The Technology Committee has several publications available on counseling and advising clients on technology issues, and ways to use technology more effectively and efficiently in your practice. On the Committee’s homepage, N. Kane Bennett has an article entitled Don’t Get Caught Operating Without a License. Kane’s article focuses on software licensing issues, the consequences of business owners using unlicensed software or improper use of software, and guidance on advising clients on the best ways to prevent software compliance audits or enforcement actions for improper software use.
Robert Chapski has an article entitled Embracing New Technology and Avoiding Its Pitfalls. Robert’s article offers several tips on how to both use technology in different areas of your practice, and how use technology to manage your work, rather than allowing the work to manage you.
The most recent edition of eNews, the Technology Committee’s newsletter, is also available. You can access the full newsletter here. The newsletter features several articles addressing the effective use of technology, including:
Lauren Bartlett’s article Using Technology to Maximize Productivity and Trim the Proverbial Fat. In her article, Lauren takes a look at using nontraditional methods of communication and new approaches to capturing dead time to increase productivity and minimizing costs for law firms and clients. The article includes a discussion of using Internet conferencing to meet with clients, expert witness, and local counsel in diverse locations, using mobile billing applications to track and capture billable time from your mobile phone, and using voice-to-text services to simplify written communication through your mobile phone.
In Two Tools for Improving the Efficiency of Your Legal Research, Craig Reid discusses two add-ons, or extensions, for the Firefox web browser that will help you to streamline your online research and the writing process. The first, CiteGenie, is an extension that automatically creates citations to cases, statutes, regulations, and many secondary sources in the Westlaw and Lexis databases, and helps simplify the process of online legal research and writing. The second, Zotero, is an extension that allows you to capture and organize webpage images to simplify online research.
Finally, Kevin Reynolds has written The Effective Use of PowerPoint or CorelPresentations During Opening Statement and Closing Argument. Kevin offers practical tips for using these presentation tools in trial, including strategy tips on when to disclose the use of the presentation, and advice on executing the presentation in trial, when it matters most.