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Failure Means Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2009

Tim Buckley Owen
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Abstract

Lawyers are threatened as never before by the commoditisation of services and the automation of legal advice. Information professionals have been facing such threats for years. In this keynote article, Tim Buckley Owen asks whether it is time to make common cause?

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marketinglegal information professionals
Type
BIALL 40th Anniversary – Past and Future
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 160 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2009

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1 Buckley Owen (Tim) Court in the crunch. Information World Review September 2008. Available at http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/features/2225257/court-crunch.

2 Curle (David) Legal, Tax & Regulatory Information: 2008 Market Forecast and Trends Report. Outsell, October 2008. Purchase details at http://www.outsellinc.com/store/products/771.

3 Law (Derek) Convenience trumps quality: how digital natives use information. FUMSI June 2008. Available at http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/use/2971.

4 Susskind (Richard) The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the nature of legal services. OUP 2008. ISBN13: 9780199541720. ISBN10: 0199541728.

5 Leader Networks. Networks for Counsel 2008. Available at http://www.networksforcounsel.com/2008_Study_Results.html.

6 LexisNexis. Press release: LexisNexis Launches Lexis Legal Intelligence an Intuitive Knowledge Driven Support System for Lawyers, 2 April 2009. Details at http://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/media/press-release.aspx?id=1240581182294672.

7 Thomson Reuters. Press release: Westlaw Business expands global platform, introduces Securities-UK Centre, 2 April 2009. Details at http://www.thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/tlr/tlr_legal/379821.

8 LexisNexis. Press release: Transformation of LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell reaches major milestone with launch of online professional network, Martindale-Hubbell Connected, 31 March 2009. Details at http://www.lexisnexis.com/about/releases/1094.asp.

9 Fenton (Jill) Internet Librarian International 2008. FUMSI March 2009. Available at http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/3602.

10 Robertson (Struan) Law firm web strategies: some thoughts after 10,000 pages of Out-Law. Out-Law 8 May 2009. Available at http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10000.

11 Buckley Owen (Tim) 2009 – the year of information liability? Free Pint VIP LiveWire 31 December 2008. Available at http://www.vivavip.com/go/e14956.

12 Economist Intelligence Unit. From Burden to Benefit: Making the Most of Regulatory Risk Management. EIU, October 2008. Available at http://www.eiuresources.com/mediadir/default.asp?PR=2008101001.

13 Maccabe (Ellen) and Sickles (Ken) The Evolving Role of the Business Researcher: a Dow Jones Research Study. Dow Jones Factiva, October 2008. Link to webinar at http://www.factiva.com/infopro/index.asp?node=menuElem1103.

14 Wilson (Karen) Strategic Marketing for Information Management. Outsell April 2009. Purchase details at http://www.outsellinc.com/store/products/804.

15 Buckley Owen (Tim) No headhunted bargains in recession. Free Pint VIP LiveWire 27 April 2009. Available at http://www.vivavip.com/go/e19130.