Legal Knowledge Management (LKM) is the only independent online publication designed specifically for knowledge professionals working in law firms and corporate legal departments.
While firms have long realised that the business of law is based on knowledge, market conditions have forced firms to fundamentally re-examine their approach to knowledge management (KM). In today's marketplace, KM is much more than simply sharing knowledge. To add real value knowledge management needs to evolve with the constantly changing demands of clients, act as a key contributor to business development, and offer unique insight into pricing strategies.
Legal Knowledge Management will specifically serve those professionals working within law firms and in-house legal departments to develop, promote and maintain an innovative knowledge sharing culture that helps drive firm and department efficiencies. It will focus on what clients really need and how KM works internally from a client’s perspective.
This peer written, case-study based resource will pass on the tools, knowledge and expertise you need to deliver the bottom line benefits of an effective KM strategy.
Contributors for launch issue, include:
- Deborah McGuire, Senior Counsel, Head of Knowledge Management, BT Global Services
- Dave Snowden, Founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge
- Catherine Bamford, Manager, Precedents Express, Pinsent Masons
- Thomas Kennedy, Partner & Global Head of Knowledge Strategy, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Toby Brown, Director of Strategic Pricing & Analytics, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Editorial topics:
Client Focused Knowledge Management
- Responding to client pressures for increased commercial awareness
- Understanding the KM priorities of your key clients
- Aligning your KM strategy with the business needs of your clients
- Focusing on the work that your key clients value most
KM, Process Improvement, Innovation & Change
- A matter centric approach to process
- Disaggregating law firm processes
- Content-centric or lawyer-centric KM?
Information & Technology
- Future of legal technology & services
- Business intelligence & big data
- The importance of the “user experience” in KM technology
- Exploring the evolving use of mobile devices for KM
- The importance of metadata, standards and governance
- Key challenges: confidentiality and security
Knowledge Strategy
- Creating a collaborative knowledge culture
- Re-engineering internal and external business processes
- A consultative approach to KM
- Balancing strategic and operational KM
Measuring and demonstrating the value of KM
- The role of KM in improving future pricing decisions and cost improvements
- Matter management, pricing and profitability
In every issue, LKM finds out which approaches are working and which are not so you can benchmark your own strategies against those of your competitors to drive the long-term success of your KM strategy and the financial success of your law firm. For in-house teams, LKM will provide guidance on the efficient delivery of legal services by streamlining knowledge and training operations, and better utilising existing resources.
