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A Dozen Steps to Help Your Firm Go Paperless
Law firms are often slow to move toward paperless or just less paper-ridden offices, according to a recent blog posting on Law Technology Today, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center. Firms hesitate because they aren’t sure where to start. To help them, Law Technology Today offered a sample plan from Adriana Linares, a legal technology trainer and consultant with LawTech Partners.
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Scroll the Smarter Way: The Latest iPhone and iPad Apps to Help Lawyers Work More Efficiently
The most downloaded iPhone and iPad applications may be the hit cartoon game Angry Birds, the popular social network Facebook and the Internet radio service Pandora, but among the one million different apps are some useful tools for lawyers on the go who crave organization, easy access and synchronization between their office and everywhere else.
Department of Justice Official Labels Cybersecurity the Most Significant Threat to National Security
When a cyberattack is under way, the motive behind the act is often missing. Is it an informant spying? Is it a domestic attempt at theft? Is it a mischievous teenager in his or her parents’ basement? Could it be an act of war? There is a growing need to be able to distinguish a prank from a serious hazard, and national security entities are tasked with properly identifying dangerous deeds and acting swiftly to combat the threat.
Judge: 12 Ways to Lose Trials and How to Avoid Them
Every day, lawyers sabotage their own cases at trial for a variety of reasons. Judge Ruben Castillo of the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago shared his 12 surefire ways to lose trials and how to avoid them in a recent Sound Advice podcast, sponsored by the Section of Litigation.
Avoiding Procrastination Can Help Lawyers Dodge Disciplinary Problems with Ending Attorney-Client Relationships
Lawyers are great procrastinators, and “I say that as a great procrastinator myself,” says Paula Frederick, general counsel for the State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta. Because Frederick is disciplinary counsel, she sees how procrastination can cause problems in attorney-client relationships.
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January 9, 2013 - Report Offers Solutions to U.S. Indigent Defense Crisis in Gideon's 50th Anniversary Year
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January 8, 2013
- Statement of American Bar Association President Laurel Bellows Re: Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 11, 2013 - Statement of Laurel Bellows, President, American Bar Association Re: the Death of Judge Robert Bork
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December 14, 2012
- Letter to the editor: Living will
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