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2013 ABA Tech Survey once again shows surge in attorneys using iPhone, iPad
August 11, 2013
Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center conducts a survey to gauge the use of legal technology by attorneys...
August 11, 2013
Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center conducts a survey to gauge the use of legal technology by attorneys...
How Writing Your Attorney Profile Is Like Writing a Dating Website Profile
August 10, 2013
Want to write a compelling attorney profile that will make potential clients feel like you could be their new lawyer? According to Lance Tarrant, Law Firm Marketing Specialist for LexisNexis, it may help to think of your attorney website profile like a dating website profile. Some of the goals are the same. You want to reveal enough to create a connection, but not so much that viewers find your profile long and boring. An attorney website profile serves a very different purpose than looking for a date,...
August 10, 2013
Want to write a compelling attorney profile that will make potential clients feel like you could be their new lawyer? According to Lance Tarrant, Law Firm Marketing Specialist for LexisNexis, it may help to think of your attorney website profile like a dating website profile. Some of the goals are the same. You want to reveal enough to create a connection, but not so much that viewers find your profile long and boring. An attorney website profile serves a very different purpose than looking for a date,...
The Most Popular Apps for Lawyers, According to ABA Tech Survey
August 10, 2013
What are the most popular legal and business smartphone apps among lawyers? According to the 2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, the most popular legal app by a long shot is Fastcase. The most popular business app is Dropbox. The survey asked lawyers whether they had ever downloaded legal-specific smartphone apps and, if so, which ones. Of those who had, the top three apps they named were: Fastcase, 26.5 percent. Westlaw and Lexis, 7.7 percent each. WestlawNext, 7.3 percent. Other...
August 10, 2013
What are the most popular legal and business smartphone apps among lawyers? According to the 2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, the most popular legal app by a long shot is Fastcase. The most popular business app is Dropbox. The survey asked lawyers whether they had ever downloaded legal-specific smartphone apps and, if so, which ones. Of those who had, the top three apps they named were: Fastcase, 26.5 percent. Westlaw and Lexis, 7.7 percent each. WestlawNext, 7.3 percent. Other...
Lawyers’ Use of Cloud Shows Big Jump in ABA Tech Survey
August 10, 2013
The percentage of lawyers who say they use cloud-based software and services jumped from 21 percent in 2012 to 31 percent...
August 10, 2013
The percentage of lawyers who say they use cloud-based software and services jumped from 21 percent in 2012 to 31 percent...
Lawyers’ Social Media Use Grows Modestly, ABA Annual Tech Survey Shows
August 10, 2013
Lawyers’ social media use continues to grow, but only modestly, according to just-released findings of the 2013 American...
August 10, 2013
Lawyers’ social media use continues to grow, but only modestly, according to just-released findings of the 2013 American...
Being Great At Math Is More Important Than Ever
August 10, 2013
When media first started going digital, journalists feared that they would be judged by the numbers, rather than on the mastery of their craft. To a large extent, that actually happened, but it wasn’t so bad after all. Most were able to adjust. So there was no small amount of irony surrounding the recent high profile negotiations between ESPN and The New York Times over the services of Nate Silver. The stakes were enormous, as Mr. Silver accounted for as much as 20% of the Grey Lady’s...
August 10, 2013
When media first started going digital, journalists feared that they would be judged by the numbers, rather than on the mastery of their craft. To a large extent, that actually happened, but it wasn’t so bad after all. Most were able to adjust. So there was no small amount of irony surrounding the recent high profile negotiations between ESPN and The New York Times over the services of Nate Silver. The stakes were enormous, as Mr. Silver accounted for as much as 20% of the Grey Lady’s...
All is well for BigLaw?
August 9, 2013
I spent the last 10 days on vacation. I returned to these stories: • "Don't bury Big Law just yet" (The American Lawyer) •...
August 9, 2013
I spent the last 10 days on vacation. I returned to these stories: • "Don't bury Big Law just yet" (The American Lawyer) •...
Don’t Bury Big Law Just Yet
August 9, 2013
Headlines like “The Last Days of Big Law” are great—eye-catching and search engine–optimized. If only they were true. While it’s always easy to use “anecdata” and argue, loosely, that the fate of one individual firm, say, the late Dewey & LeBoeuf, is a harbinger for the industry as a whole, that’s actually not the case when it comes to big law firms. As Mark Obbie points out in his Slate article, the New Republic's cover story "looks at one sore throat and proclaims...
August 9, 2013
Headlines like “The Last Days of Big Law” are great—eye-catching and search engine–optimized. If only they were true. While it’s always easy to use “anecdata” and argue, loosely, that the fate of one individual firm, say, the late Dewey & LeBoeuf, is a harbinger for the industry as a whole, that’s actually not the case when it comes to big law firms. As Mark Obbie points out in his Slate article, the New Republic's cover story "looks at one sore throat and proclaims...
Dechert Looks to Hollywood for Marketing Edge (video)
August 9, 2013
Duncan Wiggetts, a London-based partner at Dechert, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the release of A Price Worth Paying, a new film produced by the law firm and Area 17 that highlights some of the corporate governance issues facing today's boards. Written by Wiggetts and directed by Nick White—who was shortlisted for the BAFTA Short Film Award in 2011—the 35-minute drama marks a unique foray into law firm marketing. But will it translate into more client work for Dechert?
August 9, 2013
Duncan Wiggetts, a London-based partner at Dechert, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the release of A Price Worth Paying, a new film produced by the law firm and Area 17 that highlights some of the corporate governance issues facing today's boards. Written by Wiggetts and directed by Nick White—who was shortlisted for the BAFTA Short Film Award in 2011—the 35-minute drama marks a unique foray into law firm marketing. But will it translate into more client work for Dechert?
The Construction of Emotion in Interactions, Relationships, and Cultures
August 9, 2013
Emotions are engagements with a continuously changing world of social relationships. In the present article, we propose that emotions are therefore best conceived as ongoing, dynamic, and interactive processes that are socially constructed. We review evidence for three social contexts of emotion construction that are embedded in each other: The unfolding of emotion within interactions, the mutual constitution of emotion and relationships, and the shaping of emotion at the level of the larger cultural...
August 9, 2013
Emotions are engagements with a continuously changing world of social relationships. In the present article, we propose that emotions are therefore best conceived as ongoing, dynamic, and interactive processes that are socially constructed. We review evidence for three social contexts of emotion construction that are embedded in each other: The unfolding of emotion within interactions, the mutual constitution of emotion and relationships, and the shaping of emotion at the level of the larger cultural...
