Can XML Change the Way We Work?
What is XML? Why does it matter? Is it a techie thing’ or a tool for all?, Karen Beesley of Keep Informed assesses the effect XML might have on the way we work….
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The E-mail of the Species
Richard Harrison looks at the advance of e-mail and the problems it presents for dispute resolution procedures. He explains the need to be alert to prevent apparently comprehensive disclosure, in lists produced with the aid of technology, from pulling “the wool over the eyes of understanding”….
Risky Business
Juliet Humphries and Lucy Dillon examine the relationship between knowledge management and risk management and highlight many of the good practice points that apply. This is the first in a series of articles on ‘Knowledge for Successful Law Firms’, which is being developed by the SCL Knowledge Management Group. For more on this initiative, see vol 14, issue 2 ‘Will the Real Knowledge Management Please Step Forward!’…
Relationship Intelligence as a Strategic Asset
Rick Klau, Vice President of Legal Markets at Interface Software, explains what relationship intelligence is….
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Designing a Knowledge Management Intranet
This article looks at ways of assisting you in ‘transforming information into knowledge’. Reynold Leming of Mint Business Solutions reviews the entire process of creating an intranet….
Book Review: E-Mail, The Internet and the Law
Mark Owens reviews E-Mail, The Internet and the Law by T. Kevan and P. McGrath, EMIS Professional Publishing Ltd, 223pp ISBN 1-85811-268-0…
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Legal e-commerce
Neil Cameron explains what e-commerce is and why you need to plan to take account of it….
Lawyering in the Internet Era: Who Needs Paper Anyway?
Joanna Boag-Thomson reports on the Scottish Society for Computers & Law’s joint meeting with the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Law, Computers and Technology, 15 May 2001. The speaker for the evening was John Tredennick, CEO of CaseShareSystems, based in Denver, Colorado….
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A Basic KM System using Outlook
A basic knowledge management system can be set up just using tools a firm
already has, without having to buy in expensive packages. This article from Kwan
Hon, Banking and Information Lawyer at Sidley & Austin, explains how, using
an applic…
Transforming the Law
Any book from Richard Susskind is bound to cause a stir, given his status and the seismic effect of The Future of Law. His new book Transforming the Law – Essays on Technology, Justice and the Legal Marketplace is reviewed by Andrew Terrett….