Course

Knowledge Management in Legal Services - LAWS8987

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740 or 9230

Excluded: JURD7687

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

For the knowledge-based legal services industry, knowledge management (the process of identifying, capturing, disseminating and using an organisation's knowledge to achieve its business objectives) is a business imperative. This subject provides candidates with an in-depth understanding of the elements of knowledge management, as well as the skills to implement a successful knowledge management program in their organisations. The subject will cover the importance of knowledge management in the knowledge-based legal organisation, the key elements of knowledge management, and how to develop a knowledge management strategy and identify and implement specific knowledge management initiatives that enable the legal organisation to achieve its business objectives.


LLM Specialisations

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

To provide participants with an understanding of the:
  • Role of knowledge management in the practice and business of law in both law firms and in-house departments
  • Scope of knowledge management initiatives
  • Cultural challenges surrounding knowledge sharing and how to address these
  • Components of a successful knowledge management organisation
  • Role of technology in knowledge management
To enable participants to:
  • Develop a knowledge management strategy
  • Identify specific knowledge management initiatives that bring value to the business
  • Measure the value of knowledge management

Main Topics

  • Why knowledge management is a business imperative
  • The scope of knowledge in a legal organisation
  • The scope of knowledge management in a legal organisation
  • Building a knowledge management organisation
  • Creating a knowledge management culture
  • Linkages between business strategy and knowledge management
  • Knowledge management technology
  • Developing the knowledge management strategy
  • Implementing knowledge management
  • The value of knowledge management
  • Knowledge management and clients

Assessment

Research paper 6,000 words 100%
 

Course Texts

Prescribed
None

Recommended

Resources

Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer at the beginning of session.
Law Books

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