Practice Technology

Automating your firm’s documents is a snap with document assembly software

Since last March, I’ve been revisiting some of my past columns on legal software with an eye toward providing lawyers with the latest updates on the legal software that their firms will most likely rely on when working remotely.

Feb 22, 2021 8:37 AM CST

Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says

John Van Amsterdam, a shareholder at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, says events hosted via video conferencing platforms because of COVID-19 have provided a surprisingly effective avenue for building personal connections at the firm.

Feb 10, 2021 12:22 PM CST

Judges differ on when it’s safe to hold in-person jury trials

Despite reports from federal courts of in-person jury trials being held safely, many judges across the country are still deliberating whether to hold in-person jury trials at all.

Feb 1, 2021 3:35 AM CST

Courts attempt to balance innovation with access in remote proceedings

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the judiciary was slow to innovate and resistant to virtual proceedings. Now courts are using every tool at their disposal, balancing safety with the need to keep the wheels of justice spinning.

Feb 1, 2021 3:30 AM CST

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms are starting to embrace virtual offices—but will it last?

Blame it on the pandemic. Law offices throughout the country are finally tiptoeing into the virtual world. For most professions, this is nothing new: More than half of professionals worked remotely at least half the week before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March.

Feb 1, 2021 1:10 AM CST

Judge John Tran spearheaded adoption of tech to facilitate remote hearings and helped train lawyers

After the Virginia Supreme Court issued an order June 22 stating that remote proceedings should be used to conduct as much business as possible, Tran offered webinars to help lawyers with the Fairfax Bar Association get up to speed with Webex.

Feb 1, 2021 12:10 AM CST

Quinten Steenhuis used tech expertise and passion for social justice to create tools for legal needs

For nearly 12 years, Steenhuis worked as a senior housing attorney, systems administrator and developer at Greater Boston Legal Services, where he also built Massachusetts Defense for Eviction, which helps pro se tenants defend themselves.

Feb 1, 2021 12:00 AM CST

How your firm can use technology to build business and keep clients

As a longtime technology consultant to law firms, Heinan Landa knows that lawyers are cautious customers who can be resistant to change. But the old expectations around client service no longer exist, he says, and meeting the new standards requires a shift in the way law firms do business.

Jan 27, 2021 9:14 AM CST

Run your law practice remotely with legal practice management software

We’re only a few weeks into the new year and continue to face uncertainty about the pandemic and the future.

Jan 26, 2021 10:59 AM CST

Pandemic practice lessons from a Jamaican solo practitioner who went virtual early

“I think I will have to work from my car,” I thought, when I decided to start my Jamaican solo practice years ago.

Jan 20, 2021 12:39 PM CST

Arizona will implement Thomson Reuters’ digital evidence platform statewide

Arizona’s court system will begin utilizing Thomson Reuters’ cloud-based court exhibit and evidence sharing platform to assist with the handling of digital evidence across the state, it was announced Wednesday.

Jan 13, 2021 10:53 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: State bar considers ousting Giuliani; pelt-wearing protester is judge’s son

State bar will consider Giuliani ouster The New York State Bar Association is considering whether to expel lawyer Rudy Giuliani from its voluntary membership rolls under a bylaw that prevents members from advocating the overthrow of government. Giuliani made baseless claims of widespread election fraud and suggested “trial by combat”…

Jan 11, 2021 4:24 PM CST

CEO roundtable with Ari Kaplan: Lessons learned, silver linings and the road ahead

One of the initiatives that Ari Kaplan Advisors launched in 2020 was a periodic Zoom-based CEO roundtable to discuss trends, challenges and objectives with market leaders.

Dec 21, 2020 10:30 AM CST

Check out our 9 favorite Instagram posts from 2020

It’s been quite a year, to say the least, and it’s hard to believe 2021 is just around the corner. Over the last year, we’ve featured on our Instagram page all kinds of photos and videos—including design-related posts from the ABA Journal magazine; gallery video and podcast snippets; photos from…

Dec 21, 2020 9:08 AM CST

Automating your firm’s documents is a snap with document assembly software

Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says

Judges differ on when it’s safe to hold in-person jury trials

Courts attempt to balance innovation with access in remote proceedings

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms are starting to embrace virtual offices—but will it last?

Judge John Tran spearheaded adoption of tech to facilitate remote hearings and helped train lawyers

Quinten Steenhuis used tech expertise and passion for social justice to create tools for legal needs

How your firm can use technology to build business and keep clients

Run your law practice remotely with legal practice management software

Pandemic practice lessons from a Jamaican solo practitioner who went virtual early

Arizona will implement Thomson Reuters’ digital evidence platform statewide

Afternoon Briefs: State bar considers ousting Giuliani; pelt-wearing protester is judge’s son

Top 5 legal technology stories of 2020

CEO roundtable with Ari Kaplan: Lessons learned, silver linings and the road ahead

Check out our 9 favorite Instagram posts from 2020

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