It’s hard to talk about failure, especially when it comes to the shortcomings. But three panelists at an ILTA 2014 session titled “It’s a Failure Party! How to Celebrate These Learning Opportunities” shared their stories of failure. Scott Reid, director of KM innovation at Littler Mendelson started things off by talking about a needs assessment …
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To App or Not to App? ILTA 2014 session
To app or not to app? That was the question on Monday afternoon at an ILTA session in Nashville, TN. Representatives from three law firms were on hand to discuss how they got to the drawing board through the release and lessons they learned along the way. Marika DePron, Bracewell & Guilliani; Elyse Lazaruk, Latham …
- August 18, 2014
- Susan Martin
Here and Now and Beyond: Law Firm 2020 at ILTA 2014
This afternoon, I attended a session at ILTA titled “Here, Now & Beyond Law 2020,” presented by Jeffrey Brandt (PinHawk), David Stanton and Marty Metz (both with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman). They discussed factors effecting significant change for law firms today. The panel seemed to agree on the importance of information governance and how it …
- August 18, 2014
- Susan Martin
ILTA 2014 opening keynote by Peter Diamandis: Our world of abundance
ILTA 2014 kicked off with a bang on Monday morning in Nashville, TN, with a keynote by Peter Diamandis, author, innovator and co-founder/executive chairman of Singularity University, the leading institution for the study of exponentially growing technologies. The theme at this year’s ILTA conference is “Imagine,” and Diamandis capitalized on that theme by asking the …
- August 18, 2014
- Susan Martin
Gail Cohen talks about Canadian Lawyer Top 25 Influential at ABA Annual
We caught up with Gail Cohen, editor in chief of Canadian Lawyer, last week in Boston during the ABA Annual Meeting, where she talked about the release of the 2014 Top 25 Most Influential list For more on the 2014 Top 25 Most Influential, including profiles of all of this year’s honorees, visit canadianlawyermag.com
- August 14, 2014
- Susan Martin
On the Docket 2014: Review of U.S. Supreme Court cases
Saturday afternoon, I attended a session at ABA Annual called “On the Docket,” a program reviewing the interesting cases and trends from the 2013-2014 term of the United States Supreme Court. Moderated Bob Ambrogi, lawyer and legal journalist, the panelists were chosen for their expertise on the Supreme Court and were drawn from the top …
- August 9, 2014
- Susan Martin
The Changing Legal Landscape of Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights
This morning at the ABA Annual Meeting in Boston, I attended a session titled “The Changing Legal Landscape of Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights: The Struggle for Control.” Throughout the country, states are enacting laws that give government increasing powers over women’s reproductive rights and health care decisions. At the federal level, the Affordable Care …
- August 9, 2014
- Susan Martin
Hackcess to Justice 2014 Hackathon
The ABA Journal hosted Hackcess to Justice in Boston, MA on Thursday and Friday, a hackathon to encourage the legal and tech communities to develop innovative tools to help break down barriers for low income individuals in need of access to lawyers and legal services for civil legal issues. According to the official mission statement …
- August 9, 2014
- Susan Martin
Examining the Dream of Brown and the Civil Rights Act
This afternoon, I attended a session called “A Turn To Justice: Examining the Dream of Brown and the Civil Rights Act” at the ABA Annual Meeting. Photos were on display throughout the room from the eras of Brown and the Civil Rights Movement and the Freedom Riders Traveling Exhibit, which seemed to bring everyone into …
- August 8, 2014
- Susan Martin
Barriers to reentry: Reconsidering collateral consequences
The Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association sponsored a panel discussion at the ABA Annual Meeting this morning. The panel discussion began with a definition of collateral consequences: they exclude any sanction that a judge imposes as part of a sentence (i.e., probation). A collateral consequence would be an additional restriction aside from …
- August 8, 2014
- Susan Martin