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LPM Frontiers 2026

The leading annual picture of SME law firms' changing strategic priorities

LPM INSIGHTS

Finding your voice: Driving efficiencies with speech recognition

Celeste Rivas | LPM assistant editor | 30 April 2026
With productivity becoming an increasingly critical goal for many SME law firms, streamlining low-value, time-consuming processes has become a more pressing imperative: according to the LPM Frontiers 2026 research, automation has become the top investment priority for 42% of SME leaders this year. While crucial for delivering outcomes, tasks like note taking fall in this […]
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Time to take control of your firm’s documents

LPM | NETDOCUMENTS | 2 July 2025
A deep-dive LPM strategy-level conversation, and community Q&A, with: Andrew Wingfield, director of innovation and operations, Farringford Legal Michael Owen Hill, director of product marketing, NetDocuments Chaired by: Rupert Collins-White, co-CEO, LPM, Burlington Media Group Bringing the management of your most important work product all together under one roof is a journey of improvement for any […]
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RESEARCH AND SPECIAL REPORTS

Cloud special: Systems set to soar?

What does a cloud-first strategy really mean for SME law firms, and how can they leverage the changes involved for long-term success?

LPM Risk 2025

How are leaders maintaining focus on developing the agility and scalability they need to sustain growth ambitions — while staying alert to the myriad factors threatening to blow them off course? Which macro and management risks loom largest in 2025, and how are they looking to mitigate them?