Current tech trends at US law firms are clear: BlackBerry dominance is out, flexibility and Apple are in. Dan Kaplan reports
After years of barely registering a pulse on The American Lawyer’s annual associate technology survey, New York’s Proskauer Rose jumped 47 spots in this year’s rankings to land in 26th place. What happened? The firm attributes the spike to its new technology programme, implemented in April, which lets lawyers choose between a laptop computer or a combination of a desktop and an iPad. More than 600 of the firm’s 700 lawyers have opted for the latter. The iPad “is a very versatile device, and our lawyers are using it in all kinds of ways,” says Steven Kayman, a senior litigation partner at Proskauer and head of the firm’s technology committee.
