KM Morphing?
The Ark KM in the Legal Profession conference just wrapped up day 2 of 3. Leading knowledge management practitioners from the US, Canada, and England are participating. My take away is that KM may be morphing. Jason Marty, Global Director, KM, Baker McKenzie and Julia...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Thoughts on Digital Collaboration
Collaboration is the mantra of our new economy. Yet in the legal market, computer-based collaboration is limited. Here are some possible reasons. . . At a recent meeting of large law firm knowledge management professionals, Michael Mills, Director of Professional Services & Systems at Davis...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
WSJ Reports on Legal Offshoring
The Wall Street Journal reports on 9/28/05 on the trend toward sending aspects of legal work offshore. The lead sentence of Legal Services Enter Outsourcing Domain (page B1) is “It happened with tech support, financial services and catalog order-taking. Now, a growing number of U.S....
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
More Instances of Offshoring
The Washington Times reports on several instances of law firms and departments outsourcing work overseas. Spotted on Robert Ambrogi’s Lawsites is the Washington Times article Law firms send case work overseas to boost efficiency. It reports that Venable uses Indian companies to draft patents; “[m]ajor...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
National Legal KM Group
A group of legal knowledge management professionals recently met by conference call to discuss the need for and interest in forming a national/international group focused specifically on legal KM. We agreed that a national group would be useful. Those on the call, including participants from...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Is SAP Overkill?
I recently posted that SAP appears to be entering the legal market. John Alber, technology partner at Bryan Cave and author of the outstanding article Delivering Actionable Information To Front-Line Lawyers, thinks SAP or any other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for law firms is...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
Innovative Law Departments
The September Corporate Legal Times features The CLT Ten: 10 innovative law department practices. One-half involve technology. Here is a brief overview of the five innovations that use technology: 1. Bidding Wars: GE’s uses online auctions (see my prior post). 2. Staying on Track: For...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
New Lawyer Rating Service
I previously suggested a Zagat-type service to rate lawyers. A new service may just do so. Lawdragon ranks lawyers via a searchable web database and print publication. The home page explains: “We’ve put to work our 100 years of experience reporting on lawyers to help...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
KM – Why Automated Approaches Are Easier
Two recent articles remind me why US law firms should focus their knowledge management efforts on automated approaches. The September Harvard Business Review reports in Create Colleagues, Not Competitors on knowledge sharing in executive recruiting firms. Researchers found that e-mail traffic (and therefore presumably knowledge...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
The Cisco Way
A new article reports on the importance of technology to the Cisco law department and its outside counsel. The Cisco Way in the September ABA Journal reports how the Cisco law department uses “the Internet and technology to improve its in-house legal practice—and any law...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
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