Legal Technology

ABA TECHSHOW 2013 starts this week in Chicago, April 4-6, so for this "Product Beat" we have a preview of some wares being demonstrated in the exhibition hall—including highlights from announcements released just in time for the conference. If ...

By now most everyone is familiar with the “Bring Your Own Device,” or BYOD, trend—meaning the proliferation of lawyer- and staff-owned personal mobile devices used for firm business. But apart from being the latest buzzword, BYOD has ...

A long time ago, in a life far away—November 2012—I wrote a Dropbox 101 post for Attorney at Work. Commenter Jeffrey Brandt suggested a "Dropbox 102" version to address security issues with sharing data in the cloud. It was a good suggestion, so ...

At a recent seminar on using the iPad in law practice, I was asked: “If you were trying a lawsuit on a desert island and you could only take three apps with you, what apps would you take?" Interesting question. Ultimately, though, I copped out ...

You've heard it from just about anywhere technology advice gets spread: Document assembly systems save time, boost productivity, reduce errors—and all while helping to eliminate reinventing the wheel when drafting documents. Sounds fabulous. But ...

In my previous post, I talked about the importance of capturing your sparks of genius in one centralized repository so you can organize, review and then act on them. Now let's look at three lesser-known ways to do that with the ultimate capture ...

If your practice involves large deals and larger documents, then you know the drafting havoc that word processing can create. Clearly, we save time when we start with legacy documents, copy and paste from other matters, and have each party make ...

Today is the first in a new edition of "Ask the Experts" produced in collaboration with the Association of Legal Administrators. ALA told us that one of the most troubling issues on law firm managers’ desks right now is ...

Google Calendar, available with a free Google account and also bundled with the fee-based Google Apps productivity suite, is an interesting product. While it is not exactly revolutionary in the way it handles online calendar management, there ...

With LegalTech New York this week and ABA TECHSHOW on the horizon, legal technology conference season is in full force—a little slice of heaven for technology lovers and PowerPoint geeks. But since the rest of us could probably use a little help ...