Thanks to everyone involved with CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2018. It was great to catch up with the people and ideas! Meanwhile, here are two books of probable interest to the CodeX crowd!

CodeX Book Club: #23 & 24

• Larry Port, CEO @ Rocket Matter, has a new book! The American Bar Association’s “The Lean Law Firm: Run Your Firm Like the World’s Most Profitable and Efficient Businesses.“

When I was Editor in Chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, Port wrote several articles involving technology. My very favorite was “Going Green: How I Bought My Prius (Macho and Mulch.” (If you have a LexisNexis Newsdesk account you can access the full story.)

• Silvia Hodges Silverstein has published the “2018 Buying Legal Services Survey.”

“The Survey examined the purchasing behavior of 153 legal procurement professionals, focusing on purchasing decisions, cost control, analyses, and trends, said Silverstein, Executive Director of Buying Legal Council (“A trade organization for legal procurement. www.buying legal.com.”

It covers:
> Key Benchmarks: Savings, Spend, Number of Providers.
> Procurement Tools & Tactics: Most used, most efficient, fastest growth.
> Procurement Goals & Preferrences: Predictability or low fees?
> Success Report: Procurement drives value.
> Regional Differences: North America — Europe, Middle East & Africa.

More information here.

Monica Bay is a CodeX Fellow and an freelance journalist. She is a member of the California bar. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu. Twitter: @MonicaBay. 

• Image: Buying Legal Council
• Image: American Bar Association.
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