ABA TECHSHOW

Follow-up to ABA TechShow: Susskind’s words seem to ring true — BigBusiness is dumping BigLaw

Apr 8th, 2009 | By mrposse | Category: ABA TECHSHOW, Changing Legal Landscape

We covered Richard Susskind’s speech at the ABA TechShow (click here) and we had previously covered his thoughts in our “Changing Legal Landscape” series (click here).
Today’s Legal Blog Watch reports on a trend of BigLaw being dumped for lower-priced boutiques following the lead of DuPont and adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their [...]



ABATECHSHOW Day 2: More interesting seminars, and a review of some vendors

Apr 4th, 2009 | By mrposse | Category: ABA TECHSHOW

[For our review of Day 1, click here].
On Day 2 we tried to cover a wide range of seminars, and complete our review of the vendors.  We also networked with a number of our Chicago law firm contacts regarding the Chicago market for contract attorneys:
Adobe Vendor Track Session
Basically, this program has more than enough versatility and [...]



ABATECHSHOW Day 1: Susskind wows the crowd … again

Apr 3rd, 2009 | By mrposse | Category: ABA TECHSHOW

Keynote speaker Richard Susskind “wowed the crowd” and he was usual best.  We saw him last year in London shortly after his book The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services was published and he continues to give a grand performance.  And his humor is as crisp as ever.
He kept to the main points [...]



ABA Techshow 2009: How technology has transformed litigation

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By mrposse | Category: ABA TECHSHOW

 
The Posse List team has descended upon Chicago for the annual ABA TECHSHOW.   For us it’s an opportunity for us to meet and network with other lawyers, law firms, e-discovery companies, and legal technology professionals to obtain information on the contract attorney market (including solos and freelancers) and to see what new developments have emerged to assist the contract attorney market.
We’ll also [...]