Working Virtually
The January/February issue of Law Practice magazine includes an article that I wrote called The Future Law Office: Going Virtual. It explores how law firms should consider letting lawyers spend…
Reading Multiple Blogs with a News Aggregator
If you read several blogs and do not already use an aggregation service, you should consider doing so. Over the holidays (yes, they do seem like a long time ago),…
Taking the R Out of CRM?
This week I attended a meeting of legal knowledge management professionals. The discussion turned to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, focusing on using a CRM to find colleagues who have…
Another Example of Legal Outsourcing
The Chicago Tribune reports today in Law firms slow to outsource (registration required) that law firms have been slow to outsource work. The article describes how Mindcrest, Inc., a legal…
West Tests Outsourcing for Legal Publishing
I spotted on bespacific a reference to a very interesting article in the Star Tribune (Jan. 16, 2004) reporting that West is running a small test of using lawyers in…
Some Extranets Do Matter
This week I had the opportunity to see a demonstration of an AmLaw 100 firm’s client-facing Extranet. Extranets have been much discussed but the evidence suggests little used. One reason…
Using Visualization to Manage Legal Organizations
In Get the Picture yesterday, the Wall Street Journal explored the application of visualization software to gaining a better and deeper understanding of business problems. I wonder if law firms…
Assessing Outside Counsel – Asking about Knowledge Management
The Fall 2003 issue of Chief Legal Executive magazine has an interesting article by the managing partner of Arnold & Porter, The Inside Story on the Outside Firm. James J….
Legal Market Imperfections Re-Visited
A prior blog entry discussed imperfections in the market for legal services. An editorial in Corporate Legal Times, Law Firms are Often Blind to Clients’ Needs adds fuel to this…
Contracts as Code
Alerted by Joy London’s posting on her Excited Utterance’s blog, I’ve read a new blog, lawyer’s dont’ get it by attorney Charles Uniman. Mr. Uniman discusses contracts as code, an…
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