NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Artificial intelligence has fast become a fact of modern life – as it has perhaps been adopted more widely, more quickly, than any previous technology. Yet, lots of attorneys still haven’t had any substantive experiences with AI, to date. One such use case, that artificial intelligence tools excel at, is project management.

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 26, 2024

You may have to leave the title attorney or legal professional behindor maybe not. Where is it written that you must always hold the title of attorney or legal professional? For example, consider a litigation attorney aiming to transition into marketing. It depends on how you approach it. I call it leveraging your career.

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 9, 2023

And it’s only natural to assume that buying whatever project management software is popular at other firms you admire might help you meet that goal. . You might find this information shocking coming from the company that created the first online legal billing and law practice management software… . Task management .

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 25, 2021

We asked a few practice management and technology friends to provide some favorite tips, apps or other sage advice to help you use technology to safely get the most from your summer vacation. Reid Trautz: Plan Your Vacation Using Technology. Use your calendaring and project management tools to help make it happen.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 11, 2023

Karen and David Skinner's three step process to make the most of technology at your firm. The post No More Shiny Butterflies: How to Choose the Best Tech for Your Law Firm appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A September 2021 survey conducted by Bloomberg Law’s Attorney found that nearly half of all lawyers surveyed said they were either actively looking for new jobs or open to new offers. The post Law Firm Hiring and Retention: Five Strategies to Win the Talent War appeared first on Attorney at Work. Law firms are no exception.

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LawSites

APRIL 9, 2024

Furthering its expansion beyond legal research and into other products aligned with legal professionals’ day-to-day workflows, Bloomberg Law has acquired Dashboard Legal , a project management and collaboration platform specifically designed for the legal market.

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 14, 2025

To improve productivity and profitability for their law firms, many attorneys have adopted legal project management (LPM) principles and tools. What Is Legal Project Management ? This approach to handling legal matters more cost-effectively and efficiently has proven invaluable within the industry.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 29, 2021

If your profession includes anything related to litigation (paralegal, attorney, support staff, technology person, project manager, etc.), As technology becomes more mobile, wearable, integrated, automated, the implications on what–and how – data is collected, gets more complicated. Ediscovery.

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Above The Law

MAY 2, 2025

This includes budgeting, legal tech implementation, process management, data analytics and reporting, and straightforward operations design. Legal ops professionals, legal project managers, general counsel, senior in-house attorneys, technology leads, and law firm partners are among the key attendees at the Institute.

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Rocket Matter

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In a recent episode of the Lawyerist podcast, our own Joyce Brafford, a North Carolina attorney with over a decade of experience in the legal tech industry spoke with Zack Glaser, the Legal Tech Advisor at Lawyerist.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 5, 2022

I would then calendar (1) a quick meeting with my attorney and run down the consolidated list all at once. It is of overlooked importance to problem solve on your own and respect your busy attorney’s limited time. You may already know what a certain Attorney might say…. When I say I knew nothing, I really mean it – not a thing!

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 7, 2022

If you have read any of my past articles here at Attorney at Work, you know I have a thing for creating acronyms: D-A-F-T, SAD, Ctrl Journal, BYOB. Make no excuses Subscribe to Attorney at Work. Once you get your law office’s processes, workflow, systems and technology organized, you will feel tremendous gratification.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Back in the 1990s, we didn’t have the technology to full-text search deposition transcripts or online repositories to search across all of the deposition transcripts. Fast forward and we now have the litigation technology that allows us to full-text search across all of our deposition transcripts, exhibits, and more.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 17, 2021

We will break down the paralegal technology skills into three categories of software: administration, matter management, and practice-specific applications. As a new litigation paralegal, it is not expected that you will have mastered all of these technologies. Matter Management Software. Administration Software.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 15, 2022

Brett Burney ( @BBurney ) is Principal of Burney Consultants LLC , an independent legal technology consulting practice. Brett is a past ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board Chair and a popular speaker on legal technology. . I use Trello to organize projects, manage to-do lists and work-in-progress.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 27, 2021

After hearing about Monday.com from an ABA TECHSHOW 2021 speaker, attorney Regina Edwards, and how she used it in her practice to organize cases and collaborate with her staff, I had to test this out. It acts as a project management tool, although its marketing specifies that it’s much more than just a project management tool.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 3, 2023

Remember that Attorneys are not the Grammar Police One thing that I didn’t realize is that a lot of paralegals will do their drafts and not finish the edits. You know, they go through and check everything, and they’re giving it to the attorney because they have to sign off on it. Prefer to Watch Instead of Read?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 13, 2023

Some of the words that attorneys use to describe their indispensable paralegal include: My Rockstar Paralegal My Superstar Paralegal Our MVP My Right-Hand Person I want to clarify that what I’m going to be discussing are habits, not skills or traits. You could take some courses on mind-reading so that you know what the attorney is thinking.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 30, 2023

The post Find and Fix One Workflow Weak Link appeared first on Attorney at Work. Process improvement may sound abstract for your law firm, but it actually refers to concrete efforts that can lead to substantial gains.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In many law firms – especially the small ones – managing attorneys are held hostage by their staffpersons. So, if your staff is treating you in a dismissive way, and you feel like you’ve been removed from the management of your own law firm – or, even if you simply don’t want that situation to arise – there is a way to dig out.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 2, 2021

While many law firms have appointed resource or work allocation managers to make more equitable assignment choices, there is only so much a person can do without further help from technology. Disclosure: My firm provides this technology.)

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Several legal technology trends are set to reshape how law firms operate. Artificial Intelligence and GenAI in the Legal Industry One of the most prominent law firm technology trends is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Generative AI (GenAI). AI is expected to automate nearly half of legal tasks in the US and Europe.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 7, 2021

But Lawcus is also well-positioned to drive law firm efficiency, with its impressive collection of task management features. Lawcus offers multiple task-related features that attorneys crave, like the ability to create subtasks and reminders or ticklers. The “new” feature on their website reads like a Homeric catalog.

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2022

Readers have been voting to select the 15 legal technology startups that will get to participate in the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022 , taking place March 2-5, 2022. Dashboard Legal is a collaboration and project management tool built for attorneys. After nearly 32,000 votes, the results are in.

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LawSites

MARCH 12, 2024

. “Proxiio sets the gold standard in global legal services through unwavering dedication to subject matter expertise, steadfast commitment to quality, adaptability, collaborative approaches and the assurance of predictability, while seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technology,” its website says. Leading U.S.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As an attorney, streamlining how you track billable hours is essential to achieving your full potential as a productivity powerhouse. By making every minute count and developing a robust system for time tracking, you will maximize your earnings and have more time for life outside the office (or the courtroom).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 11, 2023

He is also the author of the 2016 book Project Management in Electronic Discovery , now in its second edition. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS). He frequently writes and speaks on e-discovery, legal operations, project management and technology topics.

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DigitalParalegalServices

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Six Reasons Technology Is Important To Your Paralegal Career. Technology is revolutionizing legal processes, court functions, and how many attorneys and firms work and manage cases. Judge and client expectations are evolving with new technologies too. By: Angela Masciulli, ACP. Ethics and Professionalism.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Reports provide insights into these questions so that firms can best position themselves for the future.

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LawSites

MARCH 8, 2022

The company, ModeOne , was founded by its CEO, Matthew Rasmussen , a litigation support and technology professional with two decades of experience working at large, global law firms and leading litigation services companies. He and the attorneys he supported grew frustrated with slow, labor-intensive service delivery and extremely high cost.

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LawSites

JULY 28, 2021

Priori Legal , a marketplace for in-house legal teams to find and hire outside counsel, is expanding to also serve as a marketplace for legal technology and alternative legal services providers. The team then can review the suggestions, message or speak with the recommended attorneys, or ask them to submit bids.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Every attorney’s day goes about the same: juggling client meetings, court deadlines, and endless rounds of document revisions… not to mention managing team members and collaborating with other attorneys. Legal work is complicated, and finding time to breathe—let alone be productive—can seem overwhelming. Download free guide 3.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 19, 2022

If you’re not a litigation paralegal, this blog is for you too – because you could switch out the word eDiscovery here for any technology that your practice area uses to increase efficiencies, but you’ve been hesitant to adopt it – for whatever reason. Technology is Here to Stay. It is all about technology. Technology is mobile.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 10, 2024

So when your attorneys are saying to you, “Hey, we got this PST file from the client. One of the audience members was a paralegal who asked the founder of that startup company, “Do you see the technology that you’re creating and that other technology companies are creating eventually taking away paralegal jobs?”

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The Practice Management report is sponsored by MyCase. The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. How exactly have technology adoption and usage changed in the past year?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 25, 2021

Master the technology. Manage your time. Become a mind reader so that we know what the attorney is thinking? I worked for an attorney back in the 90s who thought I could read his mind. If that’s the case, when you have to report the problem to the attorney, do so by also giving them two options to solve the problem.

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