Library's role can be greater
Article Abstract:
Law librarians can provide valuable information in support of management and administrative tasks for law firms. They can research the financial status of prospective clients. They can help with policy implementation by finding information on important management and administrative issues, following ethical rulings and keeping attorneys apprised of important ones, researching prospective lateral hires, and sharing their experience in budget-preparation with the firm when it is projecting the next year's costs. They can be of long-range assistance by keeping track of information on business trends in the firm's specialties.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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How firms control spiraling law library costs
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It is possible to maintain adequate law library research capability and still control costs. One way is by zero-based budgeting, or making sure when updating series that the library does not hold more than one set on the same topic. This can be a real cost-cutter since 90% of library budgets are spent on updating material bought in prior years. Other ways of controlling costs include stopping standing orders, volume-purchase and prepayment discounts, used books, not paying highly skilled people to perform tasks like filing and providing continuing education in online legal research for all staff.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Why it pays to keep time in-house; departmental efficiency
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Corporate counsel should consider instituting mandatory timekeeping in their departments. A corporation can compare its performance to comparable businesses with the statistical data thus obtained. The department's performance can be improved by analyzing the types of work to which most of the lawyers' time was allocated. Time sheets also provide valuable input for performance reviews. Timekeeping should be automated.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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