This ground-breaking guide introduces lawyers and other professionals to a powerful class of software that supports core aspects of legal work. The author discusses how technologies like practice systems, work product retrieval, document assembly, and interactive checklists help people work smarter. If you are looking to work more effectively, this book provides a clear roadmap, with many concrete examples and thought-provoking ideas.
"This book is a first rate primer on knowledge systems for lawyers. On each page, it exhibits the extensive practical experience and deep conceptual insight of its author. Crucially, it is written with a jauntiness and a lightness of touch that render it entirely accessible to all lawyers."
--Professor Richard Susskind, author, The End of Lawyers?
"This is mandatory reading for anyone considering game-changing technology applications with high impact on day-to-day legal practice. From document assembly to decision-assistance, Marc Lauritsen opens the doors to meaningful technological change."
--Dennis Kennedy, author, The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies
Marc Lauritsen is a Massachusetts lawyer and educator with nearly twenty-five years of experience in knowledge system development. After earning degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Law School, he worked as a poverty lawyer and became director of clinical programs and a senior research associate at Harvard. He established Capstone Practice Systems in 1998 and later served as vice president for practice technology at AmeriCounsel.com, an Internet legal services company. He more recently founded Legal Systematics, Inc. He is a technology correspondent for Artificial Intelligence and Law, cochair of the American Bar Association's eLawyering Task Force, and a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. Lauritsen resides in Massachusetts.
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