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Maintaining Confidentiality of Client Information Are you getting pressure from your clients to improve the confidentiality of information in your firm’s possession?  Have you been asked by your lawyers why their ethical obligations aren’t enough to satisfy clients?  Have you considered locking down your document repositories as a response?  Listen to two veteran law firm technologists discuss the...

Nearly 10 years ago, Seyfarth Shaw blazed a trail as the first major law firm to apply Six Sigma and Lean process improvement methodologies to better serve the needs of their clients. Starting with process improvements in law firm operations, Six Sigma and Lean thinking have become pervasive throughout the culture of Seyfarth and changed the way Seyfarth’s legal teams deliver services to clients....

Leaders within law firms and legal departments have identified that business and legal process improvements are mandatory to stay competitive in an ever-changing market. This topic is a great fit for ILTA's Law2020 initiative that focuses on ways in which legal organizations must adapt to thrive in the future. We enlisted three of your ILTA peers to share their thoughts on improvements to make tod...

Leaders within law firms and legal departments have identified that business and legal process improvements are mandatory to stay competitive in an ever-changing market. This topic is a great fit for ILTA's Law2020 initiative that focuses on ways in which legal organizations must adapt to thrive in the future. We enlisted three of your ILTA peers to share their thoughts on improvements to make tod...

Leaders within law firms and legal departments have identified that business and legal process improvements are mandatory to stay competitive in an ever-changing market. This topic is a great fit for ILTA's Law2020 initiative that focuses on ways in which legal organizations must adapt to thrive in the future. We enlisted three of your ILTA peers to share their thoughts on improvements to make tod...

Description: ILTA's Knowledge Management Peer Group is pleased to present this podcast featuring the perspectives of KM leaders Gina Lynch of Paul Weiss and Ali Shahidi of Cooley, both of whom recently joined these firms to lead their KM programs. Gina and Ali discuss their KM roles at their prior and current firms, how and why Paul Weiss and Cooley have defined the scope of KM, and their short- a...

Description: Is the Information Governance Professional (IGP) certification right for you? Find out as Diane Carlisle of ARMA International talks about the history and benefits of the IGP certification with Jennifer Watters Farley, CRM IGP, in the first of a series of ILTA podcasts on industry-related certifications. Speakers: Jennifer Watters Farley, CRM IGP, the Records Manager at Sidley Austin...

Join us for a series of discussions examining various aspects of Office 365, its applicability to ILTA membership and strategies for incorporating it into your work environment. This session will focus on SharePoint Online administration. Moderator: Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology Stategist at Microsoft, joined the company as an enterprise consultant in 2001. As a consultant, he helped numerous...

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights, strategies and best practices to build support for information governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management initiatives. Speaker: Brian Donato has worked in the information technolo...

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights, strategies and best practices to build support for information governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management initiatives. Speaker: Erin Adell is responsible for facilitating and lead...

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights, strategies and best practices to build support for information governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management initiatives. Speaker: Ginevra Saylor is the National Director of Knowledg...

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights, strategies and best practices to build support for information governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management initiatives. Speaker: Matt Coatney is an AI software executive, inventor...

Join us for a series of discussions examining various aspects of Office 365, its applicability to ILTA membership and strategies for incorporating it into your work environment. This session will focus on Exchange online. Moderator: Tim Hooks, IT Director at American Municipal Power, Inc. Speaker: Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology Stategist at Microsoft, joined the company as an enterprise consult...

Over the past year, we have seen an increase in hack attempts and in security breaches from inside and outside the organization. Standard methods of user authentication are no longer enough to protect an organization's data. Multifactor authentication technology can help! See how you can secure access to SharePoint using on-premises and Windows Azure federation services combined with multifactor a...

Description: Digitization offers law firms significant opportunities, but also presents huge threats. While many of the top law firms are greatly progressing in their cyber security efforts, a vast majority of small to mid-sized firms still do not fully understand the risks and implications of failing to adequately protect their rich repositories of personal information, corporate secrets and inte...

Our panel has a lively discussion on what every lawyer needs to know about mobility today, and where mobility is likely to take the legal profession in the coming years. Speakers:     Ginevra Saylor is the National Director of Knowledge Management with Dentons Canada LLP, where she develops and implements the firm's knowledge management and innovation strategy and initiatives. She leads the knowle...

Join us for a series of discussions examining various aspects of Office 365, its applicability to ILTA membership and strategies for incorporating it into your work environment. This session will focus on Office 365 licensing. Moderator: Tim Hooks, IT Director at American Municipal Power, Inc. Speaker: Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology Stategist at Microsoft, joined the company as an enterprise co...

Please join us for this recorded open mic discussion about log file collection, parsing and management using open source or inexpensive software. Some of the applications we'll be talking about are Splunk, SumoLogic, LogStash and LANsweeper. Members of the Emerging Technologies Peer Group, along with Eric Richards, the IT Manager at Tucker Ellis, will be participating in this discussion and everyo...

Additional Resources Links   OneDrive – for personal use               http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/getting-started-onedrive-tutorial               http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/onedrive-help   OneDrive for Business               https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/business/               https://blog.onedrive.com/built-in-mobile-device-management-now-available-for-...

Join our panel as they discuss increasing attorney productivity through third party apps.  The discussion starts with general issues around mobile devices and third party apps, including mobile device management, the mobile app distribution model, vetting, support and training.  The panel then turns to specific apps that respond to attorney needs, seem to be more heavily adopted, or help the panel...

Early on VDI was promoted with the statement, “VDI will provide huge benefits for your IT environment.”  Is this statement still valid?  That’s a great question.  VDI has matured, and many companies have tried or implemented this technology.  For those that have tried, but not implemented, why did they hold back?  For those that have implemented, are they seeing the benefits? Please join us as Jim...

Join the members of the User Support Peer Group as they discuss lessons learned from 2014 and what they are looking forward to in 2015.   SPEAKERS:Michelle Spencer, Sr. Trainer, Bracewell & Giuliani LLPMaritta, Terrell, Trainer & Application Support, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.Denise Ash, Training Manager, Jackson Kelly PLLCJeanne Marie Boswell, Director of Technology Training, Paul...

The importance of a strong professional network cannot be overstated. The people to whom you connect, with whom you collaborate and for whom you serve as a trusted resource are enormous assets for career development and expansion, advice, support and friendship. We spoke some true experts on networking within the ILTA community, and their advice is worth heeding as you grow and define your network...

The importance of a strong professional network cannot be overstated. The people to whom you connect, with whom you collaborate and for whom you serve as a trusted resource are enormous assets for career development and expansion, advice, support and friendship. We spoke some true experts on networking within the ILTA community, and their advice is worth heeding as you grow and define your network...

The importance of a strong professional network cannot be overstated. The people to whom you connect, with whom you collaborate and for whom you serve as a trusted resource are enormous assets for career development and expansion, advice, support and friendship. We spoke some true experts on networking within the ILTA community, and their advice is worth heeding as you grow and define your network...