I received a press release from Lexis this morning with this eye-catching headline: “Recent LexisNexis Survey Uncovers Gap in New Attorney Readiness for Real World Practice.” The first thing the whitepaper mentions is that 95% of hiring partners and associates believe that recently graduated law students lack key practical skills. The deficient skills include “advanced legal research,
Realizations About Law Firm Realizations
Clients are not the only ones who act as if outside lawyers are inefficient. Individual outside lawyers censor themselves for inefficiency. Their firms then cut their time for perceived inefficiency before sending it to the client. The clients cut their time even further. Everyone seems to agree there is considerable waste that must be excised
The Toyota Way – Deep Supplier Relationships
If you follow the automotive industry (I was in-house counsel at a car company), you follow Toyota (usually the top selling automaker in the world). If you study process improvement (I am a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt), you study Toyota (the Toyota Production System is the precursor of Lean). If you are interested in
Welcome to Toronto!
In the last two weeks, the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays have made trades and acquisitions from all over the U.S. The team is on fire, the Rogers Centre is selling to its 45,000 person capacity and there is a winning energy in the air. But the Blue Jays, their fans, and their latest string of
The Service Delivery Review — More Than Just Basic Tech Competence
I’ve been labeled a Legal Rebel, an Innovator, and a “humorless moron.” The last one I understand. But the first two have always struck me as a slightly silly. I feel like what I am best known for—the suggestion that legal professionals should get slightly better at using the machines they’ve
Librarians Are Now Informationists at U-M Med School — Is This the Future Model for Libraries?
Regardless of whether you love this concept, or hate it, the University of Michigan’s Medical School may have just laid out the future of the Librarian as “Informationist.”
In its announcement regarding the opening of the new A. Alfred Taubman Health Sciences Library (THSL), U-M Med School removed all of the books, and bookshelves, and
Hello, Geeks
Long-time reader. First-time poster.
Does the following resemble anyone you know? “Far too many people—and especially people with high knowledge in one area—are contemptuous of knowledge in other areas or believe that being ‘bright’ is a substitute for knowing.” Peter Drucker’s biting observation is likely familiar to anyone who has spent time working in the
What Law Librarians Want to See In the Next Librarian of Congress
Some are saying that President Obama’s choice to fill Dr. James H. Billington’s position at the Library of Congress could very well define his legacy as President. If you’ve paid any attention to this discussion, the common theme is that, while Dr. Billington was a good leader, he lagged behind in positioning the Library
Google Loogle
In his post the “Great Google Debate“, Mark Gediman suggested I was wise to not touch the debate on Google, and while I am happy to take the compliment, it also makes me wonder if somewhere down the road we (and by we, I mean those industry insiders, you know who you are)
The Great Google Debate or "I am not touching this"
I just returned from the AALL annual meeting in Philadelphia and had an interesting discussion with a colleague about Google. First, let me set the scene: I was on a panel with Zena Applebaum and we had just answered a question about our favorite CI resources. A member of the audience then asked why neither