James Keane Award in Excellence in eLawyering
The Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association awards the James I Keane Memorial Award in Excellence in eLawyering, annually at the ABA TechShow in Chicago. Nominations are now open for the Award to be in March, 2010. Candidates can self-nominate. The Award Requirements can be found here. The nomination form can be found on-line here.
Here is a brief summary of the Award criteria:
- The project or law firm must demonstrate the use of the Internet to deliver legal services.
- It must be unique. It should be an on-line legal service that has never been done before, or not quite this way before.
- Absence of precedent - Never been done or done quite this way before.
- There should be some measurable outcome that would indicate that the innovation is accomplishing what it was intended to do.
- Action must have taken place no more than three years prior to this entry, and the legal service must be operating for at least one year prior to submission of the Application.
- Additional consideration will be given to projects that focus on the delivery of legal services to individuals of moderate means.
- The nomination should describe how the service was developed, how it is managed, and how it has been evaluated.
- The nomination should describe how the service can be replicated by other law firms in terms of development costs, required technology, people requirements, and ongoing maintenance costs.
