LegalTech New York 2012: Day Three Recap & Our LTNY Photo Album

Posted on February 6, 2012 by InsideLegal
InsideLegal's LTNY 2012 Album

LegalTech New York 2012 … day three … less meetings, less sessions, less time on the exhibit floor but not any less activity and the same high caliber of networking as earlier in the week. Wednesday started a bit slower with a lot less traffic in the Bridges Bar (8/8:30ish) surely due to late night vendor parties.

We kicked things off with a brief catch-up with Law Technology News technology editor Sean Doherty who seemed genuinely excited to be honing his focus on product reviews and 'under the hood' sort of tech reviews. Sean and his handful of freelancers are targeting an average of 1.5 reviews per week beyond the 'Testdrive' column which appears 6 times per year as part of LTN. While the reviews are a mixed bag, Sean mentioned looking at the vast array of practice management solutions as a next focus area.

Adriana Linares, our longtime friend and the most dynamic legal trainer we've seen, has announced the launch of the LawTech Training Center in Winter Park, FL (outside of  LawTech Training CenterOrlando). Adriana has been working with law firms for more than 14 years and has created the LawTech Training Center to bring her services to law firms – from solos to large – in the Central Florida area. Part of Adriana's mission is to make people comfortable enough with their technology to let it work for them. As she says, "Training is the #1 reason for successful software implementations and the lack of it is the #1 reason for failure." If you are in need of training for yourself or your staff, don't hesitate to contact Adriana (who also offers webinar training) who covers Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Email & Domain Management, as well as many legal software programs. Adriana also hosts both the Law Practice Management Job Board and the Legal Technology Job Board. 

AndyAdkins3Andy Adkins was attending LegalTech NY this year in a new role in…well, a long time. Last year, Andy joined Steptoe & Johnson, a law firm with over 200 attorneys, as CIO. We chated with Andy about his new role as 'purse string holder' for the firm's tech spend which lead to a conversation about relating IT 'pains' to staff and partners. Case in point, Andy who has been looking at new email archiving solutions, first had to relate the stroage 'problem' to his folks in terms they would understand: "When we were discussing the volume of space that email backup takes I used the following comparison- the entire printed collection of the U.S. Library of Congress is 10 terabytes, 1 Terabyte = 50,000 trees made into paper and printed, and our firm is currently at 2 terabytes and growing.

Prior to joining Steptoe, Andy's career spans more than two decades as a consultant, author and executive.  He was one of the first consultants in the country devoted solely to legal technology and specifically practice management solutions, helping law firms and governmental offices automate numerous processes. In 1997, Adkins established the Legal Technology Institute at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. 

Next, we met up with Ari Kaplan, legal speaker, author, and ghostwriter, who has spent the last year promoting this book, "Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace". Dubbed as the 'Tony Robbins' of legal, Kaplan excudes enthusiasm when discussing new business development for legal professionals, the relevance and use of social media as well as the value of personal interaction and follow-up. If you have not met Ari, check out his website or catch him at one of his many speaking gigs.

Eric HunterCoinciding with day 3 of LegalTech was the publication of KMWorld's February issue which included a feature on KM innovators in the legal field. We had a chance to chat with Bradford & Barthel's (B&B) Eric Hunter, one of three law firm leaders profiled, and past contributor to InsideLegal in the area of cloud computing, Google Apps deployment, and innovative KM via collaborative cloud deployments. We have been helping Eric and the firm publicize technology and change management innovations for the past few years and have seen interest in cloud and social media integration grow exponentially. What started as a legal 'interest' story has evolved into a business growth and client service story and caught the attention of non-legal publications such as KMWorld and others. This week, Eric was in New York to participate in ILTA's Advanced IT programming, co-presenting with several of his ILTA colleagues on 'Six Technologies You Should Know About'. 

Over lunch we met with Randi Mayes, Peggy Wechsler and TJ Johnson of ILTA. Their next event is ILTA INSIGHT UK that will take place in London, May 8-9. There is no registration cost for delegates from ILTA member law firms and law departments. This year's show is being expanded from one day to two and will be featuring a full exhibit hall being managed by LegalTech. Also, they are expanding their SharePoint Symposium, being held June 12-13, to have an exhibit hall as well (exhibit info here). This event will feature two days full of educational and networking opportunities for professionals working with SharePoint in their firms or law departments. 

We ended our afternoon once again roaming the vendor floor and chatting up several exhibitors. While the overall consensus was that traffic and technology interest was up this year, the inability to know precisely how many attendees make their way to LegalTech events has resulted in frustrated vendors and marketing executives. When exhibitors are paying a base price of $6,450 per booth – not to mention the thousands of dollars in event costs, travel and staffing – they have a right to know how many people are attending and most every other show discloses that information. This frustration beckons the question when (if ever) legal conference organizers will be held accountable for attendance numbers and other demographic statistics via a show audit.

Survey2012LogoSpeaking of audits and accountability, InsideLegal has launched the 2012 Legal Vendor Marketing Survey aimed at providing legal marketing and spending benchmarks that are commonplace in other industries but that don't exist within the legal community. Knowing what vendors are spending on marketing and getting a better feel for what marketing strategies work and why is vital in developing a sound marketing effort. Our original survey (in 2008) received responses from 92 legal vendors and we'd love to exceed that this year. Everyone that completes the survey will receive the final results report as well as the results from the 2008 survey.

Ignite Law 2012As we survive another Groundhog Day, we hope lots can be learned from the 31st LegalTech Conference. LegalTech NY 2013 will be held January 28-30. On to our event Ignite Law 2012 (now called LexThink.1) and ABA TECHSHOW 2012 … 

Check out InsideLegal's other LegalTech NY 2012 posts:

LT NY preview (incl. exhibitor landscape)

LT NY Day 1 recap (incl. ILTA Advanced IT track coverage)

LT NY Day 2 recap (incl. ALM Blogger Brekafast 'blog role')

ABA TECHSHOW       

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LegalTech New York 2012: Day Two Recap

Posted on February 1, 2012 by InsideLegal

Day two of LegalTech NY 2012 consisted of more meetings and more catching up with industry personalities and friends. Tuesday's annual ALM Media breakfast kicked-off with a roll call of ALM publication editors and writers in attendance including Robin Sparkman, The American Lawyer; Michael Moline, National Law Journal; David Snow, ALM’s executive editor; Monica Bay, Law Technology News; Anthony Paonita, Corporate Counsel; Evan Koblentz, Law Technology News (breaking news); Sean Doherty, Law Technology News (product reviews) and several other ALM Media staff and contributors. The big news included ‘year one revisited’ of LTN’s online re-launch as well as the results of the LTN Technology Vendor Survey which included 82 legal technology vendor responses. Similar to our review of LegalTech's 2012 vendor exhibitors, the highest vendor responses came from the eDiscovery and litigation support arena (88 percent).

Next up … the Bloggers Breakfast - The annual bloggers breakfast gave us an opportunity to meet some of the profession's leading bloggers including: 

Intelliteach - We spoke to Lance Waagner, CEO of Intelliteach, the only outsourced help desk vendor that caters exclusively to the legal profession and law firms. Intelliteach is a clear case of doing one thing and doing it well, which is based on Lance's background as a law firm CIO searching for this service before starting his own outsourced service desk company 13+ years ago. We found, as usual, Lance is leading the way with both an expansion into Hong Kong as well as the vendor's recent ISO 27001 certification. The Intelliteach Hong Kong office will be opening in Q2 and it was fascinating to hear of the journey it has taken to prepare for the opening – from the cultural training involved to the staffing and logistics. Intelliteach's ISO 27001 certification is an information security management systems standard and makes them one of only a few vendors to receive this certification.

Canadian Lawyer: We caught up with Gail Cohen and few of the Canadian Lawyer folks to learn that online content for Canadianlawyermag.com has been vastly expanded to include an impressive lists of columnists and the new Legal Feeds blog. In addition, we received a heads-up on InHouse, Canada's only publication dedicated to the inhouse/corporate legal market.

Affinity University – We met up with legal technology consultants Debbie Foster & Steve Best of Affinity Consulting to learn about their online legal-specific training program, Affinity University. Focusing specifically on real world tips and tricks, their certified experts provide training on popular Practice Management, Time/Billing/Accounting, Document Management, Productivity Software and even Microsoft Office. Classes are one hour and also available on demand to fit your schedule. 

Ross Kodner/MicroLaw – Industry veteran Ross Kodner was also in town for LegalTech and we caught up with him. His firm, MicroLaw, Inc., has provided legal-exclusive automation consulting, law office management consulting, technology “visioneering”, legal PC systems design and planning, specialized lawyer and law firm staff training and support to over 675 law practices throughout the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Ross leverages events like LegalTech to catch-up with vendors and educate himself on products and services his expanding client base may need or look to invest in.

Charles Christian – We met with Charles Christian and his Marketing Director (and wife), Jane Christian, to learn more about his conference coming up March 15 in London. The event is a joint effort with Netlaw Media and, according to the website, "LawTech Futures 2012 is a futuristic one day conference and exhibition which will bring together some of the most highly respected professionals from both the legal and commercial technology worlds to examine and explore the new range of systems, processes and platforms that will drive law firms and legal businesses into the next decade and beyond." 

One more day to go…

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LegalTech New York 2012: Day One Recap

Posted on January 31, 2012 by InsideLegal

LegalTech was off to a great start today. We spent most of the day reconnecting with various legal editors and technologists and discussing the continued growth of eDiscovery vendors and sessions as well as looking to answer the oft posed 'what's new this year' question. At first glance, the iPad as the centerpiece of a growing trend of firm 'BYOD' strategies is definitely gaining momentum. Based on attendance and buzz during the morning's 'iLove for the iPad: Tips, Tricks and Apps' Session, demand for more apps and more best practices is extremely high. Brett Burney, one of the session's presenters, 'Macs in Law' blog owner, and frequent iPad trainer and CLE presenter, mentioned that he has been scrambling lately to work with local bar associations to keep up with requests for iPad training.

While we spent most of the day in meetings, we did visit/run into a few folks on the exhibit floor: 

Aderant – As you can imagine, the last few months have been quite an adventure for Aderant with the acquisitions of CompuLaw, Deadlines.com, Client Profiles and RainMaker. Here at the show they were unveiling the new look and branding of Aderant as well as the release of Aderant 8.0, the first major release of the company's flagship practice and financial management system since 2007.

MyCase – We ran into the guys from MyCase who were working the show from the crowd this year after launching as an exhibitor at LegalTech NY 2011. They are looking to make a big splash at ABA TECHSHOW and if history is any indicator of future results they won't disappoint.  

Legal IT Professionals - We caught up with Rob Ameerun, the founder of the popular Legal IT Professionals website, to discuss the growth of the site and the popularity of his recurring and guest columns. Rob operates out of the Netherlands so it's always nice to see him make the trip stateside, especially during the New York winter months.

 

LegalTech NY 2012

Day one wrapped up with another star studded ILTA Advanced IT track spotlighting "Six New Technologies You Should Know About." Presented in 10 minute segments, five ILTA firm IT Directors/CIOs and Kraft Kennedy's CTO discussed technologies and concepts that law firms of varying size and complexity can put to use. Scott Christensen, Director of IT, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, introduced the idea of business recovery 'as-a-service' as a cost effective and immediate means to meet DR/BC goals. Cloud based disaster recovery solutions can provide on-demand self service, increased scalability amounting to savings and ROI figures around 60%. Scott concluded with a vivid and a propos analogy: "Cloud computing can be compared to water from the tap instead of pumping your water from your own well; you can use it when you need it, save resources, energy and money by turning it off when you don't need it."

Jim McCue, IS Manager, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, discussed the expansion of video conferencing beyond the conference room and unto popular mobile platforms and devices. Citing recent ILTA Technology Survey statistics revealing 41% of firms with 50-149 attorneys are not leveraging video conferencing, McCue pointed to trends such as the consumerization of IT; client restrictions on travel and portability options as reasons adoption should spike. His main tip when looking to leverage portable VC options via iPhone, iPad, and Androids was to choose the best possible bandwidth (aka, wifi when remote) option and control the video endpoint if possible. Other topics included next generation VPNs; Riverbed data consolidation and cloud strategies; Kraft Kennedy's deployment of Microsoft Lync 2010 as a single interface that unites voice communications, IM, and audio, video, and Web conferencing; and last but not least, Eric Hunter's vision of moving the law firm, in his case California-based Bradford & Barthel, to 100% web through the deployment of Chrome OS and leveraging the single log-in intranet desktop.

We'll be sure to provide more insight and highlights from day two. Talk soon. 

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LegalTech New York 2012: Breakdown of Vendors

Posted on January 30, 2012 by InsideLegal

OK, so last year's (3oth) LegalTech New York event continued the trend of being dominated by eDiscovery everything. Let's take a look at this year's event…

LTNYThose of us who have been attending LegalTech New York for more than the last decade (this will be our 13th year), or even the past five years or so, have seen a major shift in LegalTech's exhibit hall – namely the drastic vendor landscape shift from a broad collection of technology and service providers to what these days is a eDiscovery/litigation support dominated world. While the need for applications and services required to manage the litigation lifecycle and accommodate the various phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is undeniable, what has suddenly happened to all the other technologies that were previously touted as 'mission critical'? Perhaps the cloud buzz will help revive some of this 'old school' buzz as core technology vendors are looking to deliver said solutions via the cloud. 

Speaking of eDiscovery, here are some stats based on a five year show review (these numbers were pulled from LegalTech show guides):

  • LegalTech NY 2012 = 45% eDiscovery (223 vendors; 100 eDiscovery)
  • LegalTech NY 2011 = 43% eDiscovery (237 vendors; 103 eDiscovery)
  • LegalTech NY 2010 = 42% eDiscovery (229 vendors; 96 eDiscovery)
  • LegalTech NY 2009 = 35% eDiscovery (263 vendors; 91 eDiscovery)
  • LegalTech NY 2008 = 29% eDiscovery (262 vendors; 76 eDiscovery)

The eDiscovery theme continues as it relates to educational sessions and pay-to-play opportunities (i.e., sponsorships) as well – 55% of the sessions and tracks contain eDiscovery and related topics and 70% of all educational sponsors (excluding association sponsors such as ARMA, ILTA, etc.) are eDiscovery or litigation support vendors (compared to 53% and 73% respectively in 2011).

Cloudy Futures?! Last year, we figured cloud computing would be the next big thing taking hold of future event agendas and sponsorship dollars. After taking a closer look at the 2012 agenda and exhibitor list, the offering still seems a bit slim (only 14 vendors touting cloud services will be exhibiting) despite the fact that cloud computing has now made the agenda with a 'cloud computing' educational track on Tuesday, January 31. Maybe the cloud strategy is to stay lean and mean when it comes to traditional trade show exhibits (i.e., 2011 'darlings' MyCase and RealPractice are not on the exhibitor list this year) but use non-conventional approaches to gaining public/prospect support. After all, selling a cloud deployment goes way beyond a 45 minute feature/function product demo.

Speaking of cloud, here are some other themes & trends we'll be paying keen attention to this week:

eDiscovery: The current buzz seems focused on predictable pricing/predictive coding and offering firms and companies a complete picture of total costs as they tackle complex litigation. We should see this message resonate this year while hopefully vendors, analysts and commentators will band together to continue educating the masses on 'where do I start?' and 'who do I call?'. Last year's 'eDiscovery for Dummies' booklet compliments of RenewData will hopefully make the rounds again.

Integration: 'Seamless' integration can make and break a successful software roll-out … the same holds true for M&As. How are vendors like ADERANT integrating their new assets like Client Profiles, CompuLaw, Deadlines.com and RainMaker into the broader fold? Nearly four months have passed since HP's acquisition of Autonomy. How has this transaction affected the legal profession? What are the large firm legal clients saying? Has HP clearly articulated its legal strategy? Many vendors are being pushed to 'web enable' and 'SaaS' their applications and solution sets; how are these new web apps integrating with their clients' existing technologies and systems? How are firms integrating Office 2010 and how are users dealing with the associated changes and training challenges? 

Client service: The theme of our Ignite Law 2012 event (now called LexThink .1) is focused on 'serving clients better'. Whether you plan to submit a talk (open to all as of January 30), attend or watch the 6 minute Ignite videos post event, the idea of client service is one that resonates across the legal profession. Now that the economy has settled a bit and firms are loosening the tech purchasing purse strings, especially for core software and hardware purchases, client interaction, collaboration and overall service become paramount. What vendors are focused on clients in particular?

Cloud 2.0: When InsideLegal first surveyed ILTA firms about their use of and plans for cloud technologies in 2009, only 9% indicated they were actively deploying cloud solutions. While we have come quite a ways since then, and spent a lot of energy educating each other on security risks, capabilities, as well as limitations, the success stories and headlines of increased user adoption are still few and far between. The time for 2.0 – going beyond stemming security fears and showing true value – is here.

MoversnotshakersBack to the basics: While strolling around Manhattan this weekend, a moving truck caught my eye. With a tagline of 'movers, not shakers' the folks behind this very clearly articulate their goal of moving stuff (without breaking it) but more than that, let you know that while it may not be flashy it will get done right…at least that is what I read into it. The point … it's 'back to the basics' for technology vendors; show your clients and prospects how you can deliver on what you promise, don't obscure the big picture with glitz, but execute efficiently and true to your word.

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What percentage of revenue do legal vendors spend on marketing? 2012 InsideLegal Vendor Marketing Survey Now Open

Posted on January 24, 2012 by InsideLegal

What percent of total revenue do legal vendors spend on marketing? What about your competitors? How does your budget compare?

You can read the results to that question from our 2008 legal vendor survey here, but better yet, you can complete the 2012 InsideLegal Vendor Marketing Survey (takes approx. 10 minutes) to find out how your marketing budget compares to other vendors, what your competitors spend on marketing, where they advertise, what market research they value, etc. In exchange for participating, you'll be the first to receive the full results report upon survey completion (for free) and we'll also immediately email you the complete 2008 survey report with data from 97 legal vendors to review in the meantime. Here are the details…

Since joining legal in 1999, we had searched for industry marketing and spending benchmarks that are commonplace in other industries that don't exist within the legal community. Knowing what your peers are spending on marketing and getting a better feel for what marketing strategies work and why is essential. For that reason, in 2008 InsideLegal conducted its inaugural Legal Vendor Marketing Survey that covered marketing budgets, the marketing mix, public relations, market research and the relevance of specific legal technology events and it yielded 97 unbiased and independent responses. We now feel the vendor community is ready for a follow-up survey – especially considering the major economic downturn we experienced. We encourage all vendors interested in getting better data surrounding their marketing and PR efforts to complete the survey and get engaged in the ensuing conversation. 

With that said, we are currently inviting legal technology vendors (CEOs, VPs, directors, marketers, managers and anyone with keen insight and understanding of their corporate marketing strategy and plan) to complete our 2012 InsideLegal Vendor Marketing Survey. We received 97 responses to our 2008 survey and we'd love to exceed that. The 42 questions will take participants 10-13 minutes to complete and all respondents (with completed surveys) will receive the final results. All results are kept completely confidential. In addition, upon completion of the survey, we will immediately send you the results report from the 2008 InsideLegal Vendor Marketing Survey. Take the time and complete the survey now and you'll have that information before LegalTech New York next week. The 2008 survey included the following, and much more, from a wide mix of legal vendor respondents:

  • % of revenue spent on marketing
  • what publications they advertised in
  • reviews on the top legal conferences
  • top categories of marketing spend
  • market research recommendations

Here is a glance at the 2012 InsideLegal Vendor Marketing Survey questions:

  • Marketing Budgets: How much are you spending on marketing efforts and how does this compare to other vendors?
  • Marketing strategy: Who do you market to? What are your key marketing objectives?  What aspects of your marketing program have you outsourced?
  • Marketing Events: How do you rank/rate the big legal events such as LegalTech and ILTA? Does your company host a User Conference? 
  • Advertising: Where do you advertise? What is the mix of print vs. online?
  • Public Relations: What is your media relations approach?  What is included in your (and your competitor's) PR plan? 
  • Market Research: Who uses research to support marketing and sales efforts? What type of research proves most effective? What industry surveys do you and your competitors follow?

 

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Not Twitter savvy but don’t want to miss out on the LegalTech NY buzz?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by InsideLegal

There is a wealth of information and industry buzz that takes place on Twitter around tradeshows, but we realize not everyone is active on or comfortable with Twitter. We've created a webpage on InsideLegal that will allow you to follow the LegalTech buzz without having a Twitter account or any social media experience. This page will constantly update and you can view this page any time between now and two weeks after LegalTech. Hope this helps!

View InsideLegal's LegalTech NY Twitter Activity Page

 

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InsideLegal Master Legal Events Calendar Updated for 2012

Posted on January 24, 2012 by InsideLegal

Since 2001, we have been compiling the InsideLegal Master Legal Events Calendar, the most comprehensive international legal events calendar (on this site and printed in various legal publications) and we have just completed the update for the remainder of 2012. For 2012, you’ll find over 110 events spanning more than 250 days of legal conferences spanning all facets of law management – technology, security, marketing, eDiscovery, business development, law practice management, financial, knowledge management, global business, training, legal education, risk management – as well as vendor user conferences and events geared towards corporate counsel, legal administrators, paralegals, trial lawyers, law libarians, etc.

We welcome any links to the calendar and if you have an event that you would like considered for addition, email us the details. Please send:

  • Dates
  • Event name
  • Event host/producer
  • City, state 
  • URL

 

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LegalTech New York 2012 Agenda Word Cloud

Posted on January 13, 2012 by InsideLegal
In a couple of weeks, a few thousand people will convene at LegalTech New York for 3 days of exhibitions, networking and technology sessions. To give an overview of what will be covered in those sessions, we have again created the LegalTech New York agenda word cloud, visually displaying all words/themes included in the event's 3 days of sessions. Size of selected words dictate how often they have been mentioned or referenced within the agenda.  [Click on image to enlarge]

InsideLegal LTNY Word Cloud

You can view our word cloud from LegalTech NY 2011 here to compare. Subscribe to InsideLegal throughout the show as well as our @insidelegal twitter handle for timely updates. 

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Ignite Law 2012 Announced!

Posted on January 12, 2012 by InsideLegal

PointOneLawFor the past two years, we at InsideLegal have partnered with Matt Homann of LexThink to produce Ignite Law, an interactive and thought-provoking mind-sharing event focused on the future of law practice and technology. We are back for 2012, but with a new name "LexThink .1 Law" –  a name which reflects not only the way lawyers bill (in 1/10 hour increments), but also the six minutes each presenter is given to speak - and a new focus – "serving the client better" in the twenty first century. The event will be held on March 28th, the eve of the ABA TECHSHOW, in the Hilton Chicago. The ABA Law Practice Management section will return as a marquee sponsor.

As always, anyone interested in speaking at LexThink .1 can submit their ideas and topics for consideration. Speaking proposals must be submitted via the LexThink .1 Law site between January 30 and February 10 and voting on the topics by the legal community takes place February 13-24. Anyone interested in submissions, voting or other details regarding the 2012 event, should visit PointOneLaw.com or follow the associated twitter handle and hashtags ….@Point1Law #Point1Law #IgniteLaw.

We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you in Chicago!

Read the complete press release here.

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ILTA Hosting the Advanced IT Track of LegalTech New York – Free to ILTA Members!

Posted on January 9, 2012 by InsideLegal

Once again, ILTA will be hosting the Advanced IT Track on the Monday of LegalTech New York and it is free for all ILTA members to attend. Here is the schedule for January 30th…

10:30 am - 11:45 am     iLove for the iPad: Tips, Tricks & Apps
The iPad has become an incredible mobile tool for lawyers, but it can often be a challenge for IT departments. But there's no denying the fact that the iPad is becoming part of the contemporary legal technology tool belt. In the first part of this session, we'll explore how the iPad can be integrated into a law practice and discuss security, infrastructure, and compatibility. In the second part of this session, we'll go into "app-overload" and cover legal apps, note-taking apps, signature apps, PDF apps, office apps, and even some fun apps. This session is for everyone that needs to learn more about how the iPad can benefit legal professionals.
Speakers: Brett Burney-Burney Consultants & David Neesen-CIO, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm    Talking Technology to Lawyers
Attend this session to understand how the most successful technology leaders communicate with lawyers about technology strategy.   Hear how these CIOs have been able to innovate with technology by gaining firm management support and engaging lawyers in the value technology brings to their practice.
Speakers: Gina Buser-CEO of Traveling Coaches; Bob Dolinsky-CIO, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan; Terry Pressley-CIO, Leonard, Street and Deinard; C. Kirk Scruggs-CIO, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm     Six New Technologies You Should Know About 
In this interactive session, IT leaders and technologists present a rapid-fire discussion and answer audience questions about six new technologies important for law firm IT operations. Topics include "The Role of the Cloud in Your DR/BC Planning", "Expansion of Video Conferencing Beyond the Conference Room", "Next Generation VPNs", "Riverbed Data Consolidation and Cloud Strategies" and "Lync 2010 Experiences".
Speakers: Marcus Bluestein-Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.; Scott Christensen-Director of Information Technology, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP; Jim McCue-IS Manager, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A.; Mark Brophy-Director of Information Technology, Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC; David Michel-Chief Information Officer, Burr & Forman; Eric Hunter-Director of KM, Bradford & Barthel, LLP

ILTA members wanting to attend the entire conference can also receive a 15 percent discount. To register for the entire LegalTech New York 2012 conference, make sure you select the *Discounted MasterPass option to receive the ILTA  discount. We'll see you in New York…

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