The ALM research staff has worked closely with the Private Law Library community to improve the precision and relevance of the questions presented in this survey. I look forward to the release of the American Lawyer article interpreting the data and the commentary received
In today’s Strategic Legal Technology, my friend and former colleague Ron Friedmann posted a Open Letter to BigLaw Managing Partners: Four Imperatives for 2012 and Beyond
Here is my reinterpretation of Ron’s recommendations for thriving the “new normal” which includes both mandates and opportunities for information professionals …with some additional insights for Managing Partners.
According to an Altman and Weil survey released this week, Law Firm Mergers Surge in 2011, law firm mergers for the first 9 months of 2011 exceeded the number of mergers for the same period in 2010 by 78%.
There is no shortage of additional sources to support this trend. Keynote Speakers at the two
Maximizing the value of library staff activities can be achieved by enhancing the ability of information professionals to be put to their “highest and best use” in support of client related activities. One key strategy for liberating knowledge professionals to support client work is reducing the volume of administrative work which they must perform or oversee.