All articles by Joanna Goodman – Page 9
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FeatureRoundtable: Legal IT
Cutting-edge technology can help law firms innovate and remain agile, the Gazette’s latest roundtable heard.
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OpinionLegal knowledge advantage
Legal knowledge management is evolving rapidly but it’s still about platforms, processes and people.
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FeatureBig data: too much information
From drafting better legislation, to detecting frauds and making litigation choices, data use is starting to change the way lawyers think and work.
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OpinionConnecting to the high street
Far from driving the extinction of high street practices, technology has become one of the main weapons in their armoury.
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FeatureRoundtable: the IT crowd
Law firms are embracing cutting-edge technology to improve efficiency and provide services that meet client expectations.
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OpinionAre you tech savvy?
The pressure for lawyers to improve their IT skills is becoming irresistible.
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OpinionGoogle’s legal vision
Encryption, practice management and Google Glass were the hot topics at a recent IT forum.
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FeatureTechnology: this year's model
For lawyers and clients, innovative devices are blurring the boundaries between work and play.
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FeatureHow to: Outsource legal work
Legal process outsourcing has matured and evolved from the traditional offshore provider model
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Law firms and cloud computing
Cloud computing – delivering IT resources remotely via the web – has been a hot topic in legal IT for several years, and it has gained serious traction over the past 18 months. In common with other sectors that avoid early adoption of new technology, legal services providers interpret the ...
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The benefits of IT forums
The South West Legal IT Forum meeting last Thursday hosted by Michelmores in Exeter was attended by representatives from 30 firms from across the south-west peninsula as well as local sponsors Itec and Nexus Open Systems.
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Learning curve: doing an MBA
Today’s challenging economy combined with uncertainty in the legal sector has brought more lawyers around to the idea of supplementing their legal knowledge with a business education. Training contracts are being deferred, redundancies are continuing and lawyers are considering their career options. A Masters in Business Administration (MBA) is a ...
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Eversheds pioneers ‘big data’ for clients
National firm Eversheds says it is the first law firm to offer its clients ‘big data’ techniques to help them understand competitors’ business strategies and avoid major risks. Big data is an IT industry buzz phrase for the analysis of very large sets of data ...
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Law firms face new financial management challenges
The legal sector is increasingly focused on financial management. Contributing factors have included high-profile collapses such as Halliwells and Howreys, as well as ongoing failures and distressed mergers and acquisitions activity in the mid-markets. Common reasons cited for law firm collapses ...