Category: Management and Technology

This is the second in an occasional series of “maxims” on managing legal technology. Each one is a bit edgy – you have to decide where the line is on just how true it is!   Less is More. When trying to persuade law firm...

This is the first in an occasional series of “maxims” on managing legal technology. Each one is a bit edgy – you have to decide where the line is on just how true it is!  Reverse the Persuasion Equation (also known as Don’t Push on...

The 2007 AmLaw Tech Survey is out. What does it tell us?  Digital Dialogue (Law Firm Inc., 9/07) includes an article about the Am Law Tech 2007 Survey and related tables and articles. Last year in a a post about the AmLaw Tech 2006 Survey...

In the last decade, many US and UK law firms have adopted an “operate globally” strategy, buying or building practices around the world. The rationale is to be where their global clients are. I think that in the future, successful global firms will need to...

The College of Law Practice Management annual meeting took place on Saturday, September 8th. We spent the morning examining the future of law practice management.  Our wide ranging discussion is hard to summarize in a few words. For each of the several broad topics we...

Many firms have strategic-thinking CIOs. Some also have directors of knowledge management and some of practice services. But how many have all three?  Now, Orrick does. Patrick Tisdale is Orrick’s CIO and Peter Krakaur the CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer). Clark Cordner recently joined as Director...

Lawyer recruiting is in the news. Given the cost and the stakes, BigLaw should be doing more with technology to recruit.  Annual Survey Shows the New Reality of Associate Life (American Lawyer, 9/07) reports on the challenge large law firms face recruiting new talent: “First,...

To intermediate or dis-intermediate, that is the question. The web has upended the traditional publishing model where editors select and filter content. BlawgWorld 2007, released today, is an example of “re-intermediation.”  Pre-web, we had little choice but to rely on reporters, editors, and publishers to...