Client Facing KM at Baker Donelson – Live Ark KM Post
What is the future of client-facing legal knowledge management? That is the topic of this Ark KM 10th Annual Conference. The session description and speaker information is appended below. (Live post: please forgive typos and errors.) Panelists: Meredith L. Williams, JD, Chief Knowledge Management Officer,...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Big Law Changing or Being Disrupted?
The legal market has seen a running debate since the economic crash: is Big Law being disrupted? My short answer is no, it’s only changing. It’s not the three conferences in February alone on this question that prompt me to write today. Rather, it’s the appearance...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Shifts in the Legal Market Summed Up in 4 Tweets
My post last week, State of the US Legal Market Summed Up in 3 Tweets, showed large law firms responding to flat demand by merging and cutting costs. Like last week, my current Tweets of the Week again happen to tell a story. They offer a look at...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
Explaining the Dearth of Large Law Firm Client Facing Systems
I’ve been disappointed not to see more client-facing systems in the legal market. I recently wrote an article suggesting potential explanations. That article was published in the premier issue (March 2013) of Legal It Today, available for download and subscription here. You can also read...
Ron Friedmann,
13 years ago
1 min read
The Current State and Future of Big Law Online Legal Services
I recently updated my list of online legal services. Since the prior update in 2006, there has been less online legal service activity than I expected. With clients using outside counsel less and pressing for better value, however, I believe law firms can gain new...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
5 min read
Iron Tech Lawyer Competition at Georgetown Law School
On Thursday I attended the Iron Tech Lawyer Competition at Georgetown Law School. Six student teams presented legal advisory systems they built in a competition that will pit the Georgetown winner against New York Law School winner. It’s great to see an innovative law school...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
2 min read
Web Start-Up Docracy Offers Open Source Law
I have long advocated open source law. If more lawyers and clients put documents in the public domain, legal costs might drop and consistency rise. At least one start-up is working to make this happen. I recently spoke to Veronica Picciafuoco of Docracy, an open...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
3 min read
Koncision Breaks New Ground in Contract Drafting
Koncision is a relatively new service by contracts expert Ken Adams (@KonciseD). It offers clear, concise, and quickly drafted contracts via an interactive web service. I comment here on why this is a notable development and briefly review my experience using it. Koncision is notable...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
4 min read
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