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Hubbard One Wins ILTA Award
The ILTA 2011 Conference finished with the annual ILTA Awards Dinner at the Gaylord Opryland. While we were sorry to see the conference come to an end, the evening and conference were capped off with Hubbard One receiving the “Vendor Implementation of the Year” award. The award, which recognizes outstanding achievement by a vendor organization …
- August 26, 2011
- Susan Martin
OneView Foundation from Hubbard One
Information is vital to law firms. But that information often resides in many different systems within a firm. Mark Schiff, president of Hubbard One, discusses the importance of effectively managing information flows, and the new OneView Foundation that helps firms analyze and map data from across different internal and external systems into a comprehensive client …
- August 25, 2011
- Susan Martin
Technology coaching for attorneys: What works?
Three firm representatives discussed coaching programs and their experiences implementing these programs: Sharon Ford of Sidley Austin LLP, Jan Huber of Baker & Daniels, and Julia Montgomery of Arent Fox LLP. The speakers differentiated coaching from training. Training was described as a traditional classroom or virtual classroom environment with one teacher and more than one …
- August 25, 2011
- Susan Martin
Reducing Litigation Friction Points
Looking at the flow of information in the litigation process, there are several points of friction inside and outside the firm. As clients demand more efficiency from the firms they work with, taking a closer look at litigation workflows can realize considerable cost savings for the firm and in turn, the client. An ILTA 2011 …
- August 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Open Source Gurus
In the ILTA 2011 session on Open Source Gurus, self-proclaimed geeks gathered to share their experiences of using open source software in the law firm environment. Topics of discussion varied, from challenges in implementing open source software to cost savings realized from going with an open source solution versus a commercial one. Panelists included: Nathan …
- August 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
It’s all about mobility, including WestlawNext
If you’ve been following the ILTA 2011 conference on Twitter or the blogs, you’re probably aware that the big thing at this year’s conference is the iPad. It’s obvious that this is a tech-savvy crowd when you look around and nearly everyone you see is sporting one. Looking back a mere 15 months to when …
- August 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
InsideLegal survey
Owing to the ongoing focus on budgets and cost management, we set out to understand more about technology spending in law firms. So, we talked with Jobst Elster, vice president of InsideLegal, about the 6th annual ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing survey. The survey includes feedback from ILTA member law firms with 50 or more attorneys, and covers categories featured in previous …
- August 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Industry leaders look towards Law2020
Consumerization of technology, change management, or globalization? What will dominate the legal technology landscape in the year 2020? Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of Law Technology News, along with six industry leaders, including CIOs from prominent law firms, discussed this question and more in an energizing panel session on Wednesday morning: “[R]evolution: Industry Leaders Discuss Law2020 Hot …
- August 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Offshoring and Outsourcing: What it means for your firm and your job
Are you ready for the growing impact on the legal market of outsourcing and offshoring? That was the question that panelists Kevin Colangelo from Pangea3, Toby Brown from Vinson & Elkins and Jordan Furlong from Edge International posed to the audience during an engaging session on Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO). This topic can be a …
- August 23, 2011
- Susan Martin