SEPTEMBER 2023 Knowledge Management & Marketing Technology In this KM and Marketing Technology white paper, one set of authors explores actionable and novel ways to tackle the evergreen challenge of lawyer engagement. Two more authors examine new ways to look at traditional data departments that have worked with for years – such as lawyer experience and litigation analytics and their unique applications to business development and knowledge management functions. Then, one of our authors looks at how to bring it together with actionable analytics for better Client Intelligence to deepen relationships and empower business strategy. And our final author offers a refreshing viewpoint on transitioning and reflecting on leveraging your prior knowledge and integrating it into a new role. Read more
FEBRUARY 2022 Litigation and Practice Support / Corporate Legal Departments This double edition features the 2021 Litigation and Practice Support Survey results and Corporate Legal Departments White Papers. Read more
MARCH 2021 Information Governance This special edition of ILTA White Papers addresses the challenges in emerging Information Governance technology and the changing IG culture. Read more
JANUARY 2021 Marketing Technology An all-new Marketing Technology White Paper and Survey touch on topics, such as innovations in marketing technology, promoting efficiencies and best practices, website design, competitive intelligence, analytics, search engine optimization, and more. Read more
JANUARY 2021 Knowledge Management This new Knowledge Management edition presents many peer-powered articles and a fully updated survey. Article topics take a look at new and changing roles in KM, content aggregation and legal tech changes, data and innovation. Read more
NOVEMBER 2020 Litigation and Practice Support We know 2020 has been challenging: these Litigation and Practice Support White Papers and Survey aim to help you continue to move ever-forward in your career. Read more
APRIL 2020 Tech Solutions Inside this issue, you’ll find ten full articles that will help you manage your day-to-day #legaltech life. Topics include a detailed introduction to Legal Transaction Management Software, a guide to managing client commitments, advice on working with outside counsel guidelines, articles on data-drive tech-tools, and much more! Read more
APRIL 2020 Practice Management The Focus is on the Process: Whether the solution is solely technology or process intervention the main tenants of project management continue to be the application of technology tools, improving processes to continually achieve better results and delivering results. These core PM values should always be a priority regardless of the motivation in developing a project. Read more
NOVEMBER 2019 Information Governance Along with the survey results, this issue has an amazing variety of White Papers. In the largest ILTA White Paper issue of the year, this series of more than a dozen papers takes IG and digests topics and trends that span the whole of the profession. From AI to quality management, to eDiscovery and the Cloud, the articles offer something for everyone to put into practice. Read more
NOVEMBER 2019 Corporate Legal Departments This issue of ILTA’s Corporate White Papers tackles innovation from a corporate perspective. Containing four full-length white papers, plus an in-depth podcast, and an additional article dedicated to the discussion points from the podcast, these five cumulative articles cover a range of practical and timely corporate legal issues. Read more
OCTOBER 2019 Marketing Technology This issue of ILTA’s Marketing Technology White Papers contains three full-length articles, covering a range of practical and timely MarTech issues. Articles center around how content is viewed by firm’s marketing departments and how those challenges are push MarTech forward. A case-study reviews two firms and how they used MarTech as part of their move to new strategic platforms for business development. Additionally, a multi-author interview gets to the heart of MarTech, asking SME’s how the legal industry will look like in five years. Read more
OCTOBER 2019 Knowledge Management This issue of ILTA’s KM White Papers contains five full-length articles, covering a range of practical and timely KM issues. Additionally, there are two full-length podcasts and additional KM materials to help satisfy all your KM content needs. Read more
AUGUST 2019 Litigation and Practice Support Check out the all-new Mini Lit White Papers! We are thrilled to offer an unexpected content bonus: 3 full-length mini White Papers, plus a ton of great additional digital content! Read more
JULY 2019 Project Management This white paper includes the results of A robust PM survey, tackling the rise of PM in legal, takes a look at a new and necessary discipline that is rapidly shaping and challenging the industry. Read more
APRIL 2019 Litigation and Practice Support Presenting the 2019 Litigation and Practice Support Technology Survey results, along with eight associated White Papers, our authors cover the gamut of Litigation and Practice Support. Articles delve into information governance, the evolving identity of corporate ediscovery. These timely articles take a look into smart spaces and how they are being used to eliminate silos; they discuss the convergence of privacy, security and ediscovery, and there are additional articles on current and future methods for working more efficiently, and much more. Read more
DECEMBER 2018 Knowledge Management Containing eight articles and results of the 2018 KM Survey, this white paper covers a broad spectrum of prevalent and timely articles under the unifying theme of "How organizations spotlight innovation and transformation in the practice of law." The thought-provoking and informative articles explore how KM professionals have achieved balance and provide practical takeaways. Read more
SEPTEMBER 2018 Marketing Technology This publication containes eight articles, covering a broad swath of prevalent and timely articles on marketing automation, SEO best practices, strategic best practices on proposals and experience management, shared responsibility of security between marketing and IT, creating a roadmap to a website redesign, and content marketing strategies, and more. Read more
APRIL 2018 Litigation and Practice Support This publication consists of two parts: educational articles and survey results. This cumulative intelligence provides insight into the business and practice of litigation support, where the industry is today, and how we are innovating for the future, from the perspective of your peers. Read more
DECEMBER 2017 Office 365 The adoption of Microsoft’s Office 365 continues to increase rapidly across legal and other industries. How can legal technologists manage the push toward Office 365? Whether adopted for the simpler updating process and security or the anytime anyplace access for attorneys this white paper provides recommendations and best practices to utilize Office 365. Read more
AUGUST 2017 Knowledge Management Amidst all the talk of innovation, disruption and transformation in the practice of law, we wanted to find out what knowledge management (KM) professionals are spending their time working on and thinking about these days. As the unifying theme for this year’s annual KM white paper, we challenged the KM community to discuss exceptionally good ideas worth considering. Before we delve into the ideas our authors submitted, we start with a summary and the full results of our 2016 ILTA KM Survey. Read more
APRIL 2017 Marketing and Business Development Professionals in marketing and business development have a difficult task in finding ways to make their message stand out among the deluge of information people receive every day. Whether they are trying to gather information from lawyers on experience, implement a culture where client relationship data are captured throughout the matter life cycle or put together the perfect pitch, their focus is continually on winning and keeping clients. But marketers often struggle to get the firmwide participation needed to differentiate their firm from the competition. We developed this white paper focused on marketing and business development to assist with these challenges. Read more
FEBRUARY 2017 Litigation and Practice Support We’ve made a list, and we’re checking things off! Litigation support professionals deal with a continuously changing technology landscape, so we asked members to identify what they’re experiencing and what assistance they need. This year’s “Litigation and Practice Support” white paper is sure to have something on your wish list. Read more
NOVEMBER 2016 Potpourri: A Little Bit of Everything The sweet aromas of potpourri are filling the air this November, as we present an assortment of content in our final white paper of 2016. Flip through the pages, and you'll enjoy myriad fragrances from our contributors. We have articles on keeping innovation strategies on track across global cultural lines, a case study on matter budgeting, reframing the artificial intelligence question in legal and using analytics to boost attorney productivity. Our authors share results from a risk management survey; and they cover getting lawyers to use an IT-approved file-sharing tool, the benefits of extranets and adopting marketing automation in your firm. There is truly a little bit of everything. Read more
OCTOBER 2016 Financial Management The specialized field of financial management in legal is evolving as more processes are streamlined, data are collected and client expectations broaden. The efficient management of funds to accomplish the organization’s goals requires more than elaborate graphs and charts, it takes methodic planning, the right processes and tools, and vision and creativity. Read more
JUNE 2016 Knowledge Management The phrase “one size fits all” applies to many things, but knowledge management (KM) is not one of them. To represent the wide variety of needs of legal KM practitioners, this year’s white paper aims to provide a balance of practical takeaways and theoretical food for thought. Read more
APRIL 2016 Litigation and Practice Support A profound change is occurring in litigation support, and the professionals in this area of legal technology are experiencing a career in metamorphosis. There are new skills to master, new technologies to implement and new opportunities to seize. Those who embrace the transformation will be able to add long-term value to their organizations. Read more
NOVEMBER 2015 Business and Financial Management Our authors have unveiled the inner workings of legal operations, exposed how to build Lean from the ground up, introduced rebuttals to lawyer objections to destroying paper, uncovered collections tips and more. These are just some of the things that can help your legal organization stand apart from the competition. Read more
AUGUST 2015 Knowledge Management and Enterprise Content Management Enterprise content management (ECM) and knowledge management (KM), long viewed as separate disciplines, have much in common; and they come together nicely to provide the foundation for this publication with a focus on information management. The engaging and informative articles in this white paper cover a lot of ground. You’ll read about designing a firm’s first KM program and fresh strategies for a veteran program; successfully managing change in a profession populated with risk-averse, introspective personalities; whether law firms can truly innovate; the future of KM; improving search capabilities; offboarding challenges associated with lateral lawyer movement; and more. Read more
JUNE 2015 Professional Services “Professional services” is a broad term, and this white paper reflects that expansive view. Efficiency continues to be important, but how do you prioritize? How do you sustain a customer service culture of “yes”? How should you handle a machine intelligence team member? When the waters get rough, how do you navigate through a job change? Our authors have provided answers to these and many more questions. Read more
MAY 2015 Litigation and Practice Support With this year’s Litigation and Practice Support white paper, ILTA presents a snapshot of the current state of the industry. We’ve focused our lens on e-discovery, but touch on all phases from information management through trial. Experts offer their insight regarding data retention, legal hold, collection, metrics, evidence presentation, professional development, the cloud and e-discovery in Asia and the EU. Read more
APRIL 2015 Information Governance Our authors walk you through a comprehensive overview of information governance, what HIPAA means for law firms, governing client information, building a business case for IG that resonates with lawyers, how we, as outside counsel, can provide guidance to clients as they address their needs and execute on IG initiatives, and much more. Read more