Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Steve Matthews, the founder of Vancouver-based Stem Legal, which helps lawyers with SEO optimization and coordination of their social media efforts, about the usage of LinkedIn by legal professionals. In tracking the tool for over a year, Matthews found that about 100,000 members of the legal industry worldwide maintained LinkedIn accounts in April of 2008 At the beginning of June, the number of lawyers on Linkedin increased to over 800,000. He offers insights on that rise and suggestions for taking advantage of LinkedIn to help raise your profile.

I spoke with Grant Griffiths, the co-founder of Blawging Lawyers, about the value of blogging for legal professionals and ways in which law students can help practitioners jump-start their marketing efforts. Grant offers great insight on starting a blog and the time commitment involved in the endeavor.

I spoke with Grant Griffiths, the co-founder of Blawging Lawyers, about the value of blogging for legal professionals and ways in which law students can help practitioners jump-start their marketing efforts. Grant offers great insight on starting a blog and the time commitment involved in the endeavor.

I spoke with Aviva Cuyler, the founder of JD Supra, a legal content publishing and distribution platform. I profiled JD Supra in "A Revolution in Online Content" a year ago and in this interview, we discussed the evolution of the JD Supra platform, the company's new Law Centers, its integration with social media and her recommendations for lawyers interested in expanding their presence online.

I spoke with Aviva Cuyler, the founder of JD Supra, a legal content publishing and distribution platform. I profiled JD Supra in "A Revolution in Online Content" a year ago and in this interview, we discussed the evolution of the JD Supra platform, the company's new Law Centers, its integration with social media and her recommendations for lawyers interested in expanding their presence online.

I spoke with Rob Robinson, the VP of Marketing for Orange Legal Technologies, about effective ways to communicate with customers and the industry news update he distributes weekly called Unfiltered Orange.

I spoke with Rob Robinson, the VP of Marketing for Orange Legal Technologies, about effective ways to communicate with customers and the industry news update he distributes weekly called Unfiltered Orange.

I spoke with Joe Utsler, Vice President of Product Strategy for IPRO Tech, which is focused on document acquisition, management, and production, about new initiatives, trends, and predictions.

I spoke with Joe Utsler, Vice President of Product Strategy for IPRO Tech, which is focused on document acquisition, management, and production, about new initiatives, trends, and predictions.

I recently spoke with Jonathan Martin, the Vice President and General Manager of Information Management at Hewlett Packard. We discussed e-discovery trends, foreign jurisdictions with current e-discovery concerns, and the results of a study HP commissioned in which an outside researcher interviewed 142 business and technology executives. Some of the findings included: Approximately 40% of companies are hindered by a lack of in-house expertise and an unclear information strategy. Workflow transformation, records management and e-discovery/compliance are areas in which companies are expected to invest in the next two years. Nearly half of the survey respondents were unfamiliar with the EDRM.