Anyone doing business in the UK legal market (and most of us involved in stateside legal) are familiar with Legal Technology Insider (LTi) , The Orange Rag breaking news blog and their founder Charles Christian. Described by The Times of London as "the definitive online resource for the latest news about legal technology", LTi is in its 11th year of supplying readers with legal technology vendor product, partner, corporate and M&A news as it pertains to the UK.
Commencing in August, Charles Christian will introduce American Legal Technology Insider (ALTi) to the North American large firm legal market. ALTi will follow the UK newsletter’s formula of treating vendor and industry news as real news (see sample issue of LTi below). Charles will preside as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief and InsideLegal, the legal vendor community launched by Envision Agency founder JoAnna Forshee, will help facilitate the launch for ALTI’s distribution here and work with the vendor, law firm and consultant community to promote the new online news resource. While Charles puts the finishing touches on the inaugural issue, we’ll take this opportunity to provide some more details about ALTi and how it will benefit you:
What it is: Monthly, online PDF newsletter with an ongoing website presence, free of charge to all subscribers. Beginning in August, ALTi will be available for free download at AmericanLegalTechnologyInsider.com and InsideLegal, or you can subscribe to receive the issues by email.
What it will cover: ALTi will emulate LTi’s mission and deliver current news and views as they pertain to the large firm North American legal technology market. Along with news stories on who is buying what, the latest trends and developments in legal technology, staff appointments and moves, and vendor corporate news, regular features of ALTi will include: a guest thought leader/opinion piece by a vendor, consultant or law firm IT director; a round-up of the biggest deals of the month; a front page slot covering the product launch of the month; plus ‘up and running’ – an implementation or upgrade case study; and previews and reviews of all the major US legal IT events. There will be online advertising opportunities available beginning with the first issue.
What it is not: ALTi is not a “me too” legal technology publication aimed at duplicating editorial efforts of existing US legal technology publications. ALTi will not include lengthy feature articles or exposes or advertorial-style content and will not operate with a standard "August special focus on time and billing systems" editorial calendar. ALTi is designed to effectively communicate legal technology news and information across a broader base of legal community targets, not act as a divisive gossip source for vendor foul-ups and failed law firm IT projects.
What’s next?: The first edition of ALTi will be issued August 7th. Charles Christian will be attending ILTA in August so make sure to meet him at the ILTA/InsideLegal Vendor Program on Monday (more details to come!). Please review the introduction flyer and stay tuned to InsideLegal for more information... Download ALTi_Intro_Flyer.pdf
Contact Details for ALTi
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher: Charles Christian
Phone: +44 1986 788666 (Office hours 6:00am to 3:00pm EST)
US phone number to follow
Email: [email protected]
[Download sample_issue_of_lti.pdf] (The subscription rates for UK LTi are £140 per year (digital) and £160 per year (print), however it only covers UK, European & Australia/Pacific Rim news.)
Also, feel free to contact me with questions.
Charles Christian and JoAnna Forshee
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