May 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 to Wednesday, May 12, 2010

A two-day conference designed to help you: Explore KM's role post-recession and in a changing legal landscape; Understand how KM can drive efficiency and support alternative fee arrangements; Assess the viability of outsourcing knowledge management, research and legal processes; Plan for an upturn and build a business case for KM investment; Maximize KM's role in pitching for new business; Meet client needs and collaborate more effectively with clients; Deliver real business value through using social software for knowledge sharing. Why attend KM Legal 2010: The last 18 months have been very challenging for law firms and law firm knowledge professionals, but as the UK officially emerges from the recession, albeit only just, and we enter a new decade, firms are finally starting to look forward and at last there is a feeling of hope. Nonetheless, a changing legal landscape and a difficult economic climate has dramatically changed how legal services are being delivered. With the added client pressure on fees, firms are being forced to look for alternative ways of doing things that will attract and retain an ever meaner, better informed, and more powerful client. Strategies including disaggregation, reengineering and outsourcing are developments we're seeing more of, with the ultimate aim of driving efficiency and minimizing costs. This is where knowledge management can play an integral role in leading these developments and shaping the future of legal service delivery, and potentially of the legal profession itself. The KM teams have an overarching understanding of how matters are managed and so they're ideally placed to be able to unpick and streamline work flows and working practices so they're more efficient and cost-effective for the firm. Consequently, this isn't just about new ways of working for the lawyers, it's also about new ways of working for KM.