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Top Technology Tools to Streamline
Your Law Practice
Niki Black | Director, mycase.com
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1995
Clifford Stoll
Mocking futurists | The Internet: Bah!
“(Visionaries say) commerce and business will shift from
offices and malls to networks and modems-Baloney...
(They) predict that we'll soon buy books and newspapers
straight over the Internet. Uh, sure...Do our computer
pundits lack all common sense? The truth is no online
database will replace your daily newspaper.”
Me
Total Geek
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Technology timeline
2006
iPhone
first released
2007
Apple app store
launched
2010
2005
Amazon ec2
released in private beta
2007
Kindle
first released
2008
iPad
first released
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How did we get here?
confluence of events
1.
3.
2.
1. Improved processing power
2. Cloud computing
3. Mobile computing
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“Mobile devices are constrained by their memory,
processing power, and battery life. But combined
with cloud computing, data processing and
storage can happen outside of mobile devices.”
*ieee Computer Society 2014 Tech Trends Report
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Lawyers in the Cloud
16%
21%
31%
2011
2012
2013
a new technology
less scary
the tipping point
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Lawyers going mobile
38%
91%
48%
*2012 & 2013 ABA Legal Technology Surveys
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Tech tool
Billing time
1
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Billing on the go
legal apps /
web-based
legal apps /
server-based
non-legal apps
stand alone or LPM integration
server-based billing integration
stand alone
Time59 or LPM apps
iTimekeep
Timewerks Pro, Timemaster
+ Billing, Bill4Time,
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Tech tool:
Collaboration Tools
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Collaboration tools
GOOGLE
DOCS
LPM
SYSTEMS
FREE
WEB-BASED
TOOLS
TEXT
PAID
GLASSCUBES
TRELLO
DROPBOX
BOX.NET
Legal v. non-legal
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Tech tool:
Secure communication
3
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Secure communication
SECURE
ONLINE
PORTALS
ENCRYPTED EMAIL
EMAIL
most secure
encrypted, protected, confined to platform
more secure
forwarded emails lose encryption
unsecure
like a postcard written in pencil
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Tech tool:
Document storage
4
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document storage
lpm platforms
dropbox & box
spider oak &
boxcryptor
encrypted by company
encrypted by company
encrypted by user
designed for lawyers
non-legal
non-legal & storage only
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Tech tool:
Document scanning
5
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Scanning tools
SCANNER
PRO
IOS APPS
SCANNING
TOOLS
GENIUS
SCAN
TURBO
SCAN
KODAK
SCANMATE
I940
SCANSNAP
FUJITSU
IX500
NEAT
SCANNER
HARDWARE
See: lawyerist blog
http://lawyerist.com/best-scanner/
XEROX
MOBILE
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Tech tool:
PDF annotation
6
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Pdf viewing and annotation
ios apps
web-based software
desktop software
pdf expert
group docs
adobe acrobat
See also: Goodreader,
iAnnotate, ReaddleDocs
See also: PDFEscape,
A.Nnotate,
PDFOnlineReader
See also: Foxit, Okular
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Tech tool:
Legal research
7
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Legal research
GOOGLE
SCHOLAR &
FASTCASE APP
CASEMAKER,
FASTCASE,
LOISLAW,
VERSUSLAW
CASEMAKER,
FASTCASE,
LOISLAW,
VERSUSLAW
WESTLAW &
LEXIS
free
free
lower price
most expensive
but less flexibility
with bar participation
prices and coverage vary
plans vary
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Tech tool:
Wearable technology
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wearable technology
Smartwatches
Google Glass
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“The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of
imagination.”
-Garak, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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thanks for listening!
Nicole Black
Director | MyCase.com | a cloud-based law practice management system
www.nicoleblackesq.com
@nikiblack on Twitter
Author and co-author of:
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