http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php Prism Legal Consulting, Inc. provides regular updates about interesting developments and themes in the application of technology to law practice and law business. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:55:43 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 ron@prismlegal.com ron@prismlegal.com en Innovators at the Barricades by Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. argues that legal process outsourcing (LPO) is a disruptive force for law firms, citing Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma.  "Outsourcing is here to stay" writes MacEwen. He describes different flavors using a 2 x 2 grid: ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1076&c=1 The College of Law Practice Management and The American University Washington College of Law are hosting "1, 2, 3, RESET! The 2010 Futures Conference and Symposium" on October 22-23 at AU in DC. I encourage anyone interested in the future of the legal market and law practice management to ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1075&c=1 About two weeks ago I got a new Dell notebook PC from my company. Ordering an extra battery for it on my own from Dell.com turned into a personal productivity nightmare. Dell's famed model business model feels creaky, which may hold lessons for BigLaw.  After getting my new ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1074&c=1 The Recorder 19 July 2010 article Is Adding a Second Tier for Law Firm Associates a Good Thing? asks a great question. The answer is "yes, but....".  The author, Justin T. Miller, J.D., LL.M., CFP®, is a regional director of the Legal Specialty Group at Union Bank's The Private Bank. ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1073&c=1 American Lawyer magazine has just released its 2010 large law firm library survey. The results are interesting but not surprising.  Law Librarian Survey 2010: More Bang, Less Bucks writes-up the results and has links to survey data (free registration required). Almost one-half of the 86 firms replying (45%) reported ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1072&c=1 It's been six months since I've done a Twitter roundup. I was reminded that I had not done one by a friend who said he misses them.   I definitely blog less since I started Tweeting 18 months ago. Articles I read or ideas I have that, in ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1071&c=1 Large law firms will almost certainly not return pre-2008-crash economics. BigLaw will remain immensely profitable but firms will need to manage themselves more effectively. And this includes how they staff to support lawyers.  The most recent evidence of the 'new normal' is the Altman Weil Law Firms in Transition ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1070&c=1 As a legal blogger, I fear living in an echo chamber. So it's nice to find that some hot blawgosphere topics also engage the business world. I follow blogger commentary on Bloomberg Law as I suspect many do. So I offer here a different perspective on it, ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1069&c=1 What is the state of the practice support lawyer (professional support lawyer or PSL) among US large law firms?  I have not heard PSLs discussed much lately. So at a recent knowledge management meeting, I asked each attendee to report his or her firm's number of PSLs. We ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1068&c=1 In In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That, the New York Times reports today that some law schools have artificially boosted grades. It's hard to know where to begin assessing what this means - and why it is awful.  The article reports that "In the last two years, ... http://www.prismlegal.com/wordpress/index.php?p=1067&c=1