West Coast Tech Talk from Legal Tech in Los Angeles, June 23 & 24, 2010
Beyond the NBA championship team, Los Angeles played host to this year's west coast Legal Tech trade show, held at the downtown convention center. Nolo was in attendance, checking out the various solution providers and their latest products and services for law firms. From document management to turn-key client billing and account management solutions, hundreds of attorneys and tech support staff were on-hand.
The LACBA (Los Angeles County Bar Association) made quite a presence on their home turf,
representing their more than 20,000 member attorneys. ALM itself had a major impact with their host of media publications and products, including Law.com,
The American Lawyer, and The National Law Review, as well as state specific publications like Texas Lawyer and California's Recorder.
One of ALM's most interesting products was their Virtual Legal Tech show, lead by ALM point-person Scott Pierce. Avatars roamed the virtual exhibit halls while presenters dished out the CLE seminars via webcams and streaming video. Is this virtual environment going to replace face-to-face contact amongst clients and vendors? No, but as the bandwidth pipeline continues to expand, expect to see many of these visions of the future become a reality sooner than you might expect.
Beyond the NBA championship team, Los Angeles played host to this year's west coast Legal Tech trade show, held at the downtown convention center. Nolo was in attendance, checking out the various solution providers and their latest products and services for law firms. From document management to turn-key client billing and account management solutions, hundreds of attorneys and tech support staff were on-hand.
The LACBA (Los Angeles County Bar Association) made quite a presence on their home turf,
representing their more than 20,000 member attorneys. ALM itself had a major impact with their host of media publications and products, including Law.com,The American Lawyer, and The National Law Review, as well as state specific publications like Texas Lawyer and California's Recorder.
One of ALM's most interesting products was their Virtual Legal Tech show, lead by ALM point-person Scott Pierce. Avatars roamed the virtual exhibit halls while presenters dished out the CLE seminars via webcams and streaming video. Is this virtual environment going to replace face-to-face contact amongst clients and vendors? No, but as the bandwidth pipeline continues to expand, expect to see many of these visions of the future become a reality sooner than you might expect.
