“Law School Transparency is a nonprofit legal education policy organization dedicated to improving consumer information and to reforming the traditional law school mode…The Transparency Index reflects Law School Transparencys review of law school websites, through which we analyze the employment information that law schools use to market their programs. We measure not only whether law… Continue Reading
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American Lawyer – Women Partner Watch 2013: Gaining Ground
Women Partner Watch 2013: Gaining Ground: The interactive chart …represents The American Lawyer’s latest attempt at answering a simple question: How many women make partner at the nation’s largest law firms these days? We took our initial stab at answering the question last year. First, Aric Press, editor in chief of American Lawyer parent ALM,… Continue Reading
American Lawyer Book Review: Richard Susskind's anaysis of the future state of law firms
Storm Warning – In a new book, futurist Richard Susskind finds most firms unprepared for the challenges ahead. “…my analysis suggests that law firms in the coming decade and beyond will be driven relentlessly by their clients to reduce their costs. For most firms, despite their current hesitancy, I predict that this will lead eventually… Continue Reading
Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries
Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries – A Report from Ithaka S+R and the Association of Research Libraries. Nancy L. Maron, Ithaka S+R, Sarah Pickle, Ithaka S+R. February 2013 “Special collections have long been a vital part of libraries, offering users access to rare or archival materials and creating… Continue Reading
A look behind the scenes at the Google news retrieval algorithm
Frederic Filloux, guardian.co.uk: “Its official blog merely mentions “6 billion visits per month” sent to news sites and Google News claims to connect “1 billion unique users a week to news content” [see The press, Google, its algorithm, their scale]…But how exactly does Google News work? What kind of media does its algorithm favour most?… Continue Reading
How to Guide – Communicating Professionally Using Outlook
How White & Case tamed its information overload, By Oz Benamram. See also Communicating Professionally Using Outlook, by Oz Benamram, last updated: October 2012. Continue Reading
American Banker – Five Ways Banks Should Be Using Social Media
American Banker/Bank Technology: “Social networking has become so common and broad-based in its use there are now more than 500 million Twitter users and more than 1 billion Facebook users that banks have no choice but to incorporate social networking into their marketing efforts.” Continue Reading
2013 Report on the State of the Legal Market
“The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor are pleased to present this 2013 Report on the State of the Legal Market highlighting the trends that we perceived in the legal market in 2012, as well as the factors that we believe will… Continue Reading
PwC's Annual Global CEO Survey
News release: “PwCs Annual Global CEO Survey, now in its sixteenth year, aims to inform and stimulate the debate on how businesses are facing todays challenges. Over the years, thousands of CEOs around the world have taken the time to share their views with us. In total, we conducted 1,330 interviews with CEOs in 68… Continue Reading
CitiHildebrandt 2013 Client Advisory Client Advisory
2013 Client Advisory: “For the legal industry, the results in 2012, another turbulent year, were largely a repeat of trends that emerged over the prior three years. In fact, we think it is time to let go of any lingering notion that the industry will revert to the boom years before the Great Recession anytime… Continue Reading
Article – Can Lawyers Stay in the Driver's Seat?
Can Lawyers Stay in the Driver’s Seat? – Daniel G. Currell, Corporate Executive Board; M. Todd Henderson, University of Chicago – Law School. University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 629. January 16, 2013 “The law firm business is thriving, despite significant pain in the legal sector as changes take… Continue Reading
Summary Results – 2012 Am Law Tech Survey
Highlights from the 2012 Am Law Tech Survey – Topics covered include: Money, Cloud, Social Networking, Smartphones, Tablets, Win8 Purchasing. [99% of survey respondents use iPhone iOS] Continue Reading
