IT

LawTech Futures 2013 Reviewed: The one with the neocortex

Posted by on 07/05/2013 at 7:51 am

… LawTech Futures 2013 was billed as the biggest legal technology event in Europe. It was a joint venture by Netlaw Media and Charles Christian held on 30th April in the QEII Conference Centre in London. With 40 expert presenters, 3 presentation stages, 800 attendees and displays by over 60 legal technology suppliers it was [...]

Technology and the Scottish Land Court

Posted by on 05/04/2013 at 9:10 pm

… I recently spent three days in Shetland at a crofting law hearing before the Scottish Land Court to determine the boundaries of a croft. This was the first time I have seen a court use modern technology (other than video conference links) to aid the presentation of evidence and speed up the court process. [...]

The Time Blawg – Two Years On (Part 3: Legal Technology)

Posted by on 12/01/2013 at 11:00 pm

… On 1 January 2011, The Time Blawg materialised. One year ago I looked back at the first year of The Time Blawg – One Year On. Last week I looked back at what went on during the second year of The Time Blawg with specific reference to Social Media: The Time Blawg – Two [...]

Is the Surface any good for lawyers? Part 1: First impressions

Posted by on 03/11/2012 at 4:09 pm

… Not since I was a young boy opening the box to a Dragon computer or a BBC Micro (I never had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64) have I had such anticipation over owning a new computer. My new Microsoft Surface RT was delivered on 31 October. It is a slick looking piece of equipment. The tablet itself [...]

LawTech Camp London 2012: In Tweets

Posted by on 01/07/2012 at 9:06 pm

In my last post I reviewed LawTech Camp London 2012. I finished that post with a promise to do a follow up post highlighting tweets from the Conference. I find tweeting at conferences a good way to record salient points for future reference and often it results in widening the debate amongst others who are [...]

LawTech Camp London 2012 Reviewed: Time to Push

Posted by on 01/07/2012 at 7:26 pm

  I have been to a couple of legal technology conferences already this year (LawTech Futures 2012 and Lex2012) but the recent LawTech Camp London 2012 stood out from those as somewhat unique in its format and content. The Conference was organised by and a collaboration between Michigan State University, University of Westminster Law School, [...]

Lex2012 Reviewed: Legal Innovation and Technology Conference reveals ‘Camel’ Computing

Posted by on 25/04/2012 at 11:24 pm

… The annual Lex Conference (now in its 10th year) from the Ark Group is “dedicated to driving law firm efficiency through innovation and technology”. Last year I was a speaker at Lex2011. This year I attended Lex2012 as a delegate. This video, from last year (in which I make an appearance or two) gives [...]

A visit to my law firm’s cloud

Posted by on 20/12/2011 at 6:25 pm

… In my last post I looked at when your law firm’s cloud turns dark. I finished that post by stating that the management of the data centre had invited me on a tour of the data centre. This post will look at that visit. George Blair from Denovo Business Intelligence and I had an [...]

Law Firm in the Cloud

Posted by on 11/09/2011 at 11:26 pm

… In January I predicted that we would see a greater take up amongst lawyers of cloud computing in 2011. Perhaps this was a self fulfilling prophecy because my own law firm, Inksters Solicitors, has just moved all of our IT systems into the cloud (Law in the Cloud). This includes our e-mail, Word Processing, [...]

Future Law: IT Predictions for 2011

Posted by on 03/01/2011 at 4:42 pm

… … What will 2011 bring to the future of IT and the law? I have already seen a number of predictions by others so this will probably end up being a review of those together with my own tuppence worth thrown in for good measure. Most of the predictions I have seen come from [...]