Why Contract Lifecycle Management Matters

February 17th, 2012 → 6:50 am @ Ari Kaplan

During Legal Tech New York 2012, I had the chance to speak with Tim Sparks, the CEO of CLM Matrix about contract lifecycle management.  He noted that the company’s Matrix software solutions are uniquely designed for Microsoft SharePoint, automatically draft contracts in Word, and dynamically create essential workflow.  Watch our interview below:

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The Rise of Enterprise Apps

February 10th, 2012 → 7:15 am @ Ari Kaplan

I had the chance to interview Eric Elfman, the CEO of Onit at Legal Tech NY 2012. We discussed the company’s business process and productivity apps, designed to solve very specific problems, including contract review and approval, ethics violation tracking, and whistle blower reporting. Watch our interview below:

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Strengthening Litigation Support Career Opportunities

February 8th, 2012 → 1:10 pm @ Ari Kaplan

At Legal Tech NY 2012, I had the chance to speak with David Netzer, the President of LitigationSupportCareers.com, which he describes as “an alternative to Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com.”  In a continuing trend of leveraging the web to pursue local opportunities, Netzer created LitigationSupportCareers.com to provide a portal for the industry to specifically advertise legal technology and litigation support positions.  He notes that it builds efficiency by increasing the number of qualified applicants while reducing the amount of resumes that employers ultimately need to evaluate.  Job seekers can also proactively search for positions by location, category, and employer type.  Watch our interview below:

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Reinventing the School Year

February 3rd, 2012 → 7:11 am @ Ari Kaplan

I read this post 10 Big Reasons We Need to Reinvent the School Year from Online Colleges and it resonated with me because of my research and recent article – Applying the Alternative Fee Model to Law School Tuition, which has generated some additional discussion.  The Online Colleges staff writers conclude that “the school year that worked for students decades ago simply isn’t practical for today’s students” and propose altering the school year because, among other reasons:

Flexibility in the length of high school could help students better prepare for college.

The reasons behind the creation of summer vacation don’t really apply to modern life.

Students often simply don’t have time to learn everything they need in a school year.

Year-round school can also impact students’ overall health and well-being.

This discussion is taking place across the educational spectrum as technology continues to transform the manner in which we deliver information.

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Perspectives from Legal Tech New York 2012 – A CODiE, Contracts, and Client-Centered Technology

February 1st, 2012 → 6:30 am @ Ari Kaplan

There is a great sense of optimism at this year’s Legal Tech New York conference. I had the chance to capture some of the perspectives from the show, including:
Samantha Miller, the director of product management for website services at LexisNexis, who discussed Client Center’s 2012 Software & Industry Information Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for Best Legal Solution.

ABA Legal Rebel, Ken Adams, the author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (ABA 2d ed. 2008) and the founder of Koncision, discussing his 2012 alliance with global contracts powerhouse, Business Integrity, makers of ContractExpress.com.

Bob Krantz, the dynamic CEO of Mindseye Solutions discussing the company’s technology and its impact on the discovery process.

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