Category: Management and Technology

This is a live post form the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) 2010 Conference. This is the opening session, Five Secrets to Put Strategic Unity on the Fast Track, with Jason Jennings presenting. For additional information, see Twitter hashtag #ILTA10.  Jason Jennings is a popular...

Recent articles provide a good snapshot of law firm office design; sadly, working virtually does not appear to be on the agenda.  Changing Space – Law firms (slowly) respond to egalitarian trends in office design (ABA Journal, June 2010) reports on BigLaw office design trends....

The Wall Street Journal, in collaboration with MIT Sloan, published on Monday an article that pretty much slams chief information officers.  Why CIOs Are Last Among Equals is by three IT academics and practitioners (see bios below). While CIOs are increasingly important to companies, the...

Lawyers who still secretly think technology will go away now need to give up hope.  Some might think that by now, all lawyers lovingly embrace tech. Not if we judge by the number of litigators who still don’t get e-discovery. But I digress. Today the...

Will the legal market crash lead to a legal technology resurgence? I suggested so in my post January post Economist Magazine: Expect Profound Structural Shift in Legal Market. Two recent articles show how law firms add value with technology. Whether this is a new trend,...

I only occasionally hear law firms talk about legal technology and knowledge management investments to keep and attract lawyers. At least to some lawyers though, it makes a difference.  Jones Day Practice Head Joins Winston; Other Lawyers Likely to Follow (ABA Journal, 13 Jan 2010)...

The International Legal Technology Association recently published its annual legal tech survey. From a practice management perspective, here are some findings that stand out for me. I leave it to others to comment on infrastructure.  The 2009 ILTA Technology Survey is available with login or...

Real time blog post on ILTA 2009 session: Technologies that Will Disrupt Traditional Legal Practice with Richard Susskind, author of The End of Lawyers? and “legal futurist”; Gerard Neidistch, Executive Director Business Integration and Technology of Mallesons; and by John Alber, Technology Partner of Bryan...