Mumbai:  Lex Witness, India’s 1st Magazine on Legal and Corporate Affairs organized a two days conference on ‘Legal Knowledge Management’ at Hotel Sea Princess, Mumbai starting from November 25th, 2010. The Forum was based on key concern areas identified through an extensive survey carried out amongst more than 750 senior legal professionals by the Witness Team.

The conference aims to help all those in the legal fraternity who look forward to develop, promote and maintain a knowledge sharing culture thereby making a significant contribution to the profitability and efficiency of their organization. The forum is the very first successful initiative by Lex Witness to strengthen the concept of Knowledge management in India and was well attended by Managing partners, Partners, & Associates from law firms, corporate legal departments and individual practicing lawyers.

According to Mr. PBA Srinivasan, Editor-in-Chief, Lex Witness, “The conference is a great platform for the legal industry to interact and discuss on the various aspects of Knowledge Management. We are overwhelmed by the response that we have received from the industry. Lex Witness shall be foraying into the conferences domain in an aggressive manner in times to come and this forum is the first in the series.”

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Shyam Grover, Group Editor & CEO, Lex Witness said, “The conference on Legal Knowledge Management is an interactive, comprehensive and a thought provoking forum for the legal industry. Some 30 odd legal luminaries have dwelt over many aspects relating to the knowledge management as key speakers.”

‘Legal Knowledge Management’ is the first conference from the series of the interactive learning and networking forums that Lex Witness will be organizing in near future to discuss various issues, trends and for sharing of best practices. Legal League Consulting and KPMG respectively were the knowledge partner and silver partner of the conference. Mumbai Knowledge Management Community also supported it.

Highlights of the Conference:

1.      Knowledge Management strategies for the legal profession

2.      How can law firms and in-house departments work together in legal knowledge management practices

3.      Creating a legal professional work environment to drive efficiencies and increase work productivity

4.      Leveraging technology in managing documents

5.      Capturing and disseminating tacit knowledge

6.      Developing Knowledge Management models, framework and strategy most situated to your organization and department

7.      Knowledge Management and litigation strategies

8.       Role in networking, collaboration and social media