http://denniskennedy.com/blog/2007/08/clean-legal-technology/ Legal technology, technology law and other musings. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:08:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://denniskennedy.com/blog/2007/08/clean-legal-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-224 David Hobbie Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:02:59 +0000 http://denniskennedy_com.innosoftware.net/?p=1277#comment-224 I think any focus on energy-saving computer technology ignores some very low-hanging fruit in the legal industry, at least in the large-firm context.
One huge area is energy-efficient office space. There have been enormous improvements lately in more mundane but just as important areas such as lighting, window glass, HVAC, and so forth. Improvements would require cooperation between the building owners & managers and the firms, however, since I suspect most law firm leases result in the law firm paying the bills but not being responsible for the execution of improvements such as these.
Law firms could also readily be more efficient in the areas of catering and paper use (both for printing and coffee cups!).
As with KM initiatives, it will take a change in firm culture to accomplish any significant shift. Tying the “green firm” image to business success events like obtaining green tech clients and positive profiles might be one way to start making this shift.

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