3 Insights Legal Pros Need to Finish 2017 Right
Extract from article by Sam Bock from Relativity.com
How to Invigorate Your Career
TOP POSTS
- 4 Must-have Skills to Be Successful in e-Discovery Litigation Support (#2 and an old favorite)
- Why a Law Firm Partner Became a Chief Data Scientist (#3 and an old favorite)
- 4 Qualities Modern Corporations Need in their Legal Teams (#5)
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
It seems the tides of innovation have turned for our community: innovation and tech-savviness are quickly becoming the rules of the legal profession, not the exceptions. Though internally “selling” the benefits of things like email threading or cloud computing are still important and often challenging, it’s becoming apparent that lawyers and litigation support gurus with a sound knowledge of the best and brightest tools available for e-discovery are winning the most business—and they’re in high demand.
START STRONG IN 2018
Even if the landscape is changing, this period of transition is going to last for a while. Take some time in the new year to set goals for your professional development, and start planning early to make those goals happen.
One fast track for the learning and networking you’ll need to give your career path a rocket start is attending Relativity Fest. If you’re free next fall, start making your case to spend a few days with 2,000 of your colleagues in Chicago.
How to Get Stuff Done Faster
TOP POSTS
- 5 Bad e-Discovery Search Habits and How to Break Them (#6)
- Email Threading 101: An Introduction to an Essential e-Discovery Tool (#4 and an old favorite)
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
No surprise here, right? Who isn’t always thinking about how they can get their work done more efficiently? The difference, from our perspective, is that there seems to be less contentiousness about which tools can—and should—be used to do it.
Case teams are still running searches, and they want to do it better. That’s not news. But case teams are also running analytics more often. In fact, 36 percent more new cases in Relativity are using analytics this year compared to last year, and we heard this fall that members of the bench are far from surprised to see technology-assisted review used on more cases with less debate between parties.
To us, this means that the focus in today’s landscape isn’t what tools to use; it’s how to use every tool available in the best way possible.
START STRONG IN 2018
While there’s no replacement for real-world experience, hands-on trainings are the next best thing. Pursue industry and product coursework that will help you build new skills and make your team more effective.
Why the Rest of the World Should Care About What You Do
TOP POSTS
- Pop Star e-Discovery: Taylor Swift Gets a Lesson in the New Rule 37(e) (#1)
- Murder, Data Privacy, and the Internet of Things (#7)
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
It’s tough to become a rock star when you’re working in a niche industry. (I get it—it’s no small task to explain why legal blogging is so darn fun.) This is especially true when what you do is an undercurrent of something as pivotal as the justice system, and the way any given company settles a dispute while continuing to give consumers what they want and need.
So yeah, it makes sense that we get a little fired up when a mainstream headline tells the world a bit about our work.
START STRONG IN 2018
It’s an oldie, but a goodie: don’t hide behind a mumbled answer when your people ask you what you do (again) this holiday season. Instead, give them the e-discovery lesson they’ve been waiting for—and, while you’re at it, why not bring Tay Tay into the discussion?
Sam Bock is a member of the marketing communications team at Relativity, and serves as editor of The Relativity Blog. Read the full article hear 3 Insights Legal Pros Need to Finish 2017 Right