Litigation, ADR, ODR—The Next Normal?
Litigation, ADR, ODR—The Next Normal? a live blog post of a College of Law Practice Management virtual event. As with all my live posts, please forgive typos and misunderstandings of meaning. (Note abbreviations: ADR = alternative dispute resolution. ODR = online dispute resolution) The session...
Microsoft’s Trusted Advisor Forum on Innovation – The Virtual Remix
This is a live blog post of Microsoft’s Trusted Advisor Forum on Innovation webinar on 17 June 2020. As with all my live posts, please forgive any typos or errors of understanding. I post this as the session ends. The full description of the event...
Will COVID Change Lawyer Collaboration?
Collaboration improves problem-solving, productivity, and innovation. In normal times, lawyers and legal professionals collaborate in-person. With work from home (WFH) during the COVID epidemic, video conferences have replaced in-person meetings. The WFH video experience prompts a collaboration question. Beyond in-person or video meetings, how effectively...
Legal Tech in Love – Married Couple with Separate Start-Ups
[Note: As of 27 October 2021, InCloudCounsel changed its name to Ontra. This note added 29 Jan 2022.] In networking for a new job, I recently met (remotely) Troy Pospisil, the Founder and CEO of InCloudCounsel. Two surprises stood out in speaking with him. First,...
Richard Susskind + Mark Cohen on Clients + ALSP
This is a live blog post of a 75-minutes video discussion with Richard Susskind and Mark Cohen about clients and ALSP (alternative legal service provider). It is hosted by Legal Geek and sponsored by Thomson Reuters, UnitedLex, and iManage. Lisa Hart Shephard, Acritas founder and now part of TR,...
The Rise of Legal Operations and What Comes Next
Legal operations started as a handful of people two decades ago. Today, it has become a robust discipline with many practitioners. I was delighted to have the chance to interview one of the leading legal operations pioneers, Steph Corey of UpLevel Ops. I met Steph...
Doing Deals Better with Diagrams
Lawyers may be the only professionals who routinely rely on dense text to understand complicated ideas. And that could change for transaction lawyers with the release of StructureFlow to diagram and track complex deals. Before I report on this product, based on a conversation with...
Where Will the Legal Work Go?
This is a live blog post of the Baretz + Brunelle webinar, Where will the Work Go? A NewLaw Futurecast, presented by Brad Blickstein. I have appended below the webinar description As with all my live blog posts, I publish as the session ends, so...