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Law Firms Leading On Innovation? Live Conversation From ALT Conference

The emphasis here is less on tech companies and more on law firms using technology to implement better process.

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Maybe it’s because I was in New York less than two weeks ago, but it’s hard not to draw comparisons between the annually frigid behemoth of a trade show that is Legalweek and this week’s first ever ALT Conference in sunny Arizona (officially, it’s the Control ALT Delete Conference, but I’m hearing “ALT”).

It’s not just the weather.

The audience at ALT is much smaller and the emphasis is less on tech companies and more on law firms using technology to implement better process. What’s particularly exciting is that this is ALT’s first year, so I’m not really sure what to expect outside of the fact that there is a talk by Margaret Hagan on design thinking followed by two different tracks — “future of law firms” and “dev-ops.” I did notice that several law firms including Fish & Richardson and Kelly Drye sent multiple representatives, although interesting to note that (unless I missed it) it’s mostly CIOs, IT, and knowledge management folks — not law firm partners (except for DWT, which sent one partner).

Couldn’t make it to ALT but want to know what’s unfolding out here? Casey Flaherty, Brad Blickstein, David Cambria (look them up, they’re all impressive), and I will be discussing the conference live here on ATL starting today and going through tomorrow (we may pull in others as we go). Want to follow our conversation as it unfolds? Drop in your email below and get the content right in your inbox.

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Zach Abramowitz is a former Biglaw associate and currently CEO and co-founder of ReplyAll. You can follow Zach on Twitter (@zachabramowitz) or reach him by email at zach@replyall.me.

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