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Focus on relationships, not tech

Posted by Gene Turner on 26-Sep-2022 13:01:52

The longer I've been working with legal technology, the more convinced I am that customers should be looking for relationships, not technology or particular solutions.

What do I mean?

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Topics: Document Automation, Legal Technology, In-House Legal, Legal Automation, Matter Management, Legal Operations, Contract Management

Do you need a point solution, a platform, or integrations?

Posted by Gene Turner on 24-Sep-2022 13:09:48

There’s an ongoing debate about whether it’s better to have “point solutions” that only do one thing really well or a single platform that can do nearly everything.

There’s no obvious right answer but here's my thoughts.

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Topics: Document Automation, Legal Technology, In-House Legal, Document autom, Legal Automation, Matter Management, Legal Operations

You don't need an expensive matter management system to save your emails

Posted by Gene Turner on 19-Sep-2022 15:12:16

If you want to manage your legal matters better, a matter management system should be an excellent investment - if you're prepared to invest the time to set it up and use it properly.

However, if you're really just looking for a better way to use SharePoint and file your emails and documents, a matter management system is a costly way to go about it. There are better options at much lower costs.

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Topics: Legal Automation, Email Management, Matter Management, Legal Operations

Don't get stuck in your legal automation project

Posted by Gene Turner on 29-Aug-2021 10:16:14

Last week I had a call from a law firm that I first spoke to in June 2016, basically right after LawHawk launched.

The partner at that time told me “Yes, our firm is interested in the use of technology / automation etc in the profession. We have recently invested significant amounts of time (and some money) developing our own precedents and their automation using the Infinity system.”

Now, more than 5 years later, they don’t appear to have made any significant progress. Why not?

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Topics: Document Automation, Legal Technology, Document Assembly, legal practice, Law Firm Management, Legal Automation

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