Strategic Legal Technology Blog

Thinking Beyond Short-Term Metrics (Live Post – Ark Pricing Conference)

This is live blog post from the Ark Group’s Managing Partner’s Law Firm Pricing & Profitability Conference. First up is Steven J. Harper, author, contributingeditor to The American Lawyer, and adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Law School and former Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP....

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 5 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

Futures Conference – What to Expect in the Legal New Normal

The College of Law Practice Management presents the Futures Conference on October 26-27, 2012 at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC. Anyone interested in the future of law practice and legal business should attend. Click here to register Below you will find the program in chronological...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 4 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery, Low Cost Law Firm Centers

BigLaw Growth is Dead – Lower Cost Support Tipping Point?

Skip this post if you believe the BigLaw market will return to its pre-2007 state. If not, does your firm have a strategy to control and reduce costs? Two reports last week remind us of the tough market Biglaw faces. Bruce MacEwen, aka Adam Smith,...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 2 min read

Management and Technology

Improving and Automating Law Firm Business Support Services

The recently released LexisNexis

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 1 min read

General

ILTA 2012 Musings

Last week I attended the 2012 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual conference. Rather than summarize it – an impossible task – I offer my impressions and musings. Legal project management and alternative fee arrangements remain hot topics. This is not news, merely confirmation. Each...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 4 min read

Interesting Technology

I Can Make an App for That – Even in Law

Yesterday a friend ended an e-mail exchange writing “I have an app for that”. I hear that a lot these days but not so much in the legal market. Two recent Wall Street Journal articles got me thinking about technology and apps in the legal...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 2 min read

Do Less Law, General

Five Steps to Reduce Legal Costs

General counsels face pressure to reduce costs. Law firms must offer better value. The “new normal” requires taking five actions:. 1. Do Less : Do only the amount of legal work commensurate with the legal risk. Lawyers likely spend too much time looking for little stones...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 1 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery, Legal Project Management

InnovAction 2012 Awards Highlight Legal Project Management and Process Improvement

The College of Law Practice Management announced this week the winners of the 2012 InnovAction Awards. (I am a COLPM trustee.) InnovAction honors innovation in law practice management. This year, two law firms were honored, quoting from the College’s awards page: “Littler was selected for...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 2 min read

Knowledge Management

LexisPSL – Automating and Standardizing Practice Support

Last week, courtesy of Nick West, Director, Legal Markets for LexisNexis UK, I viewed a demo of LexisPSL, an online knowledge management (KM) and practice support tool for UK lawyers and professional support lawyers (PSL). It illustrates how the right combination of content, technology, and...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 3 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

Resistance is Futile

Sometimes I despair that the legal market never changes. Then I remind myself of the many past changes and signs of more to come. Lawyers may object to change but the sweep of events proves that resistance is futile. Eventually, lawyers assimilate to the new...

Ron Friedmann, 13 years ago 2 min read

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