Category: Management and Technology

Blogging continues to grow in big law firms.  Kevin O’Keefe of LexBlog posted his State of the AmLaw 200 blogosphere, March 2008 last week. He found that from August 2007 to March 2008, the number of big law firm blogs grew from 74 to 110....

I frequently discuss the pros and cons of working virtually. I agree that lawyers need office time for in-person interaction but was surprised by what one Hunton & Williams partner has to say about the topic.  In Face Time in the WiFi Age (NY Lawyer,...

Jordan Furlong law21.ca picks up and expands on themes I raised in Benefits of Blogging Redux.  In Lawyer blogs vs. law firm brands, Furlong suggests that firm-branded blogs cannot succeed because the voice of each lawyer-blogger will differ. Before I saw this post, I read...

A couple of my recent posts generated some controversy about the status of legal blogging. Now, two legal bloggers share some data and comments.  In Why Are Blogs Undervalued? at Drug and Device Law blog, lawyer-bloggers Jim Beck of Dechert and Mark Herrmann of Jones...

Are there limits on telecommuting and working virtually?  Of course there are. Almost four years ago in The Future Law Office: Going Virtual, I advocated that large law firms take steps to allow lawyers to work some days at home or in satellite offices. Some...

Yesterday I asked if blogging is dead. That post generated 3 comments and some private e-mail; here then is a follow-up.  My post yesterday pointed out that Law Practice Management magazine’s issue on marketing technology did not discuss blogging. Dave Bilinsky, Editor-in-Chief, Law Practice Magazine...

The current issue (Jan/Feb 2008) of Law Practice Management magazine focuses on Marketing Technology Trends. Blogging is barely mentioned.  The half-dozen or so articles on marketing technology cover a range of internal tools (e.g, CRM or proposal generators) and external ones (e.g., webinars and social...

Sometimes little details make a big difference in how law firms use technology for marketing.  I needed a lawyer with specific expertise in a particular office of a multi-national law firm. The expertise is easily described by a unique search term, so I used the...