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I L T A N E T . O R G
Autumn saw a flurry of additional events being offered. All being
offered virtually made it more accessible since no travel was required.
Offered this year:
• Litigation Support Day Powered by Ohio - a full day
dedicated to Litigation Support, with educational content
geared toward the complex world of eDiscovery.
• Two days with Matt Homann geared towards improving
work skills in this new Virtual World - one day appropriately
focused on Meeting Design for Virtual Meetings and another
powerful and collaborative day on Innovating Virtually.
• ILTACON South America – two days of sessions with
discussion focused on the unique needs of the South
American market, and using interpretation services to
ensure our Portuguese and Spanish speaking members
were fully supported in participating.
• Mid-Law CIO Summit – a day focusing on being a CIO when
your Business Continuity Plan becomes your day-to-day
reality.
• Two "New to Legal" Workshops were also offered – wherever
you are in your career, if you are new to the legal ecosystem
and/or are interested in understanding the business and
practice of law, working with lawyers and the technologies
and security issues in law firms and legal departments, this
workshop was for you.
Positive reviews were given for all of the new events, and we
already have some new events in the queue for 2021: "Inclusion and
Your Organization: A Forum on Diversity and Equity" being sponsored
by our new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Community and
then a four part roadshow being sponsored by our Women Who Lead
community. Stay tuned for details!
Sponsor Directory
As work practices for many law firms shifted this year, so too did their
technology needs. As legal technologists identified new or changed
needs – from virtual support of their lawyers and staff, to changes in
client relationships or need to improve eDiscovery practices. In many
cases, these shifts meant the need to revisit or add vendor relationships.
ILTA's Sponsor Directory is an ideal place to search for product/service
vendor options, identify contacts at existing ILTA business partners,
and create relationships or start conversations. After you find a
business partner in the directory, you can reach out to talk to members
in the community to learn about their experiences with that product/
service to learn more, as well. If you haven't stopped by the Sponsor
Directory this year, we encourage you to think about it as new needs
arise in your business in the coming months.
Publications
We had a stellar year of publications. Our quarterly magazine Peer
to Peer continues to be a popular way for members to learn and stay
on top of changes in their areas of practice. Once again, the Summer
edition had so much content it had to be split into two issues. If you
didn't get a chance to read them when they came out - you can catch up
on them here.
We also had a full calendar of published white papers. Themes
included: Practice Management; Tech Solutions and Litigation and
Practice Support. You can check them all out from here. Some of
the additional surveys results produced this year include: Legal AI
Tools; Litigation and Practice Support; Knowledge Management and
Marketing Technology. You can check them out here.
Of course, we have the jewel in our publication crown - the 2020
Technology Survey. Kudos go to all of the firms who made the effort
to carve out some time to complete the survey. We know it wasn't easy
with all of the extra work already on your plate due to the pandemic,
but included in the survey was a new section addressing technology
during COVID times making the survey results even more meaningful
to all.
