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Volume 2 Issue 6
- Editor's letter
To get straight to the point, many of you may have noticed something slightly different about the magazine this issue. Or, you might have heard some murmurings on the grapevine, of a new Ark Group publication. To set the record straight: yes, KM Legal has evolved, but the only major changes are in its name – and in the increased scope of the issues and functions that the magazine covers.
Volume 2 Issue 5
- Editor's letter
Within these pages much is written about the value of collaboration, knowledge sharing and transparency in our day-to-day working lives. Time and again law-firm KM professionals have provided detailed accounts of how their organisations have benefited from a more open, expertise-driven culture; one which thrives on the experience and input of talented individuals from myriad practice areas, support departments and job roles.
Volume 2 Issue 4
- Editor's letter
One of the true benefits of the editorship of KM Legal is the increasingly diverse information at my finger tips, when it comes to finding content to fill these pages. Gone are the days when knowledge management (KM) was relegated to the doldrums of a dusty back office, where technology-driven information professionals filed and guarded the organisation’s knowledge and data.
I’m beginning to lose count of the occasions that I’ve used this foreword to preach the evolution of KM in law firms. Rather worryingly, I have to wonder if it’s even a point in danger of becoming grossly over-exaggerated as time goes on. But each time such negativity plays on my mind I step back and look at the case against such an argument, which is beautifully illustrated by this particular issue.
Volume 2 Issue 3
- Editor's Letter
Once again another year has flown by at an phenomenal rate. On a personal level I’ve experienced significant flux both in my professional and private lives, which has probably added to the rapid passing of 2007. And, once again, I find myself wondering how I’m going to shoehorn all the coming year’s activities and tasks into a mere 12 months. I have no doubt that most law firms will be wondering the same.
Volume 1 Issue 6
- Visiting the world of KM
As some of you may know, for five years, I had the privilege of editing KM Legal’s sister publication Managing Partner. As part of that title, I sometimes covered knowledge-management (KM) issues, and reported on the evolution of this discipline within the overall management structure of the legal profession.
Volume 1 Issue 5
- Editor's letter
Over the past year or so I have been put through my paces in a baptism of fire introduction to knowledge management (KM) in the legal profession. And it’s been quite a ride.
Although I was familiar with KM as an enterprise-management function, I had very little knowledge of its context within the law-firm environment when I was first asked to launch this magazine.
Volume 1 Issue 4
- Editor's letter
The Law Society Gazette recently published a news item covering a Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) adjudication, which stated writing derogatory or potentially libellous comments about law firms does not necessarily count as bringing the profession into disrepute. The article highlighted a website set up by a London-based, locum solicitor, which included significant complaints about a firm that he had worked for.
Volume 1 Issue 3
- Editor's letter
Ark Group is currently working on production of its eighth-annual Knowledge Management (KM) for the Legal Profession conference, which is to be held in London on 25-26 April.
One of the most useful things about preparing for this popular event is the opportunity for our production managers to speak to law firm KM professionals and find out what’s been happening over the past year: how KM is evolving; whether or not the key issues and challenges remain; and so on.
Volume 1 Issue 2
- Editor's letter
It is without a shadow of doubt that researching and launching KM Legal magazine represents the most challenging period of my career as a journalist, so far.
In my editor’s letter for the launch issue, I highlighted the difficulties we faced simply picking an appropriate title for the publication. While some law-firm representatives thought that the term ‘know-how’ was more a reflection of the cultural, rather than technological, element of KM, others were of the view that the term bought forth images of outdated documents, rather than a people-centric approach.
Volume 1 Issue 1
- Editor's letter
Welcome to this launch issue of KM Legal, the first knowledge-management (KM) publication specifically tailored to the legal profession. The challenges and opportunities facing KM professionals in law firms are significant, with debate covering a broad range of issues from the initial value of KM activities to complex KM projects requiring the input of people across the firm.
