Legal Commentary

The economy has hit hard on law firm budgets, and especially on discretionary spending for support professionals ? sooooo, we have decided to WAIVE the entry fee (and extend the nominating deadline) for our 2009 LTN Law Firm/Law Department Awards. The new deadline is Friday, December 4.

This also makes it easier for those of you who want to nominate colleagues who might work for other organizations! And in these turbulent times, it's especially important that we recognize the innovations, hard work, and talent of legal technology leaders and visionaries!

Categories include:

? IT Director of the Year,

? IT Champion of the Year

? Consultant of the Year

? Most Innovative Use of Technology in a Law Firm, a Law Department, a Trial, and Pro Bono Project.

? Lifetime Achievement

This year, for the first time, we will be present the LTN Lifetime Achievement Award ? I will be making the selection of that individual. Candidates must be 55+. There are no restrictions: it can be a lawyer, a paralegal, a vendor, a CIO ? anyone in our wonderful legal technology community is eligible.

As is our tradition, the remainder of the juried awards will be selected by three distinguished members of our LTN Editorial Advisory Board: Andrew Adkins III, of the University of Florida?s Levin College of Law; Fredric Lederer, of the William & Mary School of Law; and David Whelan, of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Click here for nomination forms.

Be sure to enter the code "WAIVE" in the credit card field!

You can also download it directly from here:

Download LTN-09-0392LTNAwardsformLF1021(editable)