Legal Commentary

Andrew Adkins III, who for 13 years has been the director of the Legal Technology Institute, as part of the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, has decided to leave the school and return to private practice.

Adkins, a longtime member of LTN's Editorial Advisory Board, has merged the institute into his own company, Adkins Consulting Group. The new entity will retain the Legal Technology Institute name.

Adkins is a frequent contributor to LTN, his most recent article, "Taming Chaos," was the cover story of our March issue, addressing small law firms' resistance to practice management software. "I expect to keep contributing to LTN's various venues, from print to video," said Adkins, who also serves as a judge for LTN's juried annual awards.

Adkins served as co-chair of ALM's LegalTech conferences from 2000-2007, and was chair of the American Bar Association's Techshow from 2000-2001. He frequently conducts a popular case/matter/practice management survey, and is the author of the ABA's "The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Software Systems."

What will he miss about his affiliation with the Gators? "Mostly, the people I work with here, from the faculty, to the tech team, to the support staff," he says. But he'll be just 20 minutes away, and expects to be on the campus a couple times a month. He's looking forward to his new commute: about 20 seconds, to his home office.