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10 March 2023
 
This Week's Stories Include:
 
- Don't miss the MLS Management Conference 2023
- Manchester Legal Awards Deadline Extended to 17th March!

- LawCare and Academics Launch Fit for Law Part 2: Working with others
- Dates for the Diary
- March Messenger

MLS Court Report Journal Issue 9
- Ransomware Vs Cocaine Trafficking

 
 
 

Date: 15 March 2023
Time: 09:00 to 16:30 followed by a drinks reception
Location: Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ
Cost to attend: MLS Members £120.00 + VAT (£144.00)
Non-members £160.00 + VAT (£192.00)


There is still time to book your place at the MLS Management Conference on 15th March. Join us for a day of discussions and solutions to the challenges facing law firms today.

Chaired by John Hyde, Deputy News Editor at the Law Gazette, the conference will be examining everything from the effective use of AI to improve staff engagement, the top 10 Compliance Hits for 2023, staying cyber secure in a more flexible workplace, client retention and much more!

See the full programme here.

Our keynote speaker is Simon McCrum, author of The Perfect Legal Business. After a decades-long track record of getting things right and wrong as a law firm owner, and after years of working with myriad law firms of all shapes and sizes, he is well-placed to look at firms to see if they are chasing the right things or are ignoring elephants in the room – at a time when law firms need to be at the top of their game.

This conference has been curated for:

  • Managing partners
  • Business services professional
  • Practice managers
  • Heads of HR
  • Finance and Innovation
  • CEOs
  • Those with management and compliance responsibilities


Book your place here or by emailing ChandreMay@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk with the name and email address of the delegate.

Headline sponsors for this conference are Matrix 247 and Document Direct

The conference lunch is sponsored by Cashroom

 

Due to strong demand, the deadline for entries to the Manchester Legal Awards 2023 has been extended by one week.
 
All entries must now be received by 5:30pm on Friday 17th March 2023. Entries received after this date will not be included.
 
The 2023 Manchester Legal Awards will take place on Thursday 8th June 2023. There are a range of categories for individuals, teams and firms, meaning there’s bound to be a category for you. 
 
Entry is free and submissions can be made online at www.manchesterlegalawards.co.uk. All you need to do is tell us in no more than 1,000 words why you meet the four criteria for your chosen category.
 
Don’t miss your chance to get the credit you deserve with a prestigious Manchester Legal Award.
 
Remember, the final deadline is 5:30pm – Friday 17th March 2023.

 
 
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SPONSOR SHARD CAPITAL
 

Legal mental health and wellbeing charity LawCare and academics at the University of Sheffield and The Open University have launched a free online course for legal professionals about working with others. 

The new Working with others course is the second part of the Fit for Law series; an ongoing programme to promote psychologically and emotionally healthier ways of working within law that was developed based on evidence from focus groups with legal professionals across the UK. The courses aim to upskill individuals and encourage positive organisational and cultural change in the legal workplace.

Read more about it here.

 

 
 
Management Conference - 15 March 2023

Posh Pub Quiz - 23 March 2023 SOLD OUT


Manchester Legal Awards
  • Entries Close - 10 March 2023
  • Judging Day - 12 May 2023
  • Dinner - 8 June 2023
 
By booking a place at any of our events you are agreeing to our terms and conditions details of which can be found here.
 
 

Here is the March Messenger! Published with our partners at Legal RSS don’t miss this months issue.

Articles in this issue include:

Read it all here!

Why not join in the conversation and share YOUR news with YOUR community.

Tell us all about your:

  • Movers & Shakers
  • Award wins
  • Charity work
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Interesting cases
  • We'd love to hear from you!


The deadline for the April edition is 17th March.

Don't forget Manchester Law Society Members get their articles published FREE OF CHARGE!

Please submit your articles in a Word document or similar format, with a photo, by emailing messenger@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk

 

 
 
MLS Advantage are carefully selected partners who have had due diligence undertaken to ensure we are only working with the most professional, innovative, and knowledgeable of companies.

Working with our partners will ensure that our members have improved efficiency and value, and most importantly, reduced cost helping your practice to develop and succeed.

Our preferred partners and their areas of expertise:
   
 
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Top level cyber security consultancy

MLS Advantage partners are able to identify and advise on core issues facing your business and, using their experience, expertise and market knowledge, can bring you the right solutions for these issues.

We know that our members recognise the value that technology, outsourcing and business services can deliver to the client experience, as well as business processes and operational efficiency.

Our MLS Advantage partners all offer special packages to Manchester Law Society members.

Why not contact them today?