Both have a slightly different approach to their firm's intranet, but both are firmly in control of this function. Ellis, in fact, is her firm's Manager of Intranet Content while Will oversees the creation of departmental Web pages, providing them with a template her department developed. Ellis, among other things, discussed with us the kinds of programs she uses not only to create the Web sites, but to maintain them. Attorneys and other staff are encouraged to recommend links by filling out an online form. Ellis reviews these requests and makes the final decision whether to add them or not.
Folks can also fill out an online form to add information to the firm's daily administrative memo.
Ellis's department also handles the firm's conflicts'checking, as well as file services, advising us that the firm wrote its own docketing program because none of the currently available products on the market suited their needs. As a substitute, she is using theWeb-based version of a product. Will's goal with her firm's intranet is to use it for all access to research. As part of this goal, the firm is subscribing to Web publications and the Library has set up a page where attorneys and staff can find the passwords they need. As Ellis is doing, Will adds a Web-based subscription as attorneys request, but only after she reviews it.