Legal Management Magazine
Legal Management reports on topics within ALA’s five knowledge areas: Legal Industry/Business Management; Human Resources Management; Financial Management; Communications and Organizational Management; and Operations Management.
October: On the Cover
Communicating with Clients Via Today’s Technology
Find out how tech tools are defining law firm conversations.
Decades ago, law firms had fewer ways to interact with clients: in-person meetings, primarily, coupled with phone calls and written correspondence. Major technological advances in recent years — ranging from the advent of email to high-quality videoconferencing capabilities — have introduced numerous ways to reach out and respond to clients. Many have provided additional convenience. But given the sheer number that are available, determining the ideal client contact method can be a daunting task. Read more.
Features
The Gift of Time
Technology has made a lot possible for law offices, but people still play a huge role in making it deliver on its promise. While technology helps manage the office, matters and documents, people still need to interact with it to do the filing, organizing and retrieval. Many of these microprocesses are repetitive, tedious, time-consuming and prone to error.
What if you could remove the common day-to-day friction required to make technology work and, in the process, free up precious time that can be put to better use building the firm? Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to come of age, and the right tool applied to the right process can provide tangible benefits. Read more.
Protection Under the Law
Early on, anyone interested in the law learns about client-lawyer confidentiality. But it isn’t just an overly friendly staff member’s loose lips that are cause for worry — it’s also loose security. Tucked away within the hard drives and servers of law firms throughout the world is something as valuable as currency: information. So how do you protect your client beyond your professional obligation to keep a secret? How do you make your firm as tech-savvy as it is trustworthy? Read more.
Columns
Big Ideas
Welcoming the Internet of Things to Our Legal Organizations
BP Perspective
Your Remote Workers: A Target for Cybercrimes
Diversity Dialogue
Excerpt from Authentic Diversity: How to Change the Workplace for Good
Innovations
Amp Up Your Innovation: How to “Think Different” About Your Firm’s Business
Tough Topics
Thinking of De-equitizing a Partner? Consider This First
Departments
Industry News
Legal Managers: The Invaluable Dot-Connectors Within Law Firms
Tips and Trends
Making Retirement Discussions with Your Senior Partners More Productive and Succession More Effective
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