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“2013 was the Year of Reinvention, with innovators gathering at several national conferences pushing the boundaries of the business of law, using software, algorithms, and new pricing models for lawyers as a way to better provide legal services to the middle class. New companies challenged our assumptions about legal research, and established challengers hit their …
State of America’s Libraries Report 2013, American Library Association: “After an economic recession that has left about 12 million Americans unemployed and millions more underemployed, libraries continue to play a transformative role in their communities. The more than 16,000 public libraries nationwide “offer a lifeline to people trying to adapt to challenging economic circumstances by …
“The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010. On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court rendered a final decision to uphold the health care law… Role of Libraries – ALA Policy B.8.11, The Role of Libraries in Providing E-Government and Emergency Services (Old …
United States Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors Office of Inspector General ISP-I-13-28 Office of Inspections May 2013 –Inspection of the Bureau of International Information Programs –Key Judgments: “Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) leadership failed to convey its strategic vision to staff members, despite formalized communications. Leadership created an atmosphere of …
The Myth and Reality of the Evolving Patron(s) – Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Research Internet Project: “Just how well do you know the people who use your library? Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and co-author of Networked: The New Social Operating System, shares the latest data about …
Librarians have gotten accustomed to squeezing more out of their budgets, according to our 12th annual Law Librarian Survey. By Alan Cohen “By now, it’s a phrase that law firm library directors likely hear in their sleep. “Do more with less” was a mantra through the recession; it guided library strategies and triggered cuts to staff, …
Follow up to previous postings on NSA’s big data domestic surveillance program, via The New Yorker – The PRISM – Privacy in the age of publicity by Jill Lepore, June 24, 2013: “The A.C.L.U., which last week filed a suit against the Obama Administration, has called the N.S.A.’s surveillance program, Prism, a “gross infringement” of the “right to …
“Five years ago, when LexBlog published it first State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere, the goal was simple: Shine a spotlight on firms that had selected the road less traveled and were using blogs to increase visibility online…Nearly four out every five of the top 200 law firms in the world have blogs or lawyers …
PC World, John P. Mello Jr.: “Dell described a bleak outlook for the PC industry on Good Friday in a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The document, one of several filed by the company in connection with its move to go private, includes a laundry list of ills that pretty much …
“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 …
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, …
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 …
