Legal Department Software
| Primary operating system |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Windows 2000 |
41 |
52% |
| Windows NT |
19 |
24% |
| Windows XP |
11 |
14% |
| Windows 98 |
5 |
6% |
| Windows 95 |
1 |
1% |
| Linux |
0 |
0% |
| Other |
1 |
1% |
| Word processing program |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Microsoft Word |
79 |
100% |
| WordPerfect |
0 |
0% |
| Groupware program |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Exchange/Outlook |
50 |
63% |
| Lotus Notes/Domino |
21 |
27% |
| GroupWise |
2 |
% |
| Other |
2 |
3% |
| Custom in-house |
2 |
3% |
| None |
1 |
1% |
| Matter management software |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Hummingbird's LawPack |
15 |
19% |
| Elite's Law Manager |
3 |
4% |
| Miratech's TeamConnect |
3 |
4% |
| West's ProLaw |
2 |
3% |
| RealLegal's Practice Manager |
0 |
% |
| Custom in-house |
11 |
14% |
| Other |
35 |
44% |
| None |
14 |
18% |
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Working With Outside Counsel
| Has your company established an extranet that outside counsel can access? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
23 |
29% |
| No |
55 |
70% |
| Does your company have a WAN (wide area network) that outside counsel can access? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
11 |
14% |
| No |
67 |
85% |
| Have any of the outside law firms you work with set up extranets that your in-house lawyers can access? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
37 |
47% |
| No |
41 |
52% |
| Does the company receive invoices from any of its outside law firms electronically? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
29 |
37% |
| No |
50 |
63% |
| Does the department have electronic or online access to portions of any outside counsel's knowledge management system? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
11 |
14% |
| No |
68 |
86% |
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| |
Legal Department Intranet Usage
| Does the legal department have a site on the company's intranet? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
62 |
77% |
| No |
17 |
22% |
| If yes, what is the legal department's intranet site used for? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| To provide information to employees outside the legal department |
57 |
72% |
| To provide information to employees inside the legal department |
45 |
57% |
| For Internet access |
6 |
8% |
| For e-mail |
2 |
3% |
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Legal Department Hardware
| Does the company supply its lawyers with BlackBerrys or other mobile e-mail devices? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
23 |
29% |
| No |
56 |
71% |
| Does the company supply its lawyers with Palm Pilots or other personal digital assistants? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
20 |
25% |
| No |
58 |
73% |
| Does the company supply its lawyers with cellular phones? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
39 |
49% |
| No |
40 |
51% |
54% percent of the lawyers in the legal departments surveyed use a laptop computer instead of a desktop PC while in the office.
31% of the attorneys who use a desktop PC at work use a laptop computer on the road.
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Legal Department Technology Budget
| Is the legal department's FY 2003 technology budget for capital expenses? |
| Average budget: $289,069 |
| (40 companies responded) |
| Average change from 2002: up 29% |
| (45 companies responded) |
| What is the legal department's FY 2003 technology budget for operating expenses? |
| Average budget: $999,046 |
| (35 companies responded) |
| Average change from 2002: down 1% |
| (39 companies responded) |
| What is the annual salary of the legal department's top IT professional? |
| Average salary: $86,065 |
| Median salary: $80,000 |
| (23 companies responded) |
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Knowledge Management and Electronic Data Discovery
| Has the legal department developed an electronic knowledge management system for cataloging work product? |
| |
Responses |
Percentage |
| Yes |
32 |
41% |
| No |
47 |
59% |
| In the past two years has the legal department used any electronic data discovery vendors? |
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Note: If percentages add up to less than 100, it's due to rounding or because some respondents didn't answer. If percentages add up to more than 100, it's due to rounding or because some respondents chose more than one answer.
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| (Corporate Counsel, May 2003) |
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