In the more sophisticated shops the paperclips are different sizes and the stickies are different colors. In firms that truly value document analysis the paper clips are also multi-colored. There are, of course, ubiquitous and cryptic notes written on yellow pads, occasionally even with reference to a Bates Stamp number. There are drawings and sketches and rudimentary flow charts whose genesis now is dim or unknown. But you still have only information.
Information management is relatively easy.
The Bates Stamp and objective coding do a pretty quick and easy job of that. Modern computer tools such as database and text searching software can do a remarkable job of organizing that information. WetWare is the skill and creativity that draws knowledge from information just as a skilled silversmith extracts a piece of art from a raw chunk of metal. It is why lawyering is an art and not just a craft. It is why we are paid so much.