Process Management

CodeX FutureLaw 2021: Computational contracts create a Big Bang in legal

The bleeding edge of the legal industry is now building interfaces at the intersection of code and law through computational contracts. These computational contracts (sometime…

Joseph Raczynski April 12, 2021

The department & practice group leader’s role in sales management

The role of practice group leaders is changing. And new and seasoned department and practice group leaders will be wise to expand client relationships and…

Silvia Coulter April 08, 2021

Digital upskilling in legal: More than just new technology

How many law firms have digital upskilling programs for their lawyers and staff members? Based on what I hear and read, very few, if any.…

Bob Dolinsky April 01, 2021

Moving past buzzwords: 5 ways for law firms to build better client relationships

Relationships between law firms and their clients are too often thought of just in terms of buzzwords. Win-win outcomes, or sharing business risk, or investing…

Christopher Ende March 23, 2021

3 common traits drive firms to the top of buyers’ minds, new Regional Brand Indexes reveal

When Thomson Reuters Acritas released its Global Law Firm Brand Index back in January, two key themes emerged and were identified as successful factors in…

Lizzy Duffy March 23, 2021

Why the legal profession needs to care about ethics in AI

As the legal industry — like many similarly situated industries across world markets — increasingly embraces artificial intelligence (AI) to jump-start the automation, efficiency, and…

Gregg Wirth February 25, 2021

ON LEADERSHIP: We see our firm as “a community of people who care about each other,” says Norton Rose’s Jeff Cody

We continue our bi-monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for the Thomson Reuters Institute. Each installment will feature conversations with law firm leaders about…

Rose D. Ors February 03, 2021

Supercharging your clients’ business through the business of law

You are already doing a great job for your clients, but what else should you be doing? This business quandary has never rung truer in…

Michael Caplan February 01, 2021

Current uses & next-gen opportunities of standards within the legal industry

In comparison to other software verticals which tend to be dominated by major players like Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle and others, legal technology is a fairly…

Kenneth Jones January 28, 2021

Rethinking “partners” for law firms: Creating an ecosystem for client value

Whether your law firm has an established presence within the legal industry or is just getting started, competing in a crowded marketplace requires more time,…

Edwin Smith January 26, 2021

Optimizing legal project management: Can you do the Kanban?

Can a stack of sticky notes, a pen, and a blank wall revolutionize your firm’s legal work? Kanban, a visual system for legal project management,…

Don Philmlee January 14, 2021

Which path for my law firm: Data warehouse or data lake?

Data-driven decision making has become an important topic among law firm leadership as they notice the success of progressive law firms that have established effective…

Todd Painter January 12, 2021