Most tasks
handled by large law firms, by small law firms, and by in - house legal departments are made - to - order.
And while accounting firms may not seek to take on the bespoke work that is typically
handled by large law firms, alternative providers of legal services can certainly be very effective in other areas of legal work.
Not exact matches
So while this
law student initiative might, in the long run help cure the problem of diversity at the Supreme Court (
by ensuring a
larger minority representation at
large firms that
handle Supreme Court cases), the growing consolidation of the Supreme Court bar still troubles me - as much or more than the lack of diversity.
The company needed a solution that would find relevant documents quickly, and be scalable enough to
handle one of the
largest productions ever performed internally
by a
law firm using Ringtail.
I have found that Summation gives me the ability and confidence to stand my ground against opposing counsel demands because I know that my processing engine (FTK, under Summation's hood) is world - class, my database is sound, and Summation generates detailed audit logs I can use to demonstrate exactly how data was
handled by users... This is crucial because it allows smaller
law firms such as mine to compete vigorously with government and
larger law firms that have deeper e-discovery support and resources.
For a variety of reasons covered here before — closer scrutiny
by more sophisticated and motivated clients, new technology and processes capable of
handling rote work cheaply, low - cost alternatives to associates in low - cost jurisdictions —
large firms won't be able to employ armies of associates on work that a bright
law student could do.