Kalaiselvi Balakrishnan

Background

About Kalaiselvi Balakrishnan

Knowledge Management was an entirely new experience for me when I started in 2010. In 1995 I was called to the Malaysian Bar and started legal practice as an Associate involved in handling litigation cases in various areas of the law. Most of the cases involved were defending clients and companies in Banking Disputes, Land Disputes, Insolvency Matters and Family Law matters. After 15 years in Litigation, I accepted an offer for the Knowledge Management position. To acquire knowledge and wisdom, one must exercise a positive attitude towards learning, patience in managing people of different levels in an organization. This transition has brought upon me many insights in understanding IQ and EQ for lawyers.The Knowledge Management lawyer is an integral member of the legal firm, though not in a practicing associate role. Drawing on one’s past litigation expertise and working with Practice Group Leaders, the Knowledge Management leadership role and responsibilities include but not limited to:To determine the Practice Group’s KM goals and establish and implement a plan to meet those objectives and review and assess periodically through feedback. Monitor and communicate recent developments relevant to the Practice Group’s work and areas of focus.Assist Practice Group lawyers with editing, proofreading and the preparation of presentations and webinars. As an Editor for the publication of the firm's newsletter, Legal Insights from 2010 to 2020. Subsequently, assisting with “Skrine INSIGHTS” which is uploaded onto the website, LinkedIn and forwarding to other online legal resources.Maintain the contents as an administrator of the SharePoint Intranet portal, for the Practice Group’s intranet page, ensuring that it is readily accessible, current, and accurate. Developing, organizing and coordinating Internal Professional Development training programs and materials to foster top-quality lawyering by all members of the Practice Group; coordinate with Bar Council for “Continued Professional Development” accreditation (CPD) and consistently researching for current trends of new practice industries and areas that may develop the knowledge of our lawyers and pupils. Proactively encouraging lawyer's professional career aspirations. With work from home initiatives began in 2020, we started to conduct "online" professional development training using Microsoft Teams. It was truly inspiring to be part of change management.Assisting the Business Development department to monitor development of online publications and other initiatives as and when assigned.