I am so, so sorry that I have had to cancel today’s free webinar on how to launch and lift a 21st Century Practice. The immediate cause of the cancellation is that the Anymeeting.com platform crashed – my assistant, more than 100 participants and I were locked out of the site. I’ll trash the service
Iron Tech Lawyer Competition – Report
I left the office on Wednesday afternoon to attend the Iron Tech Lawyer competition at Georgetown Law School. I must confess that after six months of white noise about disruption, rethinking and access to justice as a way to access venture capital, I didn’t have high hopes for the students’ projects, which employ
The Problem With Dropbox Isn’t Security and The Limits of ABA Techshow
When it comes to technology, lawyers are no different from the general public — gravitating towards the free and easy, no-brainer products like gmail or dropbox. Yet often, these tools aren’t necessarily optimal security-wise for serving clients. But rather than scold or deride lawyers who use these tools, most of the speakers at this past
Future of ABA Tech Show: Can We Take Tech Out of Context?
This year, I came to ABA Techshow intending to cover the latest and greatest tech tools and trends for MyShingle. I walked the exhibit hall yesterday, dutifully sitting through demo after demo of ipad deposition tools along with dozens of cloud-based practice management tools and portals until my brain went cloudy with all of it.
Lawyers Going Mobile Faster Than Ever
Sometime in the wake of 9-11, when the Blackberry was the focus of so many stories, I asked several of my solo colleagues whether they thought they’d ever use one in their practice. At the time, Blackberrys were becoming standard for large firm and and corporate employees, but they hadn’t made their way down the
Continue Your Education with Skillshare.com
When it comes to post-law school learning, most lawyers think of continuing legal education or CLE. And while it’s important for lawyers to stay fresh on law-related developments in their respective practice areas, in these dynamic times, lawyers — and particularly solos — need to learn other skills as well. While large firm lawyers or
Understanding Technology to Save Clients from Themselves
On several occasions, I’ve described myself as a practical technologist, mastering and adopting new technology tools on a strictly need-to-know basis to serve clients. So for me, having the latest, greatest gadget was never as important as being an early adopter of tools like client portals or webinar platforms or blogging so that I
Web’s Best Online Profiles…Or Pick Up Lines?
Damian is the litigator God would have invented if He’d thought that at all a good idea. Chaz is the lawyer with the best name. Owen can tell you how it feels to fall off a cliff- because he’s done it. And don’t forget Kim, the firm’s Style Queen and who possesses both the sense
Would You Recognize Your Own Website from Its Copy?
If you’ve got five minutes to spare, I commend you to join Adam Smith Esquire’s Bruce MacEwen in a round of “Guess Which Firm’s Website?” As Bruce describes:
The rules are simple: Pick three or four firms at random, visit their websites, and pretend you can’t see the logo identifying the firm. Try
This Is What Happens When You Scare Solo and Small Firm Lawyers Away From the Cloud
Many solo and small firm lawyers are still suffering the effects of Hurricane Sandy, reports the New York Law Journal. Power outages of a week or more, left many solo and small firm lawyers unable to access files or communicate with the court. What’s most unfortunate, is that the after effects of the storm