Kelley Howell, Consultant Manager, LexisNexis: There are pros and cons of being a virtual employee here at LexisNexis CounselLink. You can’t beat having a zero mile commute and working in your pajamas all day, but some of us miss the personal...

LexisNexis is happy to announce the opening of our new training center in Cary, NC. Equipped with state of the art equipment to maximize the classroom experience, the training center has been designed to be the most innovative and ideal learning environment...

So Many Litigation Products: Which one is right for me? A breakdown of LexisNexis Litigation software The world around us is busting out with new options to automate our everyday tasks. Buy this product and your work load will be lessened and life...

I am fast approaching my 20 th anniversary in litigation technology. April 2016 will mark the beginning of my third decade in a career that I never could have planned. Very few people actually plan to end up in this field. I was a Mathematics major...

Hello, and welcome to The LexisNexis University Blog The LexisNexis University Blog was created to foster a community around sharing best practices, tips and tricks, and peer to peer communication regarding LexisNexis tools. When we built LexisNexis...

The start of a new year usually brings lots of optimism about the success of the coming year. In business, it can also bring the often dreaded performance review process. It’s time for managers to have awkward conversations about topics they have likely...

The recent economic climate has created a buyer’s market for legal services and has accentuated the pressure on corporate law departments to reduce legal spend. As law departments have increased their scrutiny on legal budgets, other issues such as spend...

It’s the first week of April which means for many sports fans, the excitement of opening day for the 2013 baseball season is upon us. There is something renewing about this yearly tradition. In a time of instant gratification, what is it that drives the...

Mobile technology has made it easier for attorneys to practice law at any time and from anywhere they choose. Access to cloud-based computing has rapidly changed the practice of law. While the shift away from a traditional, office environment can provide...

Obviously, communication is important to business and much has been written about this topic. In spite of the attention it has received, communication still tends to be an area that is regularly identified as the source of challenges in the workplace...

When your client is sorting through their bills, are they even considering paying you? As they scan through what they owe, they are mentally deciding which bills need to be paid first. Anything that has a penalty attached is probably at the top of the...

Fall is a great time to clean up your computer, both inside and out. Maintaining your computer will help it run faster and longer. It will also help protect important data – and we all know how important protecting data is to you as an attorney! ...

By Jeff Scott One of our processes here at LexisNexis, for both me and my manager is to complete yearly evaluations of my performance and assign new challenges for the upcoming year. As I have been with Lexis for more years than I have fingers on my...

by: Chris Katchuk Understanding risk is a proactive part of any undertaking. Avoidance, transference, and mitigation are all avenues one can take regarding a risk response plan; however, is it possible that a system put in place designed to manage...

Congratulations! You have decided to implement a new software product. This product will increase efficiency, improve work processes and help your employees work smarter. The question now is; how will you get everyone to use it, embrace it and love it...

By; Desiree Lackey I just received a notification that my blog is coming due soon – very soon. It wasn’t that I forgot, or didn’t know. Mind you, I received the due date over 6 months ago. I put the date on all of my calendars – phone, desk, and computer...

by: Mateland Mayes Well it’s another week and another tech blog telling me a lot that I already know. While I appreciate how hot Facebook, Apple, Samsung, and Twitter are; one more blog about them isn’t really going to tell me anything new technology...

By: Tyler Chapman How to plan for and execute AFAs: Based upon various articles I have read about Alternative Fee arrangements, it seems that both law firms and their clients are befuddled by AFAs. It seems the general consensus is that clients...

To Serve Man” is a short story by Damon Knight written in the 1950’s. It was loosely adapted in the 1960’s for use in an episode of The Twilight Zone. In the story, three alien emissaries come to earth promising assistance with our greatest problems,...

by: Duane Cary If an employee left your office today, would you know every function they performed for you? How about how they did it? When you bring in someone new to replace them, do you have time to train them? If you do not already have one...

In today’s world, just about anywhere you go you can get online. If you have your tablet or laptop with you, you can usually find free Wi-Fi service somewhere nearby. If you don’t have a device handy, places like a hotel or library may have a business...

You may not realize this, but you are in all likelihood already using the cloud. If you are using Gmail for your email, or Google Calendar for storing your appointments, you are among those using the cloud for data. Cloud-based services, also known as...

It’s been 10 years since the introduction of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). At its core (EDRM) was designed to provide structure and organization to an emerging world of Electronic Discovery. The workflow provided a very straight forward...

By: Jennifer Ryan With so many variables in document review, the question of hosting has never been more relevant. Data keeps getting bigger and the cost of technology and the staff to run it goes up as well. To stay on the cusp of rising technology...

by: Duane Cary You have been using Microsoft Word for years, so may think yourself an expert on it: you must know everything there is about the software after all this time. But do you? How much time and money are you wasting drafting documents because...