Attendance of all Manchester Law Society Members is requested at the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Manchester Law Society, to be held virtually via Teams on Monday 13th December 2021 at 5.00pm PROMPT.
Mcr LawTech invite you to attend this essential event for the legal technology community in Manchester taking place on Thursday 9 December from 17:00 to 19:00 at Manchester Technology Centre. As always these events are focussed on networking and community building, to help LawTech collectively grow the Manchester LegalTech ecosystem.
At this event you will hear from the organising committee of the McrLawTech community on our future plans, we will have lightning pitches offering any attendee the opportunity to speak for 2 minutes on their interests in LegalTech & Legal Innovation, and we will finish with an open discussion on key opportunities and challenges that should be our priority for workshops and speaker events in 2022.
These events are informal and open to anyone with an interest in LegalTech and/or the innovation of legal services. Our community includes lawyers and legal technologists, plus academics, students, and anyone else who might be “LegalTech Curious”!
Thanks to sponsors Bruntwood SciTech for providing not just the venue but also some festive refreshments.
Join us at our landmark Social Mobility Conference on 17th March 2022. This Conference is held as a partnership event between Squire Patton Boggs and Manchester Law Society.
Featuring prominent keynote speakers from across the region, insightful panel discussions and candid success stories, this half-day conference will look at the importance of improving social mobility while offering practical tools to implement social mobility into your organisation.
Look out for our full agenda, which will be announced in the coming weeks.
If you would like to be the first to hear the full programme and book your place email CarlaJones@manchesterlawsociety.org.ukto be added to the mailing list.
Martyn Best of Document Direct also asks, “If there is no-one in an office, can you believe they are working”
I’m sure you’ve all heard the philosophical question of whether a falling tree makes a sound if there’s no-one nearby to hear it. The mild conundrum was first voiced, rather remarkably by George Berkely in the mid 18th century.
Since the 18th century our physicists have helped our philosophers by proving that a falling tree would emit a sound, as sound is a mechanical wave of pressure and displacement through a medium such as air or water.
So – there’s our answer but …
In these days of a much-increased working from home environment, how do we know that our employees and staff are putting in a full shift, working the hours they are paid for, and contributing to the businesses objectives.
Adapting the tree comparison “Does observation affect outcome?”
There have been many good articles on working from home, or WFH, as we now affectionately call it. This article isn’t about the detail of this “new normal”, but more about the sentiment and philosophy we should adopt. However, it’s worth bearing in mind a few principles:
Make communication a priority.
Nothing beats face-to-face personal contact, but in its absence, we must gently over-compensate, and ensure our communication is not only timely and regular, but clear and sensitive.
Educate and inform everyone
Don’t assume anything here, and ensure you have good policies created or adapted.
Ask for staff perspectives
You do not know everything, and especially nowadays you do not need to pretend that you do.
Assess and re-evaluate your WFH policy
We are living in an odd world, and a very much changing one, so it’s important to re-assess all aspects, and tweak and improve as better practices develop.
Trust people
This is the key issue here.
So don’t worry that you can’t hear that tree falling, just have trust and faith that it is has fallen, and is being cut into good timber, and put to very good use.
Did you miss the live stream? Want to see the reactions of the winners? Hear why the winners were chosen and the exciting work taking place in the Manchester Legal community?
You can watch the recording of the Manchester Legal Awards right here!
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