Crouching Power

Hidden Vision

Collaboration in 2002

(Part 1)

LawNet 2002

250 Attorneys8 Offices

"The brave are simply those with the clearest vision of what is before them.

Glory and danger alike, and not withstanding go out to meet it.“

KATE & LEOPOLD : Miramax Films 2001 Written by: Steven Rogers,

James Mangold,

Our Goal with BakerNet is to provide our attorneys and staff with the “clearest vision” of the task at hand.

Identified KM / Collaboration as strategic objective in 1999

Site visits of 5 AMLAW 100 firms with current KM programs

LawPort as the core technology

Launched BakerNet 2000

BDBC KM/ Collaboration initiatives

•Link geographically dispersed individuals and work groups

•Increase efficiency and internal processes

•Improve productivity

•Facilitate the delivery of high quality legal services

•Leverage existing software infrastructure

•Leverage firm knowledge

Goals of BakerNet

2 Web Developers (ColdFusion & XML)

1 full time associate

1 Senior Partner (half time)

1 Helpdesk liaison

16 practice group coordinators (KM content)

8 Office Managers (office content)

6 Department managers (Admin content)

Team BakerNet

LawPort

MS SQL 2000

ColdFusion

Summation Iblaze

Compulaw Vision Docket Web View

Crystal Reports 8 Enterprise

Xerox FlowPort

Adobe Acrobat

DTE Anywhere

APS RollCall

BakerNet Components

BakerNet Basics

•The Intranet

•8 Custom sites for each office

•16 Practice Group Sites

•12 Administrative sites

BakerNet Basics

The Extranets

• 2 Designs

•Litigation management systems

•Web Calendaring (Vision Docket)

•Summation Iblaze

•Simple document publishing from DOCS

•Contacts

• Deal Rooms

•Collaboration tools (WebEx)

•Discussion Threads

The ROI on Intranets

Human Resources

Policy manuals

Benefits claim forms

Retirement Information

Phone sheets

Secretarial time sheets (RollCall)

The ROI on Intranets

Accounting

Management reports

Secretarial time sheets (RollCall)

All accounting forms

Conflicts checks/reports

KM initiatives

Client centric approach

Practice groups develop KM taxonomy based on servicing a client from matter inception to conclusion

Content flows through practice group coordinators

Technology partner and associate coordinate efforts between practice groups

Quarterly training to each practice group on both system use and identifying content

Incentive systems for both attorneys and staff for content