The virtual practice of the law certainly got a lot of attention this week at the 2010 ILTA Conference. Technology is obviously at the heart of the matter.
A session at the conference yesterday titled “Technologies to Support the Virtual Practice” was led by Sally Gonzalez, a senior director at Hildebrandt Baker Robbins.
It set out to define the parameters of virtual practice and examine what technologies and management strategies best support the virtual practice and whether different collaboration and security strategies in such a setting are necessary.
“You’re now going to have project teams consisting of internal and external resources that are highly dynamic that need to exchange and work on information collaboratively across those boundaries and its going to require a completely different technology infrastructure in order to support that,” said Gonzalez.
Legal Current did a video interview with Gonzalez before her session, in which she explains what she wanted to get across to the attendees:
You can get the slides from the presentation here.
Posted by Kevin Hunt in:
In Practice | Technology and innovation |
No Comments |
Share
Editor’s note: Guest blogger Joe Raczynski, an applications integrator for Thomson Reuters, Legal, also is a technology evangelist who specializes in social media and portal technology. In addition, he has been a consultant in Web and wireless development.
Enterprise 2.0, collaborative-based applications, solve inefficiencies caused by the inability to locate accurate information. This session at ILTA discussed why intranets do not suffice, single silo search is dying, and what is necessary to advance the firm’s productivity.
Across the board, law firms are realizing that an increase in transparency nets far greater productivity, and in-turn, profit. This knowledge sharing facilitates collaboration and reduces the time that attorneys spend searching for content. Enterprise 2.0 is at the very center of this movement.
Enterprise 2.0 tools: (more…)
Posted by Joe Raczynski in:
In Practice | Technology and innovation |
No Comments |
Share
It’s clear that law firm clients are exercising more control in their demands for types of legal technology that offer better ways to interact with the firm they choose to do business with.
It’s about communication and taking action on types of technologies that address the varied needs of clients.
Tim Corcoran, vice president of Global Sales for Hubbard One, talks about that trend in this video interview that we did with him at the 2010 ILTA Conference:
Posted by Kevin Hunt in:
In Practice | Practice trends |
No Comments |
Share
Editor’s note: Guest blogger Joe Raczynski, an applications integrator for Thomson Reuters, Legal, also is a technology evangelist who specializes in social media and portal technology. In addition, he has been a consultant in Web and wireless development.
Recently some select firms have forgone the necessity to prove return on investment (ROI), for KM, portal and Enterprise 2.0. However for the vast majority, ROI justification remains a constant. In this session at the 2010 ILTA Conference, the panel examined the basics of metrics, how to measure productivity rather than busyness, how to measure engagement and concrete ways to measure portal and Enterprise 2.0 applications.
As a baseline understanding for this discussion, metrics are numbers to gauge progress, i.e. a quantifiable means to measure if there is a move from one point to another. Firms engage in this activity to evaluate success and decide what to fund.
Simply stated they create these objectives to see if they are materially advancing the goals of the organization. (more…)
Posted by Joe Raczynski in:
In Practice | Technology and innovation |
Comments (2) |
Share
We met up with Mark Schiff, named the president of Hubbard One in June, at the 2010 ILTA Conference.
He told us why the conference is important to him, and to Hubbard One.
“This is a phenomenal opportunity for me to attend one of the premier legal technology events,” said Schiff. “It’s a great opportunity for the team here at Hubbard One to meet with our clients.”
In this video clip, Schiff talks about what he is hearing from customers at the show:
Posted by Kevin Hunt in:
In Practice | Practice trends |
No Comments |
Share
Editor’s note: Guest blogger Andrew McLennan-Murray is an applications integrator for Thomson Reuters, Legal.
Economic factors and evolving client culture have forced law firms to adapt their business strategies. At the ILTA 2010 session “A New View of the Automated Law Firm,” several experts gave their opinions on emerging law firm business models and the importance of process and technological automation to firms.
The panel consisted of Gerard Neiditsch, executive director of Business Integration and Technology from Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Jeffrey Rovner, managing director for Information for O’Melveny Myers LLP; Mary Abraham, counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; and Ron Friedmann, SVP in Consulting for Integreon. (more…)
Posted by Andrew McLennan-Murray in:
In Business | Industry trends |
Comments (5) |
Share
Thomson Reuters, Legal, President & CEO Peter Warwick offered his perspective on the company’s approach to the current economic reality in a panel discussion, “Adapting and Thriving in a Challenging Economy”, at the Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference.
The launch of WestlawNext brings a significant advancement in the way professional legal research is done.
A discussion about online privacy and “The End of Forgetting,” with law professor Jeffrey Rosen.
Comments by trial judge… that lawyers wanted 40 minutes apiece and “it is too hot to listen to hot air in this hot air so we’ll recess until the morning and hopefully it will cool down by then,” were not improper… United States v. Morales, 868 F.2d 1562 (11th Cir. 1989)
1. The grounds for an indictment. 2. An indictment.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary
Our recap of the Gladwell, Sanders & Craig keynote at LegalTech, with photos http://bit.ly/9x8EDx #ltny 2010-02-04
