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A law firm with best-in-class ALSP features I have written before about how the lines between legal service providers are blurring, see, e.g., Lucien Pera & Yvonne Nath, “What If… Chambers Ranks...
View ArticleThe emergence of data-driven contracting: notes from the field (292)
Several in-house innovators are converging on a set of best practices. In Competition based on better commercial contract terms (211), I reviewed the current norms surrounding commercial contracting...
View ArticleStandard processes and the occasional personal touch: the common ground of...
Standard processes deliver efficiency and risk management. Personal touch ensures effectiveness. In our business, we need both. While the legal and technology professions may seem diametrically...
View ArticleIllinois Court Help: A case study in court customer service (310)
Illinois Court Help is changing how people interact with the court system. Let’s hope it’s the beginning of something big. [Editor’s note: Today’s feature post is written by Amanda N. Marino, a very...
View ArticleThe Commons Law Center: A unique and promising business model for PeopleLaw...
Source: The Commons Law Center Sliding scale “low bono” legal services powered by a legal operations toolbox. When it comes to legal representation, many people are at risk of slipping through the gap....
View ArticleBest practices for effective litigation tracking systems (316)
An effort to close the communication gap between legal technologists and the lawyers and called legal professionals they serve. This post is for lawyers and allied legal professionals who are not...
View ArticleWhat is “market” for limitation of vendor liability? A look at the data (322)
Four key elements: caps on total liability, exceptions to cap, limitations on type of damages, and exceptions to limits. In recent posts, I have postulated that commercial contracting is on the...
View ArticleThe highest performing teams have rules (323)
Examples of ‘Rules of Engagement’ that produce results. [Editor’s note: Legal Evolution is pleased to announce that Patrick McKenna has agreed to join Legal Evolution as a regular contributor....
View ArticleLearning about law firms, Part II: Why confederation is our default model (332)
Stable, transparent, not very complicated, reasonably profitable, and often quite collegial. It also has flaws. As noted in Part I (330) of this “learning about law firms” series, it’s taken nearly...
View ArticleLearning about law firms, Part III: Innovation at “Everybody Else” firms (335)
“Firms outside the Premier and Championship leagues are playing a different sport.” Thus, the winning strategies are different. Jae Um, in her bracketing exercise for The American Lawyer magazine,...
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