Craig Ball wrote a great article yesterday on “Six Powerful Points for Better Presentations” where he give some great tips on presenting information in PowerPoint. At the very end, under his “But, Wait! There’s More” section, he mentioned that he also uses PowerPoint as a “powerful screen capture and video editing” tool. I thought I’d
On My Hypocrisy and Effecting Change in Law Firms
Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue. As such, it is a venal sin. But I’m thin skinned and easily goaded. I couldn’t take it when my best friend called me out for being a hypocrite. And so I have found my way back to a law firm, Haight Brown & Bonesteel, on
Landslides, Bongs and Innovation
Innovation is hard. Despite how easily the word gets tossed around, like a “bong at a frat party” as a friend likes to say, but to truly innovate, to truly change a process, a culture, a product is one of the most difficult things to do.
Many legal industry pundits call for law firm innovation,
LATE: Thoughts on Associate Salary Increases
I was recently asked my opinion on associate salary increases (no, really. It’s not like I have any compunction about foisting my unsolicited opinions on the world). I told the person I would get back to them. That was a couple of weeks ago. And I still don’t have anything resembling a coherent position. I
I’m a world famous legal blogger. Almost no one cares.
A couple months back, I was giving a talk in a far off land (Canada) and the moderator introduced me as “the most internet famous person [he’d] ever met.” This was genteel nonsense, all the more endearing because it was absurd on its face.
He was doing obvious violence to the concept of fame. Googling
Law Librarians Flinch At Change? Can’t Say That I Agree With You David
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Let me start out this post by saying that I like David Perla, President of Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg BNA’s Legal division, and consider him to be an ally for the law librarian and legal information/knowledge profession. However, I have to say that I am a little disappointed at his Above the
Firing A Few Law Firms Isn’t Enough; Why Clients Must Ask For Change
When buyers are dissatisfied, they shop elsewhere. Decline in demand signals the seller to change behavior. It’s textbook. And yet it does not seem to be working in the legal market. Despite a decade of buyer dissatisfaction, behavior has remained mostly the same. Managing partners recognize the many signals of client discontent but still claim
Exit Not Voice: Law Firms Don’t Change Because Clients Aren’t Asking
Actions are supposed to speak louder than words. Directionally, client action seems fairly unambiguous:
Say Hello to Casetext’s CARA – Case Analysis Research Assistant
As many of you that follow 3 Geeks know, I’m a big fan of the products that are coming out of Stanford University’s CODEX program. One of the latest insights comes from a CODEX fellow, Casetext, with their new CARA platform. Casetext’s VP of Legal Research, Pablo Arredondo, has been talking with me about CARA
Teaching Technology in the Academy – Dean’s Roundtable Part 2 – The ABA Annual Meeting (West Coast) edition
[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]
The movement to establish a true Technology instruction track and andragogy (meaning Susskind, Kowalski, et. al.) in the legal academy is gaining real momentum. As