Category: Legal Innovation Blog

Attorney at Work has listed the top iPhone and iPad apps being used by lawyers at the start of 2012 according to National Purchasing Partners and Verizon (NPP) together with a bonus download with descriptions and links to more than[…]

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics updated its 2010-2020 Employment Projections in February, with reportedly 31,000 lost attorney jobs since the last projection and with the alarming estimate that only 48% of law graduates this decade can be expected to get a[…]

The American Association of Corporate Counsel published its 2011 Census Report last month. This report revealed how a power shift has occurred during the last five years from large law firms to in-house departments. The ACC Census Report is the only comprehensive[…]

Virtual Intelligence VQ has attended and participated as speaker at LawTech Futures 2012 in London. This first time event, produced by Charles Christian, CEO and Editor-In-Chief of Legal Technology Insider and the world’s most widely-read legal IT commentator, and Netlaw Media, the leading legal events and media[…]

The Times published a special report on Legal Efficiency last week, edited by Joanna Goodman, and with features on the changing times, legal technology and an interview with Professor Richard Susskind on law firm strategy. As concluded in the report, for the[…]

In the January issue of the Edge International Communiqué, Edge partner Chris Bullhas written an insightful article on “Legal Services “Big Bang:” A brief history of how we got here”, where describes how the global legal market is in the early[…]

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. Or, if you are interested in legal technology, you may even[…]

In connection to a Legal Innovation group discussion regarding the new legal marketplace where technology is reshaping the practice, I received some truly insightful comments by Bruce W. Marcus on the history of professional services marketing: “The Bates decision in[…]

Last month Financial Times published its annual US Innovative Lawyers report. The report was originally conceived as an alternative way to measure law firm success. It breaks with the traditional method of looking at fees and profits as the measure of success.[…]

VQ Knowledge and Strategy Forum is an annual conference covering topics of interest for leadership, strategy, innovation and technology for the legal and professional services market. VQ Forum is arranged by VQ, with the aim to chose speakers and topics that cover the[…]

In the recent Legally Business article New start for the legal market (in Swedish) VQ founder Helena Hallgarn is interviewed among others on the changing legal profession. From an international perspective, the market has already begun to change fundamentally. New types of services are emerging, offering similar services to[…]

“Hasta la vista baby – the termination of the legal profession” is the provocative title of Mark Smith’s recent blog post at The Intelligent Challenge. In this post Mark concludes that “once you start really looking at what lawyers do, and[…]

New research from Mari Sako, a professor at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, with interviews with 52 general counsel in the US and the UK from a range of major businesses – such as Tesco, Barclays, Yahoo, Goldman[…]

In his article “Innovation pays” Jordan Furlong commence that “I’m willing to wager that the one phrase most frequently spoken in partnership meetings, when the subject of potential new initiatives comes up, is: “Are any other firms doing this?” Law is virtually[…]

In “Using the iPad with My Virtual Law Practice” Stephanie Kimbro reveals which iPad apps she is using in her virtual legal practice. As most lawyers, she thinks that the iPad is still not comparable to a traditional keybord when it comes[…]

Last week Jerome Kowalski published an interesting article with the title “Are Law Firms Going to be Replaced By Internet Based Providers of Legal Services?”, a question that received, if not an answer, at least an indication of the coming developments,[…]

In the latest issue of the International In-house Counsel Journal a paper by VQ founders Helena Hallgarn and Ann Björk has been published on the topic The Digital Associate of Law Firms and the Benefits for In-house Counsel. In this paper[…]

In a recent research conducted by OMC Partners and commissioned by Practical Law Company (PLC), it has been revealed that “a law firm’s approach to knowledge management has a significant impact on the overall cost of matter delivery”. A report[…]

In a recent article in New York Times, “At Well-Paying Law Firms, a Low-Paid Corner” by Catherine Rampell, it is described how two law firms (Orrick and WilmerHale) have created so-called “permanent associate” positions that make much less money and have no[…]

Much is said about the importance for law firms to nurture their clients and to focus on building strong client relationships. But in reality, how successful are law firms on taking care of their clients? This subject has been addressed[…]