Last week at the ABA Techshow in Chicago, I was pleased to launch the publication of my new book on unbundling.
Writing a book on limited scope services seemed like a logical next step in the process of reevaluating how the legal profession can adapt to the changes it faces as a result of disruptive technology, economic recession, Internet empowered consumers and other factors.
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Accepting Nominations for Excellence in eLawyering Award
The ABA eLawyering Task Force is accepting nomination forms for the annual James I. Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering. The award is given to a lawyer who has developed innovative legal service delivery over the Internet.
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Using the iPad with My Virtual Law Office
After co-presenting a cloud computing session at ABA TECHSHOW with Tom Mighell, author of iPad for Lawyers, I was finally convinced to integrate a tablet into my virtual law practice. Most of my hardware is mobile except for a larger monitor in my home office which I hook up to my laptop when I work […]
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Legal Tech Geeks Convene
This week I’m attending the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago. I’m looking forward to learning from the many legal tech geeks that show up to this event every year and to see what new products or services are being launched that might facilitate the online delivery of legal services. I’m also expecting some challenging questions from the […]
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Accepting Nominations for the ABA Keane Award for Excellence in ELawyering
If you are an attorney or law firm that uses technology in innovative ways to deliver legal services to your clients, please consider filling out a nomination form for the ABA’s Keane Award for Excellence in ELawyering. Or if you are aware of an attorney or law firm that deserves recognition for the innovative use of […]
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Technology at Techshow to Enable Online Delivery of Legal Services
Exhibitor Hall at this year’s ABA Techshow has a number of different web-based technologies that allow for attorneys to take all or portions of their practice online. Most of them seem to be practice management applications, and not so much geared towards working online securely with clients. However, there are a few new developments that assist virtual […]
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Happy New Year – Going on Year 4
Happy New Year! I reviewed many of the virtual law practice news from 2009 in my last post. In this post I want to look forward to the year ahead by providing some news about my own virtual law office and upcoming speaking/sharing engagements. 2010 will mark year four of owning my own solo, virtual […]
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Mid-Year Review – Virtual Law Practice in the News
Virtual law practice has been a hot topic in the press repeatedly over the first half of 2009. There have been articles about virtual law practices in its many different forms, from web-based solo practices to remote BigLaw attorney collaboration. The use of software as a service (SaaS) technology and talk of practicing law “in the cloud” […]
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Spring Virtual Law Office Update
By now the word has circulated that the ABA Techshow website has posted the audio file from Richard Susskind’s keynote presentation at the ABA Techshow in Chicago earlier this month. I wasn’t able to attend the event and accept the Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in Elawyering. However, my husband, the programmer who designed my […]
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Recipient of the ABA James Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in ELawyering
I’m excited and honored to announce that I have received the 2009 ABA James I. Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering. From the ABA’s Law Practice Management website: “The James I. Keane Memorial Award gives recognition to law offices or legal organizations that have developed legal service innovations delivered over the Internet. Thus, the focus of the award […]
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