The Law of Too Many Words
On Sunday I spent time sipping a coffee outside of Berkeley Law School. I was struck by its facade, pictured below, and what it signals about lawyers. One entrance to the school is a monolithic concrete facade, broken only by two quotes (Cardozo and Holmes)...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
2 min read
Law Firm Alternates Grow Rapidly, Chip Away at BigLaw
Three news items caught my eye last week and help explain the challenges large law firms face. Citi Private Banking, which offers regular and reliable financial analysis of large law firms, reported on 2012 large law firm financial results in Citi: Firms Posted 4.3 Percent...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
3 min read
Knowledge Management Priorities in Large Law Firms – A Survey
Last week I attended a private meeting of large law firm knowledge management professionals. About 50 people from almost as many firms attended. In preparation for the meeting, the co-organizers (of which I was one) asked all invitees several questions about KM priorities and interests....
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
2 min read
New Generation of Law Firm Portals and Good Design Principles
This is a live blog post from a private meeting of large law firm knowledge management professionals. The topic is new model intranets / portals with a focus on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX). BACKGROUND AND PRINCIPLES OF GOOD DESIGN Perhaps the...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
5 min read
Two Big US Firms Cut Staff Costs as Legal Tech NY Starts
In what is likely a pure coincidence but one could view symbolically, as Legal Tech New York begins today, articles today report on two large US law firms that have announced significant steps to reduce staff costs. The bigger announcement is Kaye Scholer Latest Large...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
2 min read
The Evolution of KM from Content to Tools to True Productivity
What is knowledge management today? Recent developments in the legal publishing world provide one answer – and the answer may not be what you think. Early in January, I was struck when Thomson Reuters (TRI), which owns Westlaw and other primary and secondary legal content,...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
4 min read
The Onshore Law Factory – Carillion UK Example
A news item today explains how one large UK company has built its own “law factory”. I periodically write about law factory as a way to handle high volume, lower value legal work. Whether it is suitable only for commoditized work or also ‘bread and...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
2 min read
From Legal Horsepower to Service Delivery Design
Does good design have anything to do with law firms? Maybe, depending on how you think about design. In the New York Times today, Design Rivals Technology in Importance, we learn that when it comes to consumer technology products, design exceeds technology in importance: “The...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
3 min read
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