Racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass imprisonment, and recidivism

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A Beginners Guide to Legal Analytics

A for … Analytics? The legal profession is the subject matter of great stereotypes. People often joke that a good lawyer knows the law, while a better lawyer knows the Judge. While this saying may

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GDPR Compliance for Law Firms

The GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted in April 2016, succeeded the erstwhile Data Protection Directive (DPD) of 1995 and became enforceable as of 25th May 2018. This Regulation harmonizes the data privacy

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ODR: A Tool to Enable Justice in The Post Coronavirus Era

Prologue The UNCITRAL Technical Notes on Online Dispute Resolution issued in 2016, defines ODR as a “mechanism for resolving disputes through the use of electronic communications and other information and communication technology”. ODR is a

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Importance of time tracking for lawyers

The essence of TIME Just like a river, that meanders along its journey, before its eventual rendezvous with the open water-body, time too moves in a similar staggering fashion, sometimes too quickly and sometimes hardly

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Document Management: Not Just a ‘Record Keeping’ Method

Document Management is the management of documents in a way that makes the business more efficient. A legal document management system can be useful to keep track, manage and store documents, resulting in less use

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A Successful Business Plan for Solo Law Firm

Introduction  Starting a solo legal practice and being your own boss can bring you a sense of empowerment and freedom. The best source of referral for a solo practitioner is their clients themselves. Therefore, it

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Relinquishment Deed

What is a Relinquishment Deed? A Relinquishment deed is a legal instrument that a person uses to formally release his legal rights of immovable property and relinquishes it in the name of some other person.

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