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Small Firms With Biglaw Tech

August 16, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Like most firms of its size (400 lawyers), Ohio-based firm Thompson Hine employs technology to serve clients. In fact, Thompson Hine uses its investment in technology as a selling point, with a dedicated section of the firm’s website devoted to a description of how the firm employs technology to support the firm’s lawyers [...]

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Solo Tech on the Road In Solos in The Heartland (Thanks, RocketMatter!)

August 4, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

In part of my ongoing series on how today’s solos are using technology, I thought I’d share this video where my Solos in the Heartland/Solo Corp travel companion Lisa Solomon and I have been making the most of mobile technology to stay productive on our six and a half hour drive from Minneapolis, [...]

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What Lawyers Are Using To Run Their Practices

July 30, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Ever wonder what tools or services other lawyers are using for practice management, blogging or invoicing?  I did too, which is why a few months back, I conducted a little survey, asking lawyers to share their preferred tools and services for twenty-two different law firm functions and activities.  The results are displayed here.

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Don’t Ignore Your Core: Lessons from the Demise of Slideshare.net

June 17, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

I’ve been a longtime fan of Slideshare.net ever since I discovered it over three years ago. For those unfamiliar with the site, Slideshare.net is kind of like YouTube for PowerPoint; it offers a platform for users to upload slide presentations and embed them at their own site.  But Slideshare’s usefulness doesn’t stop there – I’ve [...]

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Free Wireless At Starbucks and What It Means for Solos

June 16, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Yesterday, Starbucks Coffee announced that free, unlimited wireless internet access will be available in all company-owned stores in the United States effective July 1.  The Starbucks announcement launched 189,00 news stories – not because free wireless marks the start of a trend but rather because Starbucks came late to the party.  As  Starbucks belatedly realized, [...]

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North Carolina Wants Your Comments on Cloud Based Practice Management Tools.

April 7, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Yesterday, I received the urgent news, first from my colleague Stephanie Kimbro of VLO Tech, then Jack Newton of Clio that the North Carolina bar has been asked to provide a formal ethics opinion on the use of the "cloud" or web-based services by lawyers.  Details of some of the topics for consideration are here with comments due April [...]

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Some Quick Tech Tidbits

April 6, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

 Here’s some quick leftover tidbits from Tech Show (and elsewhere:)
Legal Typist Andrea Cannavina, my TechShow roommate posted these tweets from my session with Niki Black on Social Media;
Allison Shields of Legal Ease is doing a  multi-part summary of Tech Show (this installment has 60 tweets) and
Ernie the Attorney Svenson has a neat little video on what the ipad does.

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Learning About the Future of Law From Our Kids

February 2, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Yesterday, my thirteen year old came home from school and announced that her science teacher now requires all of the students to keep their materials – class notes, homework, handouts and the like – on Dropbox.  And so, my daughter and her classmates spent the most of the class uploading documents from their computers (probably [...]

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LEXIS Responds To Earlier Post

November 9, 2009 by Carolyn Elefant

A representative from LEXIS responded to my earlier post,LEXIS, You Could Have Had Us Solos At Hello  Unfortunately, I have been experiencing some serious problems with the comments feature of my blog and as a result, have missed many comments.  I would never, ever not post a comment to a site, even if it is [...]

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Nicole Black: New York Criminal Lawyer, Author, Blogger, Law Technology Guru

October 26, 2009 by Carolyn Elefant

More than ever, in an online world,  your reputation precedes you.  So how can you ensure that you make the best possible first impression long before you meet a colleague or prospective client face to face?  Why not follow Nicole Black’s (@nikiblack) example, and put yourself out there, on your terms.  Sure, there are sites [...]

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