Books and Publications
Web4Law publishes a wide range of publications addressing various risk issues of concern to law firms, including two magazines on law firm management and compliance issues:
Managing Risk
There is a dedicated section on this, one of our main publications.
Modus Operandi
Modus Operandi is our quarterly, flagship publication. It is supported by HSBC Insurance and circulates to approximately 3-4000 law firms of all sizes. Coverage specialises in finance and risk management issues and Modus Operandi is proud to publish topical and authoritative contributions and interviews from leading experts on a wide variety of subjects in these areas.
The Lexcel Office Procedures Manual
This is the standard office management procedures compliance work - Law Society Publishing - four editions from 1997: latest edition issued in November 2007.
Web4Law Money Laundering Reporting Officer Compliance Manual
Web4Law Publishing: 2008: a practical manual with precedents on all elements of the anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regime (also available in a Jersey edition). Copies can be ordered here.
Compliance for Law Firms
Ark Consulting: an analysis of regulatory issues and the need for formal compliance programmes in commercial law firms (December 2008). It is available for purchase from the Ark site.
Money Laundering Compliance for Law Firms
Ark Consulting: detailed analysis of the workings of the money laundering and terrorist financing regime in commercial law firms: with Diane Price (Martineau): December 2008. It is available for purchase from the Ark site.
Managing Cyber-Risks
Law Society Publishing: this was first published in 2002 and addresses key IT, legal and compliance and operational Internet risks for law firms and strategies for their management. An updated edition is currently in progress.
Outsourcing IT: a Governance Guide
IT Governance Publishing (2009). This has just been published and examines the application of corporate, IT and project governance issues, including the risk management so essential for successful IT outsourcing projects. Visit the IT Governance website.