Is the iPhone Safe for Lawyers?

This subject was a hot topic for discussion on Solosez on Monday. While form and features – not to mention that certain “wow” factor that makes working fun – are important whenever a lawyer selects a smartphone, Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct dictates that the choice of device and service provider [...]

Lawyer’s Guide to Word 2007 Has Ben Schorr Batting 1.000

The only constant is change.  Especially when it comes to Microsoft Office.  Many lawyers and firms have now upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007, which is why the recent release of The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft® Word 2007 is such welcome news.
Ben Schorr, the Hawaii-based law office technology consultant and Microsoft MVP, previously hit one out [...]

Smartphone Shootout – Which Is Best For You?

Big-firm-lawyers with BlackBerrys are so common that the image this phrase conjures up is almost a cliché. And many solo practitioners have been quick to adopt the stylish iPhone, so that they can keep on top of calls and email with a minimum of assistance from staff. After all, solos don’t have to [...]

ABA TECHSHOW Discounts, Plus Best of TECHSHOW

It’s time to start thinking about making plans to attend ABA TECHSHOW 2010.  For those who are not familiar with it, TECHSHOW is the ABA Law Practice Management Section’s annual two and a half day CLE program and vendor expo centered around practice management and the use of technology in the practice of law.   ABA [...]

A Tale of Two Emails or I Don’t Talk to Strangers

I received two email messages recently. Each was from someone I did not know. Both posed a single, easy-to-answer question, but it’s amazing how different my reaction was to each.
The first contained nothing but the question and the sender’s name and city. The question challenged something that I had written in an [...]

Windows 7 Arrives. Should You Invite It In?

Windows 7, Microsoft’s latest operating system, went on sale today. While people are not lining up around the block to purchase a copy, many lawyers may be wondering whether it would be worth their time, money and trouble to upgrade from XP or Vista. Like most questions raised in the law office, it [...]

PMA Tip of the Week

G.M. Filisko has written a well organized compilation of 70 Sizzling & Lawyer Friendly Apps for the October issue of the ABA Journal Magazine. This article has the applications organized into six categories that make searching for a solution easy. The sections Word Up, Research and Reference, Productivity, Accessibility, Task Management, Maps, and [...]

Smooth Sailing at 38,000 Feet

I’m posting this from Delta Flight 62 on my way home from Denver and induction into the College of Law Practice Management. It was a great weekend, with fantastic CLE and the company of some of the best minds in the law practice management field.
There’s been news lately about several airlines adopting inflight wifi [...]

Best Bet Laptops: Now That’s Sweet!

One of the quetions I get frequently is which laptop is best.  Well, of course, it depends on your needs.  With that in mind, I’d like to pass along this link, which I got from Wayne Hughes, the Alabama State Bar’s IT Director,  to a recent article at CIO.com entitled Laptop Sweet Spot:  12 Winners [...]

Weekend Audio: Is the Borg Just around the Corner?

Over the Labor Day weekend I had a chance to get caught up on several of the podcasts I regularly listen to. One of my favorite radio programs, which I catch by podcast if I miss it in real time, is On the Media. The show for August 14th had four separate segments [...]