Technology Training for Lawyers: A Must

February 6, 2018

By Doug Striker, Allow me to share a quote as I launch into this blog entry: “I genuinely believe that the legal industry is at a great inflection point. Our jobs will not look the same ten years from now. Technology advancements for legal services are ripe, and attorneys need to pay attention.” Now, given […]

Read the full article →

February Solo and Small Firm Networking Events

February 1, 2018

Solo Small Firm Section networking meetings are a great opportunity to connect with your peers, as well as a practice management and technology discussion forum. The meetings are open to all CBA members, not just Solo Small Firm Section members, the sponsoring entity. Colorado Springs routinely offers CLE credits, although sometimes there is no formal agenda, […]

Read the full article →

January’s Best of the Blogs

January 30, 2018

We know you are busy! So we read through numerous blog posts and find the best ones to share with you each month. Please let us know if you feel we are missing a particularly good. Quick Tips Add Bookmarks to Make Your PDF Easier to Navigate Anyone who has used a PDF reader extensively […]

Read the full article →

Who are my clients?

January 25, 2018

By Art Roehrenbeck Not so long ago a lawyer’s client list was a series of index cards in a rolodex on the lawyer’s desk. It was a wall full of paper manila folders in alphabetical or numeric order. In the last 20 years, most firms have adopted some way of tracking their clients and files […]

Read the full article →

“Because that is the way I have always done it.”

January 23, 2018

By Michelle Motyka As a consultant, I hear this from clients I work with every day.  When we are implementing a practice management, document management, or time, billing, and accounting system, we spend a lot of time asking questions to obtain a good understanding of what is being done now so we can translate that […]

Read the full article →

The Growing Threat to Cybersecurity

January 18, 2018

By Mark Spitz In recent years, data privacy has become a serious concern in our increasingly networked world. As more and more personal, health, financial and business data are stored electronically, the security of that data has come under attack from those seeking to steal sensitive information and profit from it. Two highly publicized cyberattacks […]

Read the full article →

2018 Legal Tech Trends

January 16, 2018

By Steven J. Best Today’s lawyers are more mobile, more automated and more data driven than ever before.  Below are five things to be prepared for in legal technology in the new year. E-Mail Management – as society relies more and more on e-mail and electronic communications, the more we have a need to keep […]

Read the full article →

Casemaker Tips and Tricks for January

January 10, 2018

Each month we will be bringing you a few tips and tricks for making your research with Casemaker that much more efficient. This month — emailing or downloading documents, making notes, sorting results, and more.  For more Casemaker tips and tricks follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and via the Casemaker blog.   Emailing Documents Have you have been […]

Read the full article →

Your Employees are Your Highest Security Threat

January 9, 2018

By Doug Striker, For those who follow cybercrime (and I do), it seems like the news lately has been filled with dire warnings and events. For good or bad, the Equifax security breach positioned cyber security at the top of everyone’s minds. Many people felt, for the first time ever, “Wow, this is affecting me […]

Read the full article →

Surprise! Yelp is the Most Popular And Trusted Lawyer Website

January 3, 2018

By Larry Bodine for Legal Link Magazine, Surprise! Yelp is the Most Popular And Trusted Lawyer Website For years lawyers have paid big fees to Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and Super Lawyers in hopes of generating clients and favorable ratings. It turns out the people have spoken and new research indicates that potential clients rely on Yelp […]

Read the full article →