Monthly Archives: March 2016

Law Firm Cybersecurity: The 5 Dumbest Mistakes, 10 Cybersecurity Best Practices – and the Bigger Picture in Risk Management

Greg Churilov writes for American Legalnet about Law Firm Risk Management: Cyber Security and Beyond. In this insightful article the author provides many statistics showing the need for more attention to cybersecurity in today’s law firms.
“Most people, and the majority of companies, seem to believe that financial and healthcare sectors are the only two […]

By |March 30th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on Law Firm Cybersecurity: The 5 Dumbest Mistakes, 10 Cybersecurity Best Practices – and the Bigger Picture in Risk Management

10 Actionable Privacy, Security & Encryption Takeaways From #ABATECHSHOW

Tim Baran at Legal Productivity wraps up strategies and recommendations made at the recent 2016 ABA Techshow in 10 Actionable Privacy, Security & Encryption Takeaways From #ABATECHSHOW. Included are useful tips for any type of organization, and actually for individuals as well, such as:

Use a password manager
Use false answers to security questions
Encrypted telephone conversations […]

By |March 28th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on 10 Actionable Privacy, Security & Encryption Takeaways From #ABATECHSHOW

Why KM is not “all about people”

Nick Milton at Knoco Stories writes about Why KM is not “all about people”. In this insightful article he goes on to say that this common explanation of KM is too simplistic and that knowledge management needs to consider content, governance, and interactions between people.
“The phrase “Knowledge Management is all about people” is a […]

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The Cost of “Free” Government Data

On February 17th, PacerPro hosted a panelist discussion with Jean O’Grady, head librarian at DLA Piper, Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, Executive Director at NYLI, Gavin McGrane, CEO and co-founder of PacerPro, and Robert Dessau, CEO and founder of voxgov.
“Lucy Curci-Gonzalez had just highlighted a major problem in accessing government data on-line: authentication. As Lucy pointed out, there’s […]

By |March 22nd, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on The Cost of “Free” Government Data

Wednesday eBooks Webinar

NYLI EBL eBooks Webinar
March  23 1:30-2:00 pm Eastern

The New York Law Institute now offers members direct free access to a collection of over 90,000 eBooks from major legal, academic, business and general-interest publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Economist Books, John Wiley & Sons, Kluwer Academic Publishing, Routledge, Springer, and many more.

Join Ellyssa Valenti, […]

By |March 21st, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on Wednesday eBooks Webinar

Legal IT: Disruptive Technology, Innovation, and Streaming Processes

The March issue of Managing Partner reports on on the ARK Group’s Legal IT conference held in London in January 2016 with the article Technology as an Enabler, Not a Replacement for Lawyers.  This special focus issue titled Legal IT: Disruptive Technology, Innovation, and Streaming Processes has several other intriguing articles including:

Examining the Impact of […]

By |March 17th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on Legal IT: Disruptive Technology, Innovation, and Streaming Processes

Rise of the Machines and The Future of Law and Legal Tech

 

Gordon Smith wraps up the discussions which took place at a Lehman Solicitor’s legal event in Ireland in December which featured talks from Chrissie Lightfoot, author of Tomorrow’s Naked Lawyer and Larry Fenelon, managing partner at Leman Solicitors among others.
“From travel and TV to taxis and telephones, few industries remain untouched by digital disruption, and the legal profession could […]

By |March 15th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on Rise of the Machines and The Future of Law and Legal Tech

NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

March 16 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
Optimize your federal legislative history research with ProQuest Congressional
The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications […]

By |March 14th, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

Change and Tradition: Identity and the AALL

Bob Berring writes for Slaw about Change and Tradition: Identity and the AALL. In this insightful article, Berring discusses the results of the recent vote on the AALL name change and what it says about the profession at large.
“The library as a physical entity continues, but for most, it is a place to do […]

By |March 9th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on Change and Tradition: Identity and the AALL

Mining Gold from Government Data

On February 17th, PacerPro hosted a panelist discussion with Jean O’Grady, head librarian at DLA Piper, Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, executive director at NYLI, Gavin McGrane, CEO and co-founder of PacerPro, and Robert Dessau, CEO and founder of voxgov. The session was moderated by Bob Ambrogi.

The broad ranging conversation provided valuable insight on a number of […]

By |March 7th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on Mining Gold from Government Data