Accountancy and HR software for law firms
Empowering law firms to achieve greater success
At IRIS, we understand that law firms and legal practices must seize every opportunity to ensure success.
From perfecting your firm’s people management with HR software to improving financial strategy with law firm accounting software, we empower the legal sector with the solutions you need to bring your firm to order.
Law firm challenges
What are the key challenges facing the legal sector?
UK law firms and legal practices are facing an array of challenges, including:
- Decreasing demand for certain legal services, meaning firms must seek new growth strategies and avoid revenue decline.
- Since the Big Four audit and advisory firms edged into the legal sector, others must now optimise their tech to compete.
- Increasing compliance requirements means firms are working even harder to avoid fines and keep clients happy.
- Talent acquisition and retention have become make-or-break issues, as firms race to keep staff sweet.
Law firm software trends
What are the changes and trends affecting the legal sector today?
From worldwide shifts to new sector trends, the evidence is clear; to prevent being left behind, law firms must adapt to changes like these:
- A sector-wide shift from traditional regulatory services to newer, more niche service areas (e.g. digital law).
- Increasing pressures around corporate responsibility thanks to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and climate litigation.
- Safeguarding sensitive information and complying with data.protection regulations is becoming a top priority.
- Plus, trends like artificial intelligence (AI), flexible working expectations, and alternative payment methods are all changing the legal game.
The case for law firm software
Explore how the right law practice software – including HR and accounting software for law firms – could help you turn the tables on today’s challenges and optimise your firm’s success.
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Simplifying Compliance
Regulatory complexities are mounting, demanding solutions that simplify compliance without monopolising too much time or resources.
IRIS offers comprehensive compliance tools, ensuring your practice can handle any volume or complexity of regulatory compliance. For example, by using IRIS Payroll Solutions, you can ensure you pay your people accurately, on time, and in complete adherence to the latest employment regulations.
By taking care of tasks like reporting to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) or accurately compiling diversity statistics, law firm payroll software frees up vital internal resources. This allows your firm to concentrate on strategic growth and client service excellence.
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Using data and analytics
Informed and data-backed decision-making has always been an important part of a legal firm’s defence.
IRIS’ legal HR software provides powerful analytics and reporting tools, designed to deliver actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
For instance, if your firm is facing high attrition among certain teams, you could use the reporting functionality within IRIS’ HR Solutions to identify patterns and inform retention strategies.
Using real-time data, you can find out the answers to these questions, make more effective decisions, and optimise performance.
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Leveraging technology to drive efficiency
Legal accounting software with generative AI and advanced technologies presents challenges and opportunities for law firms.
While there are benefits to utilising AI-backed software for solicitors, firms can face issues like:
- Lack of experience and trust in new technologies from senior partners.
- Concerns about how to choose and implement new legal management software.
- Concerns over how the software or service will integrate with an existing setup.
IRIS stands at the forefront of innovation, offering HR, payroll and accounting solutions that allow firms to overcome these kinds of roadblocks.
From law office software with a simple, user-friendly interface to solutions designed to connect and work seamlessly with your existing setup, IRIS has you covered.
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Attracting and retaining talent
Attracting and retaining top legal talent is crucial to the ongoing success of law firms and legal practices.
Using specialist recruitment software like IRIS Recruitment’s applicant tracking software (ATS), your firm can handle talent more efficiently and improve employee wellbeing.
From simplifying recruitment and onboarding using time-saving automation to providing advanced L&D programs, IRIS solutions can unlock the time, resources, and functionality firms need to build and maintain an outstanding team.
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Navigating Economic Uncertainty
Against the backdrop of the challenges and changes rocking the legal sector, law firms must manage their operations efficiently to ensure sustainable growth.
IRIS Software provides robust software for solicitors and legal professionals, allowing practices to effectively streamline firm management, improve resource allocation, and enhance efficiency.
For example, mid-market firms mounting a defence against revenue decline can leverage legal accounting software, which can help:
- Cut down on time-consuming manual admin, freeing up vital internal accounting resource.
- Improve efficiency; such as being able to access accounts remotely the cloud-based IRIS Elements solution.
- Streamline in-house operations by integrating your legal accounting software into the rest of your legal firm management system.
By relying on IRIS, your firm can be better equipped to steer through economic uncertainties with confidence, safeguarding your bottom line.
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Law firm payroll solutions
How can you improve your payroll?
The right law firm payroll software or outsourced service can help firms manage cash/working capital, process complex remuneration packages, and comply with tax law.
- Payroll software – By relying on IRIS’ payroll solutions, you can automate calculations, reduce errors, and ease admin workloads. Plus, self-service payroll portals allow staff to access their data anytime.
- Outsourcing payroll – With services like IRIS Payroll Services, you can rely on CIPP-accredited payroll experts to resolve issues, ensure compliance, optimise your financial strategy, and free up internal time and resources.
Legal practice management software
Keep data under lock and key
For law firms or legal practices, keeping sensitive data secure is vitally important.
Whether you’re using HR software for law firms or legal accounts software, IRIS has your back with features like:
- Advanced password protection and access controls, so only authorised staff can view or edit sensitive information.
- Integration between HR, payroll, and accounting systems, meaning employee info is updated automatically to reduce the risk of data breaches.
- An online self-service portal, so staff can access and update employee data securely.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about how IRIS Software is supporting and empowering law firms and legal professionals.
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Being able to easily view employee information or access L&D resources helps staff feel more in control and in the loop.
The best legal HR software will include features like a secure online self-service portal. This provides staff with instant access to important information and allows them to easily manage tasks like checking leave, tracking absence, and downloading payslips.
IRIS Cascade includes a secure online self-service HR, recruitment, and payroll portal. It’s also an example of cloud-based legal HR software, meaning staff can access their portal from anywhere with an internet connection.
This user-friendly platform fosters a positive workplace culture by keeping everyone involved, in the loop, and in control.
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To stay competitive and retain top talent, law firms must adapt to flexible working arrangements. And while implementing remote or flexible work can be challenging, it’s achievable with the right tools and support.
Cloud-based legal HR software like Staffology by IRIS or law firm accounting software like IRIS Elements can be accessed by staff via a web browser, from anywhere with an internet connection. This flexibility makes it easier for firms to facilitate remote working for HR, payroll and accounting teams.
Cloud-based HR software for solicitors also allows you to streamline employee data management, so remote working needn’t impact productivity. Solutions like Staffology HR by IRIS help you maintain cohesive records, making it easier to track and manage who’s working, where, and when.
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Absolutely – the right legal HR software or outsourcing services can help you enhance employee well-being in several ways:
- HR and recruitment software like IRIS Cascade facilitates clearer communication, ensuring staff can easily access updates, policies, and resources at any time.
- By automating repetitive HR tasks or outsourcing to IRIS Payroll Services, your team can focus more on employee wellbeing initiatives.
- HR platforms like Staffology HR offer tools that provide employees with access to mental health resources, wellness programs, and flexible work arrangements.
- Alongside providing support and improving processes, the best HR and recruitment software for law firms equips you with sophisticated HR analytics.
This kind of data can provide valuable insights into employee engagement and well-being (e.g. absenteeism trends), helping you tailor strategies to improve workplace morale.
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Even if you specialise in employment law, navigating its complexities within your own organisation can be a handful – especially when you’d rather focus on your caseload.
By relying on law firm software solutions like Staffology HR or IRIS HR Consulting, you can easily take care of employment complexities like:
- Ensuring your firm complies with key regulations like the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Code of Conduct.
- Streamlining staff training to maintain security accreditations like ISO 27001 and demonstrate your firm’s dedication to data protection.
- Kkeeping employee records precise and up-to-date and facilitating secure e-signature processes.
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It can be a tricky time when a member of staff decides to leave, but it also represents a great opportunity to gather data.
Why is the person leaving? Have they been tempted away by a rival firm? Have they made full use of resources during their tenure?
To capture this data, you can use legal HR software and legal recruitment software like IRIS Cascade to automate exit surveys, or task IRIS HR Consulting to liaise with departing staff.
These surveys offer employees a comfortable way to share feedback – and provide you with the insights you need to improve the work environment.
Free guide
Optimising HR for a Better Legal Team
Download the free all-in-one guide on the employee lifecycle in the legal sector – and discover solutions to some of the biggest workforce challenges plaguing legal firms today.
Law Firm Software Products
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A powerful cloud-based HR solution
Take better care of core HR functionality; cut down on admin, streamline HR processes, and boost efficiency by managing all aspects of your HR operations within a single platform.
- All-in-one HR and payroll software
- Tailor to your needs with specific modules
- Completely scalable to your growth
Ideal for mid-sized to enterprise-level law firms and legal practices, the software is designed to simply and supercharge your people management approach.
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Streamline HR processes to save time and money
Rely on a cloud-based out-of-the-box HR solution. Automate time-consuming admin tasks, integrate your HR and payroll systems, and choose from a range of packages to reflect where you are in your growth journey.
- Modern, intuitive interface
- Advanced reporting available
- Ready to go out of the box
Take care of every step of the employee life cycle with this flexible, remote-working-friendly HR software superstar.
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Only pay for the payslips you process
From £35 per month
Whether you’re a firm of fifty or 500, rely on Staffology Payroll to take care of paying your people the right way every time.
- Integrate with IRIS or third-party HR software
- Offer secure self-service portals for staff
- Automate manual admin to save time
Integrated and automated, discover how much time and money you can save with Staffology today.
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Attract top talent using best-in-breed software and services
Control and manage every aspect of your recruitment process with IRIS Recruitment. Choose from specialist software with an advanced applicant tracking system (ATS) or cost-efficient managed recruitment services.
- Fully branded career pages and adverts
- Tailored sifting and selection tools
- Self-service online candidate portal
Reduce your time to hire, minimise recruitment costs and improve the quality and efficiency of your entire recruitment journey.
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The managed payroll solution you can trust
An end-to-end payroll outsourcing solution for complete confidence.
Hand your payroll over to our CIPP-accredited payroll specialists and get back to what you do best – running your business.
- BACS-approved bureau service
- CIPP-accredited payroll managers
- HMRC-recognised software
Tick payroll admin off your firm’s internal to-do list and discover the ROI benefits of outsourcing payroll.
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Expert HR consultancy and support for your firm
Our qualified and experienced HR Consultants work as an extension of your team to keep your business compliant and maximise your workforce’s full potential.
- Ensure compliance with legislation
- Optimise growth strategies like talent retention
- Access specialist M&A expertise
Whether you’re a UK-based firm or a global legal enterprise, IRIS HR Consulting is the right choice for people management.
Every HR solution you need, all under one roof
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