In earlier posts, Hackett shared her thoughts about the tools and language that lawyers are going to need to succeed in the future, and also discussed the variety of companies and business that offer legal-based solutions, and how client legal services are changing.

In an earlier post,  Hackett shared her thoughts about the critical tools and language that lawyers are going to need to succeed in the future

During her presentation, Hackett discussed the importance of data, various methods of providing value and using resources available to improve efficiency.

In the first of a three-part interview, Hackett shares her thoughts about the critical tools and language that lawyers are going to need to succeed in the future.

Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a blog post on millennial jurors and how to hold their attention in the courtroom. 

Our interview segment is with Ferd Mitchell, an author and healthcare expert who joins us to discuss President Obama’s healthcare law. A more detailed version of Ferd’s perspective on the law can be found in his new book, Legal Practice Implications of the New U.S. National Health Care Plan. 

We also have our “In the News” segment, featuring a story from Thomson Reuters News & Insight on how to avoid the controversy surrounding social media policies in the workplace. To learn more about this topic, check-out our interview segment with Robert Brownstone from our April podcast.

You can listen to the episode now by clicking the Play button on the built-in player below, or listen later.

We’re also on iTunes (just enter “Legal Current” in the search box).

If you have a suggestion for a future interview or episode theme, just leave a comment on this blog post or send an email to contact@legalcurrent.com. You can also follow us on Twitter at @legalcurrent.

Show notes for May 2012:

0:00-0:50 Open
0:55-2:20 “Chaos in the Courts”
2:20-3:45 “On the Blawgs”
3:45-26:55 Interview/Ferd Mitchell
26:55-28:55 “In the News” with Thomson Reuters News & Insight 
29:00-29:30 Closing comments

Eddie Pasatiempo, senior director, Customer Experience, Serengeti, shares some of the key advantages of attending the summit and discusses additional resources Serengeti provides to their customers such as the newly created Serengeti Professional Services program.

Check back with Legal Current for new posts from the Serengeti Summit.

Thomson Reuters and West LegalEdcenter support the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Initiative on Disaster Preparedness and Response.

As part of the initiative, in a podcast on Judicial Disaster Preparedness, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Government Affairs and Community Relations, interviewed the Honorable Bernice Donald, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

They discussed the importance of disaster preparedness to ensure the continuity of the judicial system in the event of man-made or natural disasters.

Listen to the episode now by clicking the Play button on the built-in player below, or listen later.

Judge Donald will be participating in a panel discussion entitled, “Preparing for the Worst – Is the Nation Prepared for Natural Disasters” at the TIPS Spring Meeting in Charleston, SC on May 17, 2012.

West LegalEdcenter is also providing complimentary access through May 5 to a program entitled, “When the Levees Broke: Lessons Learned From Judicial and Governmental Response to Hurricane Katrina”.

A complete listing of the CLE programs available for the TIPS Disaster Preparedness & Response Initiative is also available.

The project echoes Thomson Reuters commitment to corporate sustainability, and was initiated by longtime employee, Tim Nixon, director of Legal Content in Switzerland. Part of Tim’s role at Thomson Reuters is to help make transparent corporate sustainability efforts to determine what that data says about a business and how the information can be useful to investors. Prior to moving to Switzerland, Tim led the Green Team at the company’s Eagan, Minn., campus and was responsible for a number of initiatives to strengthen biodiversity there, including re-introducing native prairie to a large parcel on the campus and installing bluebird, wood duck and chimney swift houses.

To learn more about the project in Baar, click on the video clip below:

And Tierney, who works in the short run bindery, isn’t the only Thomson Reuters MD&E employee who’s taken ‘lean’, as it’s called, with its six S’s (safety, sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain),  home. Press operator Matt Glidden redesigned his garage for increased organization and efficiency, and jokes that he may do the same with his house, if his wife will let him.

The impressively high level of enthusiasm for lean principles shown by Tierney, Glidden and many of their colleagues began with plant-wide lean initiatives and continuous improvement projects, implemented over the last several years, that have sought to transform the Thomson Reuters MD&E operation, which produces 54 million products annually, into an industry best practice.

And it was these initiatives, along with Thomson Reuters commitment to sharing its lean knowledge and experience with other area manufacturers that led to its recent selection as the Manufacturer of the Year, in the large company category, by the Manufacturer’s Alliance. The results are striking: One particular area of the plant has seen an 80 percent drop in the amount of waste per changeover. Make-ready time in the short run bindery has been reduced by 75 percent.

“Without a doubt, we could not have implemented lean manufacturing principles with the tremendous degree of success that we’ve had over the last several years without the commitment and hard work of each manufacturing employee. Scott and Matt are just two examples of the remarkable level of engagement, excitement and enthusiasm that our employees bring to their work,” says Marty Kennedy, vice president, Manufacturing, Distribution and Engineering, Thomson Reuters. “Our people are central to our plant’s continued improvement and success. And they were an absolutely critical part of our winning Manufacturer of the Year.”

Watch the video below to see MD&E employees talk about their lean journey:

Check out the video below with Mike Suchsland, president of the Legal business: 

Also, watch a the story of how we are helping Nike build connections across their complex global legal function with products such as Serengeti Tracker. 

Visit thomsonreuters.com to read the full annual report.

Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a blog post with advice for lawyers who are looking to purchase an iPad.

Our interview segment is once again with Robert Brownstone, technology and e-Discovery counsel for Fenwick & West LLP, this time Robert talks to us about how social media is blurring the line between our personal and professional lives and how this impacts workplace privacy.

We then wrap-up with our “In the News” segment featuring a story from Thomson Reuters News & Insight about what U.S. corporate governance challenges we might expect to see throughout the remainder of 2012.

Listen to the episode now by clicking the Play button on the built-in player below, or listen later.  

We’re also on iTunes (just enter “Legal Current” in the search box).

If you have a suggestion for a future interview or episode theme, just leave a comment on this blog post or send an email to contact@legalcurrent.com. You can also follow us on Twitter, it’s @legalcurrent.

Show notes for April 2012:

0:00-0:50 Open
0:55-2:10 “Chaos in the Courts”
2:10-4:35 “On the Blawgs”
4:35-32:35 Interview/Robert Brownstone
32:35-34:50 “In the News” with Thomson Reuters News & Insight 
34:50-35:20 Closing comments