Category «Features»
Features – Internet Reality Check at the ABATech Show99
Internet Reality Check at the ABA TechShow 99 By Hazel Johnson
(Posted April 19, 1999; Archived May 17, 1999)
Features – Ground Zero: Will You Survive the Internet Explosion? One Firm’s Story
Ground Zero: Will You Survive the Internet Explosion? One Firms’ Story By John Hokkanen
John Hokkanen , Chief Knowledge Counsel, heads the Knowledge Services Department at Alston & Bird in Atlanta, Georgia, and has acted as chief architect of the firms intranet and extranet applications. You may obtain a copy of his informational CD-ROM “Law Offices and the Internet” (which has a full copy of Pure Oxygen) by using the on-line form at http://www.hokkanen.com/cdorder .
Features – Outsourcing in Law Firm Libraries
Outsourcing in Law Firm Libraries By Rachel Pergament
Rachel Pergament is the Collection Development/Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Southern California Law Library. She graduated from UCLA with an M.L.I.S. degree. This article is a summary of a paper submitted to the 1999 Matthew Bender/AALL Call for Papers competition.
Features – Electronic Discovery – Or, the Byte that Bit
Electronic Discovery – Or, the Byte that Bit By George Socha
George Socha is a shareholder with Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins & Johnson whose practice focuses on complex toxic tort, products liability, and commercial litigation. George also concentrates on the effective use of technology to support and enhance the practice of law. In addition to overseeing the firm’s selection, implementation and use of computer technology, Mr. Socha is co-chair of the Subcommittee on Litigation Technologies, Committee on Corporate Counsel, ABA Section of Litigation; a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Technology Committee; and a member of the ABA TechShow’s advisory board. He served as an ABA liaison to the group that created the Uniform Task Based Management System and on the ABA Working Group on Litigation Support Software Guidelines. He has written and lectured extensively on the use of technology in the practice of law. Mr. Socha received a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1987.
Features – A Review of West’s Intranet ToolKit
A Review of West’s Intranet Toolkit By Susan Charkes
Susan Charkes is the Systems Librarian for Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia. Ms. Charkes practiced law in New York City for 7 years before becoming involved in the information professions. She has held positions in technology consulting and electronic publishing, as well as in corporate information services for Warner-Lambert Co. and other organizations. She received a BA in English from The University of Chicago, a JD from Columbia University and an MLS from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Ms. Charkes is Director/Web Manager of the Philadelphia Chapter of Special Libraries Association.
Features – VersusLaw’s V.: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses
VersusLaw’s V.: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses By T.R. Halvorson
T. R. Halvorson is a lawyer in sole practice in Sidney, MT, President of Pastel Programming Co. , and author of How to Avoid Liability: The Information Professional’s Guide to Negligence and Warranty Risks and Legal Liability Problems in Cyberspace: Craters in the Information Highway.
Features – The LOIS Law Library: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses
The LOIS Law Library: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses By T.R. Halvorson
T. R. Halvorson is a lawyer in sole practice in Sidney, MT, President of Pastel Programming Co. , and author of How to Avoid Liability: The Information Professional’s Guide to Negligence and Warranty Risks and Legal Liability Problems in Cyberspace: Craters in the Information Highway.
Features – Successfully Networking CD-ROM Services at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Successfully Networking CD-ROM Services at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation By Lillian H. Fry
Lillian Fry has been the Manager, Library Services, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in Washington, D.C., since 1990. Her library career began in 1973.
Features – Pure Oxygen: Breathing Life into Law Office Intranets
Pure Oxygen: Breathing Life into Law Office Intranets By Stephen T. Maher
Published February 15, 1999