Monthly Archives: December 2015

NYLI Closing Early for New Year’s Eve

The New York Law Institute will close early on Thursday, December 31st at 3pm for New Year’s Eve and will re-open on Monday, January 4th at 8:30 am.  We here at NYLI wish you a very Happy New Year!

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10 Big Issues Facing the Legal Market in 2016

Mark Klender, Principal, Deloitte Consulting discusses 10 Big Issues Facing the Legal Market in 2016 in his article for Bloomberg BNA.
“Like a tsunami, which takes time to make landfall, change is quietly rolling throughout the legal industry, and in small increments at most firms. But sometimes it takes a storm to recognize something is […]

By |December 28th, 2015|News from the Field|Comments Off on 10 Big Issues Facing the Legal Market in 2016

NYLI Closing for Christmas

The New York Law Institute will be closed on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th for the Christmas holiday and will re-open on Monday, December 28th at 8:30 am.  We here at NYLI wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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The Most Disruptive Legal Technologies of 2015

Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. provides his list of five legal technologies that have changed the way lawyers work in 2015 for the FindLaw Legal Technology Blog. Top on the list? “Bring Your Own Device,” or BYOD, policies that allow attorneys to bring their own mobile devices to the workplace.

Read the full artcle here.
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Time For Law Firm Leaders to Understand Knowledge Strategy

Our own NYLI Board member Jean O’Grady interviews ABA Knowledge Strategy Interest Group Chair Jack Bostelman about his experience with KS – Knowledge Strategy – on the Dewey B Strategic blog.
“Knowledge management and knowledge strategy are not well understood at the senior management level in law firms. Yet economic pressures today make this practice […]

By |December 16th, 2015|News from the Field|Comments Off on Time For Law Firm Leaders to Understand Knowledge Strategy

ILTA 2015 Technology Survey Highlights

The annual ILTA Technology Survey has just been published and Jobst Elster at InsideLegal.com has provided many insightful highlights. The 2015 ILTA Tech Survey reports the input of 420 firms representing more than 88,000 attorneys and 185,000 total users. ILTA law firm members with less than 150 attorneys make up 66% (277 firms) of […]

By |December 14th, 2015|News from the Field|Comments Off on ILTA 2015 Technology Survey Highlights

The New York Law Institute Announces Lucy Curci-Gonzalez as Executive Director

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Contact: Ellyssa Kroski
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The New York Law Institute Announces Lucy Curci-Gonzalez as Executive Director
(New York, NY – December 9, 2015) The New York Law Institute (NYLI), a membership law library, has announced that current Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Director of Library Services, Lucy Curci-Gonzalez will serve as the Institute’s new […]

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Free LLAGNY Webinar on Competitive Intelligence

Tomorrow the LLAGNY Education Committee will present a free webinar on Competitive Intelligence provided by Louise Tsang, Manager of Business Intelligence at Greenberg Traurig LLP. Louise will provide an overview of competitive intelligence. She will discuss CI deliverables, sources, and desirable skillsets. The webinar is appropriate for information professionals who are new to competitive […]

By |December 7th, 2015|News from the Field|Comments Off on Free LLAGNY Webinar on Competitive Intelligence

The Art of Adapting: What BigLaw Should Learn from the Local Library

Stephen Poor, Chairman, Seyfarth Shaw LLP writes eloquently for Rethink in Practice about The Art of Adapting: What BigLaw Should Learn from the Local Library. He discusses the evolution and redefinition of the library in the digital age in the midst of serious funding challenges and how the legal industry could benefit from a […]

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