Law Practice Magazine
ABA TECHSHOW TECHNOLOGY TIPS ISSUE
Law Practice Magazine
March 2008 Issue | Volume 34 Number 2
Table of Contents
Features
How to Carry Your Office in the Palm of Your Hand
Tips and tools for working remotely .
By Brett Burney and Dominic Jaar
How to Get More Out of Voice Recognition Software
A quick tip sheet with commands that will help you get the most out of Dragon Naturally Speaking.
By Britt Lorish Knuttgen
Judges’ Technology Tips: How to Impress (Not Annoy) the Court
Here’s how you can make the most of the brave new world of courtroom technology—and make sure the technology you want to use works as it should.
by Hon. Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., and Hon. Colin Campbell
Seven Steps for Going Paper-Free: The Wonderful World of PDF Digital Work Flow
Tips for creating an electronic work flow that will increase productivity and improve client service.
By David L. Masters
Using Technology to Achieve Superlative Client Communications
Easy-to-use technology tools combined with commonsense business practices can help keep you in touch and enhance your service.
By Catherine Sanders Reach
Googling Beyond the Search Engine: Five Fantastic Tools
Google has developed several excellent offerings that are free and can be put to good use in the practice of law.
By Douglas Jasinski
Mining Time by 10ths: How to Increase Productivity and Bill More Time
No matter how many hours you work, it’s the ones that are billed to clients that serve as the productivity measure in law firms.
By Paul Burton
Hot Web Sites for Lawyers
From EDD updates to a personal travel agent, here are some newer sites that you should definitely check out.
By Tom Mighell
How to Create and Use Competitive Intelligence: 45 Tips for Law Firms
Many law firms are still struggling to understand what CI is, and how it can benefit them. This primer explains how to reap the strategic benefits of CI.
By Ann Lee Gibson
Technology
Who Is...
Greg Siskind Q & A
The story behind the immigration attorney renowned for the breadth and depth of tech tools used in his practice.
By Mark Tamminga
Hot Buttons
Tomorrow in Legal Technology: A Potpourri of Predictions
The Star Trek era is coming (we know it). But closer at hand, crystal-ball gazing at technology affecting lawyers in this galaxy.
By Sharon Nelson and John Simek
NEW ABA TECHSHOW TIDBIT
Securing Your Client's Data While on the Road
Featuring the best pointers from ABA TECHSHOW® in snippets of sage advice from past presentations.
Product Watch
Product Watch
Microsoft Office OneNote is no one-trick pony—plus legal technology product news.
By Nerino J. Petro, Jr.
Business
Features
How to Create and Use Competitive Intelligence: 45 Tips for Law Firms
A primer on reaping the greatest benefits from a CI investment.
By Ann Lee Gibson
Roundtable: CI Tactics, Tools and Lessons to Be Learned
An all-star discussion of CI in the legal profession.
Moderator: Dennis M. Kennedy
Profitability
Tips for Making Your Firm More Prosperous
From case plans to employee turnover, advice to keep more green in your jeans.
By David Bilinsky and Laura Calloway
Marketing
Keeping Up With Marketing Speak
A plain-English glossary of law firm marketing terms
By Sally J. Schmidt
Managing
Work-Life Balance: Promoting a Vacation-Friendly Firm
Encouraging the right to recharge
By Marcia Pennington Shannon
Frontlines
Law Firm Strategy
Tactical advice from Patrick J. McKenna.
LPM Section News and Events
What's new from Director Larry C. Smith
Five Things
Nancy Fox tells how to leverage your online opportunities.
NEW Reading Minds
Creating High-Touch Relationships
Wise minds recommend their favorite books.
By Stephanie West Allen
What REALLY Works
Turning a Firm’s Small Size into a Huge Advantage
It’s not who has more bodies to throw at a matter—it’s who has the best strategy for the client
By Ross Fishman
Trends Report
Where Lawyer Creativity Shines in Technology: A Client-Focused Venture
A new type of legal service provider emerges through innovation.
By Robert W. Denney
