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Knowledge Management in Law Firms

Knowledge Management in Law Firms

Petter Gottschalk
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781599043074|ISBN10: 1599043076|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781599043081|EISBN13: 9781599043098
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-307-4.ch010
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Petter Gottschalk. "Knowledge Management in Law Firms." Knowledge Management Systems in Law Enforcement: Technologies and Techniques, IGI Global, 2007, pp.252-282. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-307-4.ch010

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P. Gottschalk (2007). Knowledge Management in Law Firms. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-307-4.ch010

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Petter Gottschalk. "Knowledge Management in Law Firms." In Knowledge Management Systems in Law Enforcement: Technologies and Techniques. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2007. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-307-4.ch010

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Abstract

Law enforcement is of concern to law firms. A law firm can be understood as a social community specializing in the speed and efficiency in the creation and transfer of legal knowledge (Nahapiet & Ghoshal, 1998). Many law firms represent large corporate enterprises, organizations, or entrepreneurs with a need for continuous and specialized legal services that can only be supplied by a team of lawyers. The client is a customer of the firm, rather than a particular lawyer. According to Galanter and Palay (1991, p. 5), relationships with clients tend to be enduring:

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