Grant Thornton has published the results of its wide-ranging survey of the use of IT in law firms – probably the largest such survey ever undertaken….
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Frances Coulson is joint Managing Partnerof ShawnCoulson. She has been Litigation Partner of the London firm Moon Beeverfor 11 years. Moon Beever now form the London office of ShawnCoulson. The firmhas offices in London, Washington DC, Hartford Connecticut, Brussels, Lyons,Madrid, Geneva and Luxembourg. New offices are being planned in Paris, Milan,Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, and Athens…
What does effective knowledge management offer today’s law firm? Why is
it regarded as an essential component of the firm’s business strategy?
The answer to both questions is straightforward: it provides the firm with a
compe…
Andrew Terrett is a legal information systems advisor withMasons Solicitors. He is also the author of The Internet – BusinessStrategies for Law Firms to be published by the Law Society later this year.He can be contacted at andrew.terrett@masons.com ‘Success in the marketplace today is directly proportional to theknowledge that an organisation can bring to bear,…
After several years as Sales and IT Director at LegalInformation Resources, since 1994 part of Sweet & Maxwell, Derek Sturdycontinues to develop legal database and editorial systems, within the Sweet& Maxwell family, as Product Development Director for Westlaw UK. Did we win the battle, or the war? If any of us were asked to summarise…
A past Chairman of SCL(1990-92), Richard Susskind is the author of The Future of Law (OUP,1998 paperback). He is IT Adviser to the Lord ChiefJustice, he consults to leading professional firms and lectures internationally.His e-mail address is richardsusskind@msn.com….
Read More… from IT in the Civil Justice System of England and Wales
Fiona Sandford is a litigation solicitor who recently completed an MSc in Information Systems….
Jon Vogler, Active Backup Delia Venables’ Ten Tasks for 1999 (Dec/Jan issue) was practical anddown-to-earth advice. But by writing (in this and earlier articles) exclusivelyabout PCs she is creating the problems her advice aims to solve. Phrases like`their networks do not run very well’ or `are people allowed to put disks intotheir own PCs’ or…
Neil Cameron is a leading legal technology consultant, is a frequent contributor to seminars and conferences and widely read author of articles in this magazine and elsewhere….
Tania Correia is a solicitor in the litigation department of Herbert Smith whose role is to co-ordinate the use of the firm’s litigation support system including dealing with legal issues arising out of the use of such systems….