Web & Tech
Tech Competence That Solo and Small Firm Lawyers Really Need: Resources Here
According to this recent post by Bob Ambrogi, Michigan is poised to potentially join 36 other states in adopting some version of ABA Model Rule 1.1 (Comment 8) which instructs lawyers to “keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice including the benefits and risks associated with the technology relevant to the lawyer’s…
Read More322 Legal Tech Tools for NonLawyers…That Lawyers Can Also Use
Last week, the American Bar Foundation released a Survey of Legal Tech for Non-Lawyers, authored by MacArthur Fellow, Professor Rebecca Sandefur. Sandefur’s exhaustive study identified 322 technology tools for non-lawyers that offer assistance with a range of criminal and civil problems. As shown on the chart, most of the tools serve one of three functions:…
Read MoreTake Our Test to Find Out Whether Your Website is a Conversion Machine
Many lawyers spend many, many, MANY dollars on SEO only to be disappointed with the results. The reason? SEO may lead prospective clients to your website, but it won’t make them convert. Once prospective clients come to your virtual doorstep, the onus is on you or your website to convert them. Want to see if…
Read MoreMake Money Monday: Using Law Firm Technology To Make Your Practice Faster, Better & Cheaper.
Back in the day, better, faster and cheaper was unattainable for most lawyers. If clients wanted the job done quickly, they could expect to pay a premium while sacrificing quality. Meanwhile, clients paying bargain basement prices would get what they paid for: substandard quality delivered in an untimely manner. Today, not only has tech…
Read MoreGet More Mileage Out of Your CLE Presentation With SoapBox
If you’ve ever presented at a CLE or conference, you know the drill. Spend hours working on a slide deck and presentation, then a half-day attending the event – or maybe even more if you need to travel out of town. Meanwhile, many of the CLE presentations aren’t recorded or made publicly available so but…
Read MoreBriefCatch: A Valuable Writing and Editing Tool for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers Though Not Yet Ready for Mac
Last month, I sat through a demo of BriefCatch, a new Word add-on developed by lawyer and legal writing expert, Ross Guberman, who is profiled here. As described in the companion post, BriefCatch is a Word add-on that will suggest grammatical and stylistic changes to a proposed brief and score it based on five different…
Read MoreFind Black Letter Better With Casetext
Have you ever had to research a broad topic like whether a search is lawful under the Fourth Amendment or whether an employee is an independent contractor? Although this kind of research question seems as if it would be simple to answer in twenty seconds, figuring out the black letter law on these kinds…
Read MoreSurvey Finds That 28 State Bar Association Websites Fall Short On Security Settings
According to Bob Ambrogi, 31 states have now adopted the ethical duty of technology competence. Yet ironically, many of the same states that have adopted the duty of technology competence are home to bar associations that aren’t setting a very good example for members. Here’s what I mean. Last month, the Federal Trade Commission released…
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