Podcast: Legal ethics expert Andrew Perlman on a lawyer’s ethical duty of technological competence

In this podcast, recorded on site at ABA Techshow, Andrew Perlman speaks with Legal Talk Network’s Laurence Colletti and the ABA Journal’s Victor Li. Perlman was featured along with Casey Flaherty during the show’s plenary session on Saturday. Also see: ABAJournal.com: Test, teach lawyers tech skills, speakers at Techshow say…

Apr 20, 2015 12:41 PM CDT

Podcast: Casey Flaherty on his Legal Technology Audit tool

In this podcast, recorded on site at ABA Techshow, Legal Talk Network’s Laurence Colletti sat down with Casey Flaherty, who developed a legal technology audit to determine a lawyer’s competence level on basic technology necessary to work with clients. Flaherty was featured along with Andrew Perlman during the show’s plenary…

Apr 20, 2015 12:36 PM CDT

Techshow’s ‘60 Sites’ highlight: Glitter revenge?

A more efficient way to compare and buy airline tickets. Several ways to test the strength of your password. A website where you can watch the best television programs from the 1980s. And glitter? Those were only a few of the many websites recommended by five person panel during the…

Apr 18, 2015 5:09 PM CDT

Infographics make the complex simple for a jury, presenter says

There are few things in litigation more difficult than making the complex simple, says veteran trial lawyer Randy Juip, a partner at the Livonia, Mich., firm Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, but it’s part of a trial lawyer’s job. And the best way to do that, Juip said in an…

Apr 18, 2015 12:50 PM CDT

Test, teach lawyers tech skills, speakers at Techshow say

Corrected: When it comes to fulfilling their ethical obligation to keep abreast of developments in technology, lawyers are increasingly fighting a two-front war. On the one hand, they have to learn about new, cutting edge tools and methods and how they can affect their legal practice. On the other, they…

Apr 18, 2015 12:25 PM CDT

Smartwatches and other wearables can enhance the practice of law, attorneys say

Smartwatches and other forms of wearable technology aren’t just for fitness enthusiasts or techies that can’t bear to be away from the Net. In a Friday afternoon session at ABA Techshow, attorneys Rick Georges and Robert Sisson talked about how wearable technology has enhanced their ability to practice law on…

Apr 17, 2015 5:00 PM CDT

Automation may dull brain skills, author Nicholas Carr warns Techshow

As the legal industry embraces automation, it’s extremely important for humans to remain actively engaged or risk losing their skills. One of the main themes of ABA Techshow is to get attorneys to embrace technology so that they may run more efficient practices. Automation, in particular, is an attractive option…

Apr 17, 2015 4:04 PM CDT

Our 10 favorite #ABATechshow freebies

Hands down, the best part of visiting the ABA Techshow expo floor are the people: old and new friends, business contacts, and reps from companies that can help connect us with products to that can save time and money. Then there’s the swag. Those freebies vendors use to lock us…

Apr 17, 2015 2:33 PM CDT

Law firm efficiency starts by carving out time to train, speakers say

Corrected: Just like the 12-step program, the first step in improving law firm efficiency is to admit that you have a problem. Otherwise no piece of legal technology in the world will help. That was the main takeaway from a morning session at ABA Techshow on Friday. Britt Lorish of…

Apr 17, 2015 10:30 AM CDT

‘Hire’ LinkedIn for referrals, marketing your firm, lawyers advise

For most people, LinkedIn is an online repository for your resume and a website that you rarely visit and almost never update. But the social media site can be a powerful advertising and content distribution tool for attorneys and law firms. That was the message from attorneys Dennis Kennedy and…

Apr 16, 2015 4:19 PM CDT

Manage your law office technology so it doesn’t manage you

Like it or not, technology is a necessary part of a modern law practice. In fact, it may be the most important part of a practice outside of lawyers themselves. So what technology should you buy? When should you buy it? How can you successfully integrate it into your practice,…

Apr 16, 2015 12:11 PM CDT

Attorneys tout the benefits of having a paperless law practice

Having a truly paperless office will increase efficiency safeguard important client data–but getting there is often the hardest part. In a packed conference room at ABA Techshow on Thursday at the Hilton Chicago, Bryan Sims of Sims Law Firm in Naperville, Ill., and Jim Calloway, practice management advisor for the…

Apr 16, 2015 11:22 AM CDT

Going to TechShow? Meet up with us at Beer for Blawggers

Join the ABA Journal and our friends at LexBlog for our 8th year of celebrating law blogging and law bloggers at our annual Beer for Blawggers meetup Friday evening at ABA Techshow 2015. Techshow attendees as well as law bloggers in town are welcome to raise a toast to the…

Apr 13, 2015 6:01 PM CDT

Automation is a threat without human roles, keynote speaker says

Apr 1, 2015 2:40 AM CDT

Legal ethics may be the only surviving Watergate reform, John Dean tells Techshow audience

Jun 1, 2014 8:20 AM CDT