Results tagged “legal km” from Knowledge Jolt with Jack

Doug Cornelius asked me to participate in the NY-Toronto Law Firm KM Summit 2008, (held in Boston). Here are my notes from the morning sessions - I went back to work in the afternoon.

Commentary on several articles that talk about the importance of dealing with human practices as well as the business processes, particularly in the era of collaboration.

A couple tools lists turned up recently that might be of interest. One is the I&DeA publication of "KM library: tools, techniques and case studies." And the other is Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell's "The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies."

I was interviewed for an article on KM in legal departments for Inside Counsel. "Step-by-step guide to a successful KM initiative" has been published in the June 2007 issue, and I am quoted along with Dennis Kennedy and several others.

I was disappointed when Joy London moved her Excited Utterances blog behind a paywall, since she always had good a knowledge management in the law perspective. She's been plugged in a London Times article.

Ron Friedmann has a piece on (legal) knowledge management at his blog and at LLRX, "KM - The Right Question?" I like his "better" question, thus the title of this post.

Ark Group are continuing their law-and-KM series of conferences. I attended the one in New York in February, and I am sure this will be interesting as well. Integrating Information & KM Architectures in the Legal Profession, 13-14 June 2006, Toronto, Canada.

Day 2 of KM in the Modern Law Firm is over, and it closed out with more energy than yesterday. There were three sessions today: Is KM morphing into Practice Support, KM and Professional Development, and a brainstorming session on Making KM client-facing.

The first day of KM in the Modern Law Firm is over, and I found myself fairly comfortable, even though I'm not a lawyer. The KM topics discussed today looked at deeper integration of KM (and information management) into the firm; life cycle management of information central to the business of the firm; the cultural concerns with implementing KM-like changes; and what KM can do as the firm looks outside (the panel on which I participated).

I'll be on a panel at the Knowledge Management for the Modern Law Firm conference that the Ark Group is organizing in New York City, 22-23 February 2006.

Joy London points to "Lisa Kellar's MS Outlook: KM Friend or Foe?" The answer to the question posed by the article isn't yes or no, it really does depend on what you want as a result.

Jason Marty spoke at KM Chicago on legal knowledge management and the KM efforts at Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest law firms. He didn't dive into the details of any one KM project, rather he spoke about how Baker & McKenzie has approached knowledge management in light of the legal environment and Baker's business drivers.

KM Chicago's next meeting will be a presentation from Jason Marty of Baker & McKenzie on knowledge management in the legal industry and at Baker & McKenzie specifically.

At KM Magazine, Judith Lamont writes that "Law firms reinvent KM." The article describes KM initiatives at a number of different approaches to doing knowledge management, most of which have technology as important components.

Ron Friedmann at Strategic Legal Technology mentions some (legal) KM Trends that result from a recent presentation he did with Tania Daniels. I particularly like the comments about baking KM into the business.