January 2006

Law Departments: Technologies and Best Practices

Recognizing that law departments can have different needs from law firms, we've gathered a group of authors who share their expertise in some of the unique requirements.  But that's not to say the scope of information presented is limited only to law departments.  We're sure our law firm readers will be able to use this information, as well.

We gratefully acknowledge our authors who look at the savings and risk reductions of managing e-discovery inhouse, what to look for in an e-billing system, how to select and implement a matter management system, what document assembly software can do for you, and what might make up a legal professional's ultimate toolbox.

In addition, we're very excited to offer the results of ILTA's first-ever law departments survey. This inaugural survey sets a benchmark from which we will be able to spot future trends.  Our thanks go out to the corporate, governmental, not-for-profit and educational law departments that participated in the survey, with a special thanks to Baker Robbins & Company for analyzing and reporting on the results.

Law Department Peer Group
ILTA's Law Department Peer Group, which covers corporate, governmental, educational and judicial law departments, connects IT professionals and legal staff in member organizations to facilitate educational opportunities and networking events.  The group strives to provide webinars, white papers and networking opportunities for its subscribers; and its listserv facilitates discussion relevant to both the technical and process-related needs of corporate members.

Our corporate members include:
Altria Corporate Services, Inc.
American Airlines
American Electric Power Service Corporation
Bank of America
Barclay's Bank PLC
Becton Dickinson and Company
Cargill, Incorporated
Caterpillar Inc.
Centex Corporation
Cinergy Corp.
Columbia University
Conoco, Inc.
DCC Litigation Facility, Inc.
DuPont
Emerson Electric Co.
Exelon Corporation Business Services Company
Fidelity Investments
Florida Power & Light Company
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls
Kraft Foods North America, Inc.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Marathon Oil Company
Masco Corporation
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
MFS Investment Management
Microsoft Corporation - Legal and Corporate Affairs
Mutual of Omaha - Law Operation
Pfizer Inc
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Salomon Smith Barney
State Farm Insurance Companies
Target Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
TIAA CREF
United States Steel Corporation
United Technologies Corporation
Verizon
Wendy's International, Inc.
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