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Collaboration Through Wikis: Law Firm Case Study

The folks at the Toronto law firm Hicks Morley are leaps and bounds ahead of most other firms in their wiki use. They are using the wiki-based platform ThoughtFarmer as their whole intranet. This has had advantages, including being quick to set up and cost effective compared to other intranet or portal platforms.

In October Knowledge Management Specialist Heather Colman made a presentation to both the Toronto and New York Legal KM Groups, and we subsequently invited her to present at Toronto Wiki Tuesdays. These were her slides:

Colman has also now written up their innovative project in detail over at LLRX.com in the article Collaboration Through Wikis at Hicks Morley (Jan. 29/09). She notes:

Since our successful launch, 768 pages, 384 links and 530 internal shortcuts have been added by individual users. The most surprising statistic is that 1,445 documents have been added as attachments. This illustrates the wiki s overall appeal including its use as a mini Document Management system.

Previous related posts on Slaw:

• Wikis and KM at Law Firms (Oct. 8/08)
• Do Wikis Belong in Law Firms? (Feb. 15/08)
• Wikis in Law Firms - An Alternative View? (Feb. 12/08)
• Lawyers and Wikis (Feb. 11/08)

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).