I sat in a webinar from John Wallbillich‘s Wired GC: Collaborate to Win. The webinar featured Paul Lippe talking about social nature of the law, lawyers and law firms. In large part, Paul pitched the benefits of Legal OnRamp for law departments. Legal OnRamp has about 6,000 members. Paul does not feel that Legal OnRamp [...]
Continuing my live-blogging from International Legal Technology Association’s Annual Conference. . . As Web2.0 tools mature, there is an increased number of adoptions by Fortune 500 companies. We explore and learn if Web 2.0 solutions already being adapted by Fortune 500 companies would be accepted by the lawyers in your firm. Speaker: Bruce MacEwen of [...]
A new survey reveals that almost 50 percent of attorneys are members of online social networks and over 40 percent of attorneys believe professional networking has the potential to change the business and practice of law over the next five years. The 2008 Networks for Counsel Survey was conducted by Leader Networks and sponsored by [...]
The reason I attended this conference was because of an invitation from Paul Lippe of Legal OnRamp. Paul extended the invitation for me to provide audience input on this session. Paul wanted me to be a rapporteur. Three Goals of the session: How lawyers can use these techniques How to address legal concerns about Enterprise [...]
I spent a big chunk of the last two days at a conference in Cambridge on Enterprise 2.0. One of the other attendees was Paul Lippe of Legal OnRamp. Paul just had an article published on Legal Week.com about legal online communities: An Opportunity Waiting to Happen. Paul puts forth ten reasons why an online [...]
The Bar Talk piece in the May 2008 edition of The American Lawyer is focused on Legal OnRamp. To toot my own horn, Brian Baxter, the author of the piece threw in a few quotes from me: “Social networking costs are minimal-it’s not like sponsoring a table at an awards dinner or printing brochures-so your [...]
Over at the The Official Blog of Martindale-Hubbell, John Lipsey; VP Corporate Counsel Services, comments on Larry Bodine’s Crowded but Silent piece in Law Technology News: Corporate counsel and Online professional networking. Larry is right to point out that the power of any social network site is derived from the number of people using it. [...]
JD Supra launched as a place that “offers free access to a constantly expanding database of legal documents (filings, decisions, forms, articles) from the people whose work gives meaning to the law.” I contributed an article a few weeks ago and earned “Founding Contributor” status as part of my profile. Wearing my real estate lawyer [...]
Since my prior post [Legal OnRamp - A Social Network and Collaborative Platform for Lawyers], Legal OnRamp has rolled out a substantial revision to the site. Legal OnRamp is still in Beta, but the features are growing. Legal OnRamp now allows lawyers to form ad hoc groups, both public and private. Within the group you [...]
Paul Lippe invited me into Legal OnRamp. In a quick categorization it is a social media site for lawyers and general counsel. I immediately thought of Lawlink. But Legal OnRamp is much more than a buzzword site trying to be the Facebook or LinkedIn for lawyers. First, it is focused on in-house legal counsel. Law [...]