The July Issue of Practice Innovations is out and just in time for the American Association of Law Libraries Conference, the issue is focused on legal information and knowledge professionals. Since law firms are knowledge intensive organizations, legal information professionals can play a critical role creating new workflows, driving productivity and innovation across law firm

ALM Legal Intelligence released a new report “Who
Really Drives AFA Use—and Why?”. The major theme running through the report is the disconnect between law firms and legal departments. Legal departments claim that they are driving the adoption of AFAs, law firms appear to be getting the short end of the stick- 24% of responding

Jackson Walker an Amlaw
200 firm based in Texas has promoted Greg Lambert to their roster of
C-level leaders.  Lambert  joined the firm as the Director of
Library and Research Services in 2012 and became Chief Knowledge Services Officer
in February of this year. Lambert made a name for himself as one of the
founders and writers of the award winning 

Image result for ilta peer to peer professional evolutionThe Spring issue of  ILTA’s Peer to Peer magazine is devoted to the  topic of “The Professional Evolution.” Articles address the changes impacting, IT, Professional Development, Diversity, Marketing, Pricing and other management professionals in law firms. I contributed the article covering the transformation of law librarians and information professionals. The editors of Peer to Peer shortened the title of my article to “

2014
was the first year since 2007 in which  the legal press began consistently
publishing optimistic news about the legal market. Law school enrollments are
still shrinking. Large law firms continue to combine into mega-firms. Law firm
support roles and ratios continue to evolve. In 2014 legal publishers began to
deliver products which help transform