Category: Knowledge Management

If you attend Legal Tech in NYC next week, you might want to attend the ILTA KM cocktail party.  Register for the ITLA KM Cocktail Reception, which takes place Wednesday, February 4th 2009 from 5:15pm to 6:30pm at the Bridges Bar in the Hilton (main...

One of the leading KM professionals in the legal market has changed firms.  Effective December 1, 2008, Oz Benamram is the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) at White & Case, responsible for developing and implementing the systems and processes to capture and share the firm’s collective...

I am at a large law firm knowledge management conference. The morning session was Does Enterprise 2.0 = 2 Knowledge Management 2.0 and featured Dan Keldsen, Director of Market Intelligence and Carl Frappaolo, VP Market Intelligence, both associated with AIIM. This was one of the...

Many law departments struggle with knowledge management. Sun Microsystems has put a big dent in the problem using wikis.  Legal Departments, Law Firms Weighing Wikis (The Recorder, 25 Sep 2008) reports “Between January and the start of September, there had been 1,200 articles published internally...

Large law firms create specialized positions to gain efficiency and improve service. Dickstein Shapiro’s innovative research attorney role is a recent example of a new and focused role.  Research Attorneys Offer Focused Services, Training (National Law Journal, 15 July 2008, by Hollye R. Mann, Amy...

Anyone interested in experience location should read the cover story of the current issue of Business Week (8 Sep 2008) about research underway at IBM.  Management by the Numbers (subscription required) is an excerpt of a book by Stephen Baker. The article sub-title says it...

The Knowledge Management Peer Group of ILTA is hosting several sessions at the International Legal Technology Association annual meeting next week. Listed below are the KM sessions.  Monday, August 25, 2008: KM Peer Group Sessions and KM Luncheon KM1 – Starting a KM Program 10:30...

I always get excited when I see a system that brings together some of my favorite themes: knowledge management, open source law, and best practices.  My former client Practice Technologies, Inc. provides a web-based service called RealDealDocs. It allows you easily to search for a...