The core of ABA TECHSHOW has always been its superb educational programming.  Each year, the ABA TECHSHOW Board sets out to assemble a slate of speakers and topics that will provide attendees with the most current, accurate, and practical guidance available on the technology that powers their practices or organizations. For 2014, the Board is going a step further: they’re …

We’re happy to welcome this guest post from Victoria Santoro exploring how young lawyers can use Twitter. Victoria is a litigator with Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C. in Boston, MA. You can follow Victoria on Twitter @TheLimberLawyer. Twitter accounts, in large part, break into two camps. Fun and business. Jokes and brand-building. So, as a young lawyer, where exactly do you fit? You …

In August of 2012, the ABA House of Delegates voted on a series of amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct recommended by the Ethics 20/20 Commission. One of the most basic yet important changes came in the comments to Rule 1.1: Competence. As amended, the comment now states: [6] To maintain the requisite knowledge and skill, a lawyer should …

If your time, billing and accounting software isn’t integrated with your practice management software, it will cost you big time. Only AbacusLaw Gold has a BILL button everywhere you need it, so you can bill for phone calls, emails, documents, calendar events, and notes with just a click. The ABC’s of AbacusLaw Configuration Most lawyers start using AbacusLaw right out …

After Word documents, PDFs may be the most commonly exchanged file types for lawyers.  We use PDFs for letters, contracts, briefs, forms and bills.  But can those PDFs we download or receive so often harbor hidden dangers? The short answer is yes, as How-To Geek explores in a recent HTG Explains article: Why Does Chrome Say PDF Files Can Harm Your …

We tend to look at email folders primarily as organizational tools. Depending on your personal preference or firm policy, you may have folders for each client or matter, for special projects or internal working groups, or you may even have folders arranged to mirror an existing paper file system. But email folders can also serve as incredibly simple and effective …

Years after Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn debuted, social media remains a hot topic of discussion for lawyers and legal professionals.  How should it be used? Which sites are best? How do you get started–or should you get started at all? We’re happy to welcome this guest post from Victoria Santoro exploring the value of social media. Victoria is a litigator …

Thomson Reuters will be demonstrating Firm Central – a new hosted practice management solution for solo and small law firms. Come see how Firm Central not only helps law firm manage their matters, documents, and contacts more efficiently, but also integrates legal research solutions such as WestlawNext and KeyCite to truly deliver a unique and more valuable experience. If you …

In February of this year, yet another state issued an opinion on the cloud: New Hampshire.  With Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion #2012-13/4, New Hampshire joined a number of other states in finding nothing inherently wrong with cloud computing.  Their opinion did, however, stress the necessity of lawyers taking steps to comply with the rules of professional conduct when moving sensitive data into …