What Is Legal Knowledge Management? A 2026 Guide
For knowledge lawyers, professional support lawyers, law librarians, legal operations teams, and heads of knowledge management in mid-size to large firms, this guide explains what legal knowledge management includes, where it differs from library and metadata management, which roles typically own it, what to look for in legal knowledge management software, and how to build or improve a practical program.
Legal Precedent Management
At its core, the discipline focuses on identifying valuable work product, refining it for reuse, and making it easy to retrieve when attorneys need it. A document created for one matter is not automatically a precedent. Creating a reusable precedent requires review, generalization, and de-identification so it is prepared for future use rather than tied to a specific client engagement.
Knowledge Management ROI
This guide is about making that value visible. It gives special, corporate, legal and research libraries, archives and information teams a practical way to measure knowledge management ROI: a simple formula, a conservative worked example, the metrics that hold up in front of finance, and a free KM ROI calculator so you can run your own numbers.
Open Source Library Software vs Commercial Library Software: The Evolving TCO Landscape
As the technology landscape and organizational expectations have shifted, so too have the evaluation criteria for these systems. While open-source library software was once championed as the ultimate budget-saving alternative, the modern technology landscape has fundamentally inverted the cost-benefit equation.
Data Migration – What’s holding you back?
Data migration and conversion is critical to the success of any new system implementation, irrespective of the size of library. But it’s more than simply “migration”. It’s the opportunity to re-visit data, re-structure data, create relationships and present information in a better way.
Choosing the Right Information Management Solution: From File Sharing and Database Storage to Digital Preservation
Information management is essential for organizations handling digital assets. In today’s digital landscape, organizations rely on a variety of solutions to manage, store, and preserve their day-to-day digital assets. This article explores the full scope of information management solutions—including file sharing platforms, special library databases, collection management systems, document and digital asset management systems, and […]
Metadata Tagging for Smarter Searching
In practice, AI conversational search and metadata-based e-discovery solve different problems. A curated, secure archive or library database using metadata tagging and faceted search helps users identify and access the right assets with precision, delivering what artificial intelligence search cannot, including the most architecturally advanced forms of AI retrieval available today.
Legal Research Request for Law Libraries: Modernizing Research Request Intake for KM Teams
Legal research workflows have fundamentally changed. Today’s research requests are no longer simple, linear queries—they are high-value, high-pressure engagements that require validation, iteration, and coordination across attorneys, knowledge managers, and law librarians.
Legal Research Request Management
This guide discusses modern legal research challenges and workflow takeaways that can be put into practice today to help manage the demand, resources, and complexities of research requests using policies and technology that support both solo and team-based environments.
What Is Digital Archiving? Definition, Methods, Challenges and Best Practices
Digital archiving involves structured processes, metadata, integrity controls, and retrieval mechanisms to manage and preserve the growing volume of digital records created by individuals, businesses, and governments. Digital archives can be composed of various media types, including text, images, audio, and video, each requiring specific preservation and accessibility strategies