A global search is underway for ingenuity and innovation in law practice management. It is the seventh-annual InnovAction Awards sponsored by the College of Law Practice Management. With the June 1 entry deadline fast approaching, you don’t have much time to submit your nomination.

Any lawyer or law firm anywhere in the world is eligible to enter. Entries will be judged based on:

  • Originality. Is this a novel idea or approach, or a new twist on an existing idea or approach?
  • Disruption. Does this entry change an important element of the legal services process for the better, and marketplace expectations along with it?
  • Value. Is the client and/or legal industry better off because of this entry, in terms of the affordability, ease, relevance or effect of legal services?
  • Effectiveness. Has this entry delivered real, demonstrable or measurable benefits, for the provider, its clients, or the marketplace generally?

Read about past award winners and learn how to enter at InnovActionAward.com. Here is the press release announcing this year’s competition.

[Disclosure: I am a fellow of the COLPM, the sponsor of this award.]

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Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.