Years ago I got into the legal speaking circuit after presenting on the future of the legal profession to a group of bar leaders. I called the presentation “Staying Relevant.” I credit this moment with pushing me into the spotlight of change in the legal profession since it lead to a slew of speaking invites
Who Leads the Law Library? How About Law Librarians?
There are two standard answers to questions asked in a law firm setting.
- Well… it depends.
- You have to understand, we’re unique.
Both of them drive us nuts, but we get used to them and adjust or responses over time to limit the eye-roll and shaking of the head to a minimum.
When it comes
The Strong Silent Type
All too often in law firms when we talk about marketing failures or look for new marketing successes, we look to see how “other industries” are doing it. We look at the marketing spend of consumer goods companies which make our budgets look like a small child’s allowance. We bemoan not having enough money to
Rising: Supply Chain Management and Alternative Legal Service Providers
Last post, I offered some skepticism about one conclusion–the billable hour is already dead–in the annual Report on the State of the Legal Market from The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute. I tried to be emphatic that this minor
Billable Hour Deathwatch: of that day or hour no man knoweth
People ought to have a higher default level of skepticism toward stories based on opaque sourcing, especially when it confirms their priors.— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 8, 2017
I always get so much mileage from the great data and charts in the annual Report on the State of the Legal Market from The Center
Justly: Practical Insights from Massive State & Federal Court Data
Last September, Geek #2, sent me a short email asking if I knew anything about the product called Justly. His short description of how Justly had a case categorization feature, and was pulling data from the Federal Courts (not that big a deal), and thousands of State Courts (huge deal), made my ears
Rapid Prototyping and Iterative Design with AirportLawyer.org
The five-word phrase in the title of this post is likely the second most common five-word phrase I utter on a regular basis. The most common being, “What a crock of sh**!”
Coincidentally, I uttered my most common five word phrase on Sunday, January 29th when I first heard about the Trump travel ban on
The 2017 ABA TECHSHOW Academic track is a go!
[ED. NOTE: Please welcome guest blogger, Michael J. Robak, Associate Director/Director of Information Technologies, Leon E. Bloch Law Library, University of Missouri – Kansas City. -GL]
Such great news! – thanks to 2017 TECHSHOW Chair Adriana Linares (Viva Adriana!) and
University of Illinois Jenner Law Library Director, Faye
Jones, the first
University of Illinois Jenner Law Library Director, Faye
Jones, the first
Road(s) Soon To Be Taken
In about 10 days, I will be presenting as part of a panel at the Thomson Reuters 24th Annual Marketing Partner Forum. The session I will be presenting will be focused on differentiation in a highly competitive market. Aside from being a hugely important topic at this moment in time generally as we usher
Libraries, Marketing, Money, Credit, and People
Perhaps I’m one of the lucky few that has always had a good relationship with the Marketing Department. Although I am the incoming President of the American Association of Law Libraries, I am also a member of the Legal Marketing Association, and I find value in both. I have leveraged the relationships built by the