Today, Legal Current says goodbye to Susan Martin. By title, Susan was managing editor for social media at Thomson Reuters, serving our Legal social channels as chief author, Tweeter, and podcast and video honcho. She was the voice of “Ill Repute”, and masterful at bringing order to chaos, twisting arms and untangling technology. She also …
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Andrew Keen keynote at AALL annual conference
James Kinzer once wrote, “When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” With that in mind, things got off to an ‘interesting’ start on Sunday morning at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual conference in San Antonio, TX, with a keynote address by Andrew Keen, …
Spotlight shines on Thomson Reuters-Books For Africa partnership
Thomson Reuters longstanding partnership with Books For Africa (BFA) was in the spotlight in early May on a day that celebrated both the productive past and the potential that lies ahead for both organizations. Books for Africa honored Thomson Reuters with its Kilimanjaro Society Award of Merit at its annual awards breakfast on Wednesday, May …
Anne Ellis retires from Thomson Reuters
Fifteen years is an extraordinary run in any job. But 15 years with a front-row seat in service to the librarian community, at a time of unprecedented change in the legal market, makes the time Anne Ellis has led the Librarian Relations program for Thomson Reuters even more extraordinary. It is thus with a mixture …
What’s new in social media?
We have several new additions to the Thomson Reuters social media team. The first is our new Managing Editor of Social Media Susan Martin. Susan joined our team after four years with our Strategic Marketing Services organization, where she led campaigns and managed creative projects for clients across the business. Susan brings a host of …
Do lawyers need to become project managers?
Lawyers as Project Management Professionals; Who Owns Legal Project Management, and What Training/Certification Do They Need. by Nathan Bowie, Thomson Reuters Engage I’ve just had the opportunity to moderate two panel discussions on Legal Project Management here at LegalTech. In both cases, I was very fortunate to have such personable and knowledgeable panelists, and I’d …
A philosophical discussion or a crystal ball?
One year ago, the opening day general session at New York LegalTech featured Thomson Reuters, Legal CEO Peter Warwick and Mohammed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency. This session was a centerpiece of the WestlawNext launch, and their discussion explored the rule of law in …
New Managing Editor for Legal Current
I’m delighted to introduce our new managing editor of social media, Jessica Leibrock. Jessica is taking over the role formerly held by Kevin Hunt, who left to take a position with General Mills last December. Jessica is no stranger to Thomson Reuters, Legal and joins us from the employee communications side where she supported a variety …
