The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software


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What can practice management systems software do for a law practice? With the right system in place, a law firms and staff will have the ability to automatically route items, tasks, documents, and events to certain people based on their role in the case or matter, as well as manage deadlines, improve responsiveness to clients, reduce malpractice insurance rates, and boost overall productivity. The challenge is to find a program that best serves the needs of the firm.




The Lawyer's Guide to PCLaw Software


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The Lawyer's Guide to PCLaw(R) Software by law practice management expert Steven J. Best delves into the intricacies of PCLaw(R) and gives you the knowledge you need to take control of your practice with maximum results.




How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times


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The weak economy and large number of firm layoffs have resulted in a flood of potential new solo and small firm lawyers starting their own practices in the wake of the exodus from BigLaw. Small practice lawyers, well seasoned or just starting out, can gain immeasurably by just applying even a few of the myriad tips within this book.




The 2010 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide


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Computers -- Computer operating systems -- Monitors -- Computer peripherals -- Printers -- Scanners -- Servers -- Server operating systems -- Networking hardware -- Miscellaneous hardware -- Productivity software -- Security software -- Case management -- Billing software -- Litigation programs -- Document management -- Document assembly -- Collaboration -- Remote access -- Mobile security -- More about Macs -- Unified messaging and telecommunications -- Utilities -- The legal implications of social networking -- Paperless or paper LESS -- Tomorrow in legal tech.




The Lawyer's Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools


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This ground-breaking guide introduces lawyers and other professionals to a powerful class of software that supports core aspects of legal work. The author discusses how technologies like practice systems, work product retrieval, document assembly, and interactive checklists help people work smarter. If you are looking to work more effectively, this book provides a clear roadmap, with many concrete examples and thought-provoking ideas.







The Cambridge Handbook of Lawyering in the Digital Age


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With increasing digitalization and the evolution of artificial intelligence, the legal profession is on the verge of being transformed by technology (legal tech). This handbook examines these developments and the changing legal landscape by providing perspectives from multiple interested parties, including practitioners, academics, and legal tech companies from different legal systems. Scrutinizing the real implications posed by legal tech, the book advocates for an unbiased, cautious approach for the engagement of technology in legal practice. It also carefully addresses the core question of how to balance fears of industry takeover by technology with the potential for using legal tech to expand services and create value for clients. Together, the chapters develop a framework for analyzing the costs and benefits of new technologies before they are implemented in legal practice. This interdisciplinary collection features contributions from lawyers, social scientists, institutional officials, technologists, and current developers of e-law platforms and services.




The Lawyer's Guide to Records Management and Retention


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This book will help any law firm create and maintain an effective and well-organized records management program, including administration and storage of client files and administrative records in all types of media. Firms will learn to implement an efficient information, document, and file retrieval system, thus reducing costs, avoiding ethics violations, and ensuring client satisfaction. In addition, the book covers legal and ethics compliance when it comes to management and retention of both paper and electronic files.




The Essential Formbook


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The Experiential Guide to Law Practice Management


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What separates this manual and textbook from others in the field of law practice management is the experiential component. The course takes students step-by-step through the process of opening their own law firm. The textbook incorporates breakout boxes with experiences from the authors' own law practices to illustrate points in the text. The book's appendix includes a comprehensive collection of sample forms that law school clinics and new attorneys can use as a reference for the various types of cases that they may be called on to handle. And, finally, the new edition of this book includes an exploration of the issues involved in deciding whether or not to open a virtual office. The teacher's manual lays out exercises in detail, week by week, for the entire process of opening a law firm. It also features simulations, class discussions, and written reflections to give students the experience of handling the kinds of dilemmas, struggles, and emotionally charged situations that are common when starting and running solo and small-firm practices.