Technology and Legal Secretaries
Starting in the early 1990s, I noticed that secretarial work was changing as a result of widespread lawyer use of PCs. Yet I have seen few articles about this much less smart management reaction. Already in 1991, I thought secretarial roles needed re-thinking. By 2003,...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Harvard Law – Berkman to Research Legal Technology
What can law schools do to help newly minted lawyers be technologically prepared? A LexisNexis-funded study underway at the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School seeks to recommend “how next-generation law school curricula can preserve the fundamentals of critical thinking and legal history, while at...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
New Legal Market Outsourcing Service
Outsourcing comes in many shapes and sizes. A new legal outsourcing website with a fresh approach has just launched. Lawsourcing.com is a web-based service started by two technology lawyers. It’s a legal-specific reverse auction market: lawyers in need of help – substantive or business –...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
Publicly Traded Law Firms
The title is not a typo. An Australian company is raising money in a public offering to buy law firms. Outside capital could drive innovative legal technology. In the UK, the Clementi reforms allow non-lawyers to own law firms. I’ve followed this because with outside...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
The Inside Skinny on Offshoring
So what’s legal offshoring really like from the inside? Two Harvard 3Ls report on their journey through India. The source on outsourcing in the Harvard Law School Alumni Bulletin (Fall 2006) carries a report by two Harvard Law students who spent time in India researching...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Oracle and E-Discovery?
Last week, Oracle acquired Stellent. BigLaw CIOs should keep their eye on this longer term. Stellent is a content management company, though in legal, it may be better known for its Outside In viewing technology, which is integrated into several e-discovery platforms. The merger (press...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
Enterprise RSS – More Uses
Not long ago I wrote about using enterprise RSS to deliver the right information to lawyers. I’ve since learned of another good use for this technology. My former colleague Robyn Rebollo is a law librarian. She recently moved from the US to Australia, where she...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
Telepresence
Telepresence seems like an interesting new technology with potential value for BigLaw. It’s video conferencing on steroids. I’ve seen several articles and ads recently. For example, Are You Ready For Your Close-Up? in Business Week (11/6/06) says of telepresence: “videoconference systems intended to make participants...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
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