How each of them responds to this challenge will determine their ultimate role as providers
of legal information in the Canadian legal market.
As well, the major legal publishers are seen by many
consumers of legal information as being out of sync with their customers needs and expectations, especially regarding pricing and servicing.
Specifically, this study considers the roles, skills and competencies
of legal information professionals as knowledge managers, digital librarians and trainers of legal research skills in a changing information environment.
There is an incredible
amount of legal information available, but if a researcher can not find the information he or she needs, the information might as well not exist.
This industry concentration has potentially significant implications for questions of access, particularly in the current environment of increasing electronic
dissemination of legal information.
Through this crowd - sourcing tool, lawyers and others are able to share and access a wide
range of legal information, analysis and other resources.
Listening to law librarians and developing an effective strategy to meet both their present and future needs is essential if the major
publishers of legal information are to continue to flourish and grow.
In addition, the proposed name is stronger, indicating that when it comes to legal information, our members are the experts in the
field of legal information.
We started by compiling an unparalleled
database of legal information that enables our customers to make smart comparisons and laid the foundation for our platform.
This analytic approach could contribute to litigation risk management and provide insight into the
value of legal information and legal services.
He says two factors are driving people to self - representation: frustration with the cost and access to the legal system, and a
lack of legal information that people can access.
As this knowledge gap continues to close due to the widespread
availability of legal information online, knowledge will gradually stop being the primary driving force behind the law firm business model.
The company enables lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals to market themselves through the open
exchange of legal information — including court decisions and attorney - written material.
These innovations have interesting potential as ways to provide better
navigation of legal information and to work as infrastructure to encourage innovation in both software development and content generation.
Until recently, a direct mail piece announcing a new publication was sufficient for core
purchasers of legal information to validate their decision to acquire the publication.
This suggests making it as easy as possible for the general public unable to afford a lawyer access to some
form of legal information.
The specialized legal research tools — and the whole
framework of legal information — has been foreign to many or most of the students before the preceding month or two.