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Last week I attended the Canadian Bar Association’s “Law Firm Leadership Conference.” The conference’s theme was “Change Management,” and, accordingly, the focus was on ways in which law firms can innovate and thereby alter the course of the profession. One ...

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Cloud computing, defined at Webopedia.com as the “sharing [of] computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications,” is a buzzword that has many lawyers up in arms. Examples of cloud computing used by many lawyers ...

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I predict that within about two to three years, lawyers in most jurisdictions will communicate and collaborate with clients using some type of an encrypted network. A number of states, including Massachusetts and Nevada, already have passed laws or regulations ...

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Many lawyers understand the importance of networking, but let’s face it – running a law practice takes time, and no one ever seems to have enough of it. In fact, the lack of time is one of the main reasons ...

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You’ll have to forgive me for having online technologies, including social media, on my mind a lot lately. I’ve been speaking about social media for lawyers quite a bit in recent months and am now enmeshed in the process of ...

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My thoughts continue to be focused on social media because of two upcoming speaking engagements on lawyers and social media. The first is sponsored by Gotham Media Ventures, to be held Thursday in New York City. I’ll also be speaking ...

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“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!” -From “Hotel California,” The Eagles For the most part, lawyers are not a happy bunch. Our profession’s depression rates are among the highest, as are our rates ...

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Attendance has been down this year for many legal conferences, in large part due to budget cuts at law firms due to the economic recession. Legal conference planners need not despair: Individual lawyers can be convinced to cough up their ...

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Online services for lawyers are becoming increasingly common and, for many lawyers, are an attractive alternative to the traditional law practice management software installed and maintained on a local server within a law office. Online services available to attorneys now ...

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Right now, I’m reading an excellent book by John Medina that explains how the brain best processes information, “Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School.” I’m in the process of preparing three presentations for ...

It should come as no surprise to regular readers of my column that I’ve long been dismayed and downright mortified at my profession’s collective refusal to accept and incorporate emerging technologies into the practice of law. In many ways, the ...

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