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…

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…

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…

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…

Legal knowledge management professionals frequently discuss Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFA). The discussion typically focuses on why and how AFA should be good for KM. But absent appropriate internal allocation of…

Two mainstream media articles last week illustrate the power of collective intelligence. Both make me wonder whether large law firms take full advantage of their scale.  Herds on the Street…