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Knowledge Management in Law Firms

Knowledge Management in Law Firms

Petter Gottschalk
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781599049335|ISBN10: 1599049333|EISBN13: 9781599049342
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch152
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Gottschalk, Petter. "Knowledge Management in Law Firms." Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 1818-1840. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch152

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Gottschalk, P. (2008). Knowledge Management in Law Firms. In M. Jennex (Ed.), Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1818-1840). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch152

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Gottschalk, Petter. "Knowledge Management in Law Firms." In Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, 1818-1840. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch152

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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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