Document assembly for lawyers

Tips for using Microsoft Outlook meeting requests

By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: July 9, 2012
Tags: Technology

Many lawyers use Microsoft Outlook to schedule meetings, but there are hidden ways to gain even more from this feature of the software. Deborah Savadra, editor of legalofficeguru.com and a legal assistant in Mobile, Ala., offered the following tips for using meeting requests more effectively. Check availability “If you’re working in a [Microsoft] Exchange server [...]

The email revolution: More than just a smiley face

By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: June 26, 2012
Tags: Technology

Years ago, the daily mail delivery was a major event at our law firm. In fact, we had a staff person assigned to walk to the Post Office sorting room every day at 10 a.m., so we didn’t have to wait for delivery. There was a protocol for sorting mail, starting with the senior partner, [...]

Sharpen your blogging skills with easy tactics

By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: June 26, 2012
Tags: Legal Marketing, Social Media, Technology

Although a great deal of attention is directed toward social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others, even the newest tools have a tough time matching up to a now-classic online strategy: the blog. “Blogs are still very relevant for small businesses,” says Martha McCarthy, co-founder of the Social Lights, a Minneapolis-based firm specializing [...]

Could your practice be a virtual success?

By Edward Poll
Published: June 7, 2012
Tags: Law Office Management, Technology

The Internet has created a revolution in the way lawyers and clients interact, but the “virtual” lawyer must not lose sight of the “actual” client. The most familiar form of the online revolution’s impact on small and solo law firms is the use of the Internet for everything from websites and blogs to client updates [...]

It’s just Google! Keeping jurors offline to stay in line

By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Judge Edward Hogshire, Judge Pamela S. Baskervill, Social Media, Technology

NORFOLK – Jurors who have a hard time putting their Internet habit on hold during jury service need strong guidance from trial judges, a jury research expert says. In Virginia courtrooms and around the country, jurors are yielding to the impulse to “just Google it” when they have a question. A once-or-twice warning not to [...]

Going mobile: Legal marketers discover QR codes

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: April 30, 2012
Tags: Legal Marketing, Technology

You’ve seen them everywhere. Funny square boxes with squiggles in black and white. They are QR, or “Quick Response,” codes, one of the tools that marketers use in the new field of mobile marketing. Where web advertising was once the frontier of the marketing industry, more and more tech-savvy consumers have migrated to a newer [...]

Do Google’s privacy changes affect your law practice?

By Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 30, 2012
Tags: Technology

Changes to Google’s privacy policies have created an uproar globally over concerns that the Internet behemoth has consolidated its information gathering without revealing how it will use that information and giving users no chance to opt out. Lawyers who use Google’s platforms may be aware of the general debate but not of the specific impact [...]

Court’s remote-access system adding circuits

By Peter Vieth
Published: March 16, 2012
Tags: Technology

A lawyer needing a last-minute look at a document in the court file used to have to rush over to the courthouse and hurriedly review the papers before a hearing. Now, thanks to a program started by the Supreme Court of Virginia last year, he can call it up on the computer in his office, [...]

iPad, iPhone apps for the traveling lawyer

By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: March 9, 2012
Tags: Technology

If you’re a lawyer with an iPad or an iPhone and you travel frequently, this article was written just for you. In it, you’ll learn about the latest travel apps and how you can use them to make your travels more organized, pleasurable and relaxing. First, use your mobile device (many of these apps are [...]