The Imperative of Matter Management Software
Clients are often ambivalent about matter management systems, relying firmly on the comfort of SharePoint or a long standing document management system, plus Office M365 tools, including emailing and calendaring, to act as such.
We posit that a carefully selected matter management system, - one that works for the size and budget of your firm or department, - can immediately provide efficiencies in your process you simply cannot achieve without it. Data analytics and reporting being just a few of the added benefits to your organization. Moreover, this does not need to be a firm or legal department wide effort. A growing practice or department can elect to deploy this tool without the buy-in of the entire organization.
Read MoreProcess Risk Analysis - an introduction.
Companies dedicate significant resources to their strategy & growth, financial planning, and risk management, but the best laid plans can easily be derailed by a lack of visibility of process risks, which include current inefficiencies and defects, late-technology adoption, and a lack of scalability to meet the company’s growth plan.
The Tipping point is now
In this webinar, Lourdes shares the screen with Grupo Letra from Colombia, and dictated a class on what is the anatomy of the future lawyer. Among the topics in this class are:
• The T-Shaped Firm or Legal Department is the Firm or Legal Department of the Future
• Transforming your Firm or Legal Department into a T-Shaped is the GOAL, but the PROCESS is Innovation
• To become the T-Shaped Firm or Legal Department you MUST be ready to COLLABORATE
RecordingT-Shaped Legal Department
In this podcast, Lourdes discusses digital transformation in the legal industry and various approaches to it. She touches on the importance of implementing a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, the critical importance of legal culture, and how to build a modern legal department.
RecordingHow to Improve The Procurement Process Using Lean
Lourdes Slater gave a webinar to the members of Buying Legal Council on ways to improve the legal procurement process. Specifically, she discussed the different types of DOWNTIME (waste) present in procurement and which Lean tools can be used by buying professionals in order to:
1- take costs out of the supply chain;
2- minimize contract modifications (or T&C excursions);
3- benchmark and cost model; and
4- achieve “win-win”
A power point presentation and the recording of the webinar are both available here:
Read moreRecordingWhat is Information Governance? The Umbrella Every Organization Needs (Rain or Shine) for Its Data and Records Management
Increased news coverage and public awareness of data collection and data breaches has led to increased discussions within the legal profession about data management and data retention practices; however, the attorney’s responsibilities regarding proper data handling are nothing new.
What is data management? For lawyers, it is the key to success
A well thought out file storage process almost always sets you apart from your competitors, who probably are not giving enough thought to the topic. Two case studies from a range of legal contexts show the usefulness of thinking about where your documents will land.
IT law for businesses: The basics
From “IT law for businesses: The legal risks every CEO should know”
An overview for industry leaders of the challenges and pitfalls of e-discovery from beginning to end of the litigation cycle.
IT law for businesses: The path
From “IT law for businesses: The legal risks every CEO should know”
How—and when—to handle the all-important meet and confer about ESI and e-discovery.
IT law for businesses: The details
From “IT law for businesses: The legal risks every CEO should know”
A deep dive into the nuts and bolts of data management.
IT law for businesses: FAQs
From “IT law for businesses: The legal risks every CEO should know”
Answering the questions our clients ask most, including, “What document review platform should I pick” and “Is AI the answer to all our problems?”
