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Knowledge management and the cloud
Cloud computing icon (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I recently read an article about the benefits that cloud computing can bring to law firms and their KM systems. This wasn’t something that I had come...
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The importance of maintaining know-how
The end of a year often signals a time for review and reflection. Knowledge lawyers and information professionals might want to include know-how in this process. The importance of maintaining...
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Technology providing access to justice
I spotted an interesting observation by Richard Susskind in today’s Times Law section – that more people have access to the internet than have access to lawyers. From a negative point of view, it is...
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KM success – UK firms versus US firms
I saw an interesting question posed on a LinkedIn discussion group a few weeks ago – is it true that UK firms are doing a better job with knowledge management than US firms? The basis answer within the...
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Are you client-centric?
The Lawyer website contains an interesting article this week concerning the different priorities that ABSs have to those of traditional law firms. The implication is that ABSs and other...
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Viral passion
It’s been quite some time since I last blogged – mostly due to large amounts of client work, leaving little time for anything else (although that is certainly not something to complain about in these...
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The benefits of freelance PSLs
Professional support lawyers (PSLs) first sprung up in the magic circle firms around twenty years ago and for a long time they were seen as a luxury. However, there was gradually a change in attitude...
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Accountancy firms becoming ABSs
It was interesting to read in the Law Society Gazette today that KPMG and Ernst & Young are considering applying to become regulated suppliers of legal services. Apparently they are not intending...
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What fee-earners are not…
I have entered a new phase in my life, with my four year old boy starting his first term at school (all going very well, I am pleased to report!). This has left me more time to get on with work...
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Juggling act
The joys of freelancing – you either have too little work or too much work – the balance is never quite right. And then there’s the admin. So here I am doing my first blog in over six months –...
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