Yesterday we attended LawTech Futures in London – Europe’s largest legal technology conference arranged by Charles Christian, the world’s most widely-read legal IT commentator and founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Legal IT Insider newsletter and website, and Netlaw Media, the leading legal events and media[…]
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In January Richard Susskind released his new book “Tomorrow’s Lawyers”, which we reviewed in general earlier this year in the blog post “Susskind for dummies and all other legal professionals”. In this post we will focus a bit more on the[…]
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Yesterday we attended Practical Law’s 2nd Annual Knowledge Management Forumcovering different aspects of the three main themes technology, enhancing client value and maximising efficiency. VQ’s Helena Hallgarn also held a session on efficient delivery of legal services. Carol Aldridge, Head of[…]
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I förra veckan korades vinnaren i juristtävlingen “Law as an app”, som ägde rum vid Juridiska institutionen på Stockholms universitet, med en domarpanel bestående bland annat av Helena Hallgarn och Ann Björk, VQ. Under vårterminen diskuterar studenterna vid Magisterprogrammet Law[…]
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Last week the competition “Law as an App” was held for the first time within the Master Programme in Law & Information Technology, Department of Law, Stockholm University. Three teams of students were tasked to come up with an idea for a legal[…]
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Nischbyråer, nya aktörer och mer krävande klienter tvingar fram en snabb utveckling. Det är slutsatserna av gårdagens paneldebatt om trender och utvecklingen på juristmarknaden under ledning av VQ. Ann Björk och Helena Hallgarn från företaget VQ inledde debatten med en[…]
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In January Richard Susskind released his new book “Tomorrow’s Lawyers”, which by some reviewers has been called “Susskind for dummies”. And yes, the first part of the book is a restatement of much of what has gone before in Richard Susskind’s[…]
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Hur moderna är våra svenska advokatbyråer? Flera advokatbyråer talar nu om alternativa prismodeller med argumentet att det inte i längden går att enbart fokusera på debiterbara timmar. En del byråer har också börjat använda sig av olika fastpris-upplägg, men innebär[…]
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Sometimes it is really refreshing when people turn issues around and deliver new ways of looking at things. Recently we read two reports from persons doing exactly that, both about Legal Services Act and about the low rate of female[…]
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In the interesting webinar “New Thinking in Legal Services” held by Jon Busby, Sally Holdway and Michael Scutt, the myth “Why Do Lawyers Hate Technology?” was discussed; are lawyers more resistant to technology than any other profession and if so, can they really survive in today’s legal[…]
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In the beginning of a new year it is always exciting to try and analyze what news that lay ahead and what trends to expect during the coming year. Especially this year, since 2013 seems to be a most challenging[…]
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As 2012 has turned into 2013 we would like to take this opportunity to share some of the highlights from an inspiring year – our third – with VQ, and to thank everyone that made it all possible. VQ at[…]
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We wish all of our customers, partners, fellow knowledge management and strategy professionals and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all positive response, encouragement, support and exciting assignments. We look forward to more inspiring[…]
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This issue of VQ Newsletter is dedicated to the recent VQ Knowledge and Strategy Forum, with reports from the predictions on the changing legal market and the discussions and different views on the future of legal service. VQ Forum is[…]
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Juristbranschen står inför stora utmaningar. Nya affärsmodeller och tankesätt behövs i en föränderlig värld. Det uppmärksammades på konferensen VQ Knowledge and Strategy Forum. Amerikanskan Susan Hacketts budskap är att marknaden för juridiska tjänster står inför en rad förändringar och det[…]
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Många deltagare hade kommit till konferensen VQ Knowledge and Strategy Forum för att ta del av de senaste trenderna inom juristbranschen. Christine Kirchberger från Stockholms Universitet konstaterade att de pågående förändringarna i juristbranschen också ställer stora krav på att juristutbildningen[…]
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Juristbranschen befinner sig i ett stormigt skede just nu. Det menar den amerikanska före detta bolagsjuristen Susan Hackett, som var en av huvudtalarna på dagens juristkonferens VQ Forum om trender på marknaden för juristtjänster. – Framtiden för advokatbranschen är ljus,[…]
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VQ har invalts som medlemsorganisation i Stiftelsen för rättsinformation. Stiftelsen är en sammanslutning av representanter för det allmänna och privata företag som har ett intresse av att främja produktion och tillgängliggörande av rättsinformation. Helena Hallgarn och Ann Björk från Virtual[…]
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A recent interesting and rich discussion between Chris Bull, international strategy consultant at Edge International and former chief executive of Osborne Clarke and former European chief operating officer at Integreon, and Erik Fors-Andrée, entrepreneur and former CEO of a legal service firm,[…]
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V Mary Abraham has on her award-winning blog Above and Beyond KM recently had a series of blog posts featuring an immensely interesting conversation with Susan Hackett focused on deepening client relationships in meaningful (and profitable) ways. Susan Hackett served for 22 years as[…]
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