The future could see a host of new job titles emerge in law firms, said Matthew Parsons, author and former global director knowledge at Linklaters, as they adapt to a rapidly changing world of knowledge management. Speaking at the Janders Dean Law Firm Knowledge Management (KM) conference in Sydney on Thursday, Parsons took a crystal [...]

The Heritage Foundation has teamed with the Sunlight Foundation and Center for Responsive Politics to present its Computer-Assisted Research and Reporting boot camps for journalists and bloggers seeking to enhance their reporting and research skills. The 2008 CARR boot camps mark the ninth year for the events that have graduated more than 300 editors, reporters, [...]

We spent the last 3 weeks in Chicago, D.C., LA and NYC.   We met with Posse List members, law firms, e-discovery companies and staffing agencies, as well as a few in-house corporate legal departments where we have contacts, plus a few Federal government contacts. What follows are some brief observations on trends we see in [...]

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.  There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women’s groups in the [...]

Small government contracting company looking to bid on a long-term government contract with local federal agency and needs qualified candidates to support its proposal.  Seeking candidates who have experience with labor, personnel and employment litigation in various forums, including but not limited to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and [...]

The May 2009 issue of the ACC Docket, the magazine of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), is devoted to the subject of litigation: effective management of e-discovery, running large document reviews, litigation holds, managing expenses, etc.    Although written for the in-house counsel audience, the issue is nevertheless a gold mine of information for everyone [...]

Bankruptcy law firm with clients throughout the US seeks bankruptcy attorneys for Chapter 7 workouts.  The ideal attorneys will be solo practitioners or associates who are interested in supplementing their bankruptcy practice.  Please submit your resume along with your answers to the following three questions: 1.       How much Chapter 7 experience do you have? 2.       [...]

ILSLC (Part 2:  wrap-up) We want to finish our review of last week’s International Legal Support Leaders Conference (ILSLC) with a focus on U.S. foreign language document reviews and document reviews outside the U.S. (for our others posts on the ILSLC click here). As we have indicated in previous posts the last few months, foreign language [...]

This week’s “”Top 10″ (ok, this week there are 11 but we had to squeeze in 11 because they’re all pretty good) electronic discovery articles from Orange Technologies.  All seemed relevant to our (ever diverse) membership base:  Surveys Indicate Information Is Top Business Priority, Yet Organizations Struggle to Meet E-discovery Requirements- http://tinyurl.com/qn3sxw  Document Automation Still a [...]

  Please be advised that the Virginia State Bar will sponsor a Solo and Small Firm Practice Forum on Wednesday May 20 on the campus of Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, a reasonable drive from the D.C. metro area. It is an all-day program, with lunch (free!) provided.  Six credits of CLE are also available.   [...]