This post was written by Randall Ryder: "Once you move to a paperless office, the next step is making your files accessible from anywhere. The firm I work at uses Dropbox, which works rather well and appears to have a heads up over the competition. A relatively new service, however, called Wuala (Waa-lah), looks like a nice alternative..."

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 24 August 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

Podcast description from the site: "Collaborating in business with SharePoint can be very convenient. It can also be a dumping ground for electronic documents. On this edition of Litigation Support Reivew, host Mary Pat Poteet, an eDiscovery/Litigation Support expert with almost 20 years experience, welcomes Larry Briggi, Director of the Electronic and Evidence Consulting group of FTI Consulting's Technology practice base in New York to discuss the challenges of forensic data recovery with SharePoint and a helpful list of do's and don'ts.

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Source: Legal Talk Network, 20 August 2010. © 2010 · Legal Talk Network. Reproduced with permission of Scott R. Hess.

This post was written by Randall Ryder: "From digital classrooms to digital courtrooms, video conferencing appears to be making a comeback. In a recent divorce case, part of the custody agreement involved Skype videochat availability.

Stay mobile and stay in touch

Last fall, Sam was out of the office frequently to help with his newborn. This fall, Randall IV is on the way, so I will likely be working from home often.

Yes, you can email and call co-workers, but video chat adds another level to your communication. Most people rely on body language more than they think, and by seeing who you are talking to, it can help the conversation..."

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 16 August 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover

In the news: "Attorney Laurie Weiss and Tom Barce of Fulbright & Jaworski describe how the firm's deployment of Recommind's Axcelerate eDiscovery with predictive coding functionality, concept clustering and data analytics automated e-discovery workflows and reduced the time and cost of document review."

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Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 1 August 2010. Copyright 2009.  ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.

This post was written by the library staff: "For those of you who conduct a lot of voir dire and have purchased an IPad, iJuror may be just the tool you need. The specs on this tool look good for keeping track of potential jurors, their information, and their biases."

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Source: Cleveland Law Library Weblog, 2 August 2010. Reproduced with permission by Kathleen Sasala.

This post was written by David Canton: "There has been much written on Slaw and other places about the paperless office, or the virtual office. 

...Technolawyer points to an article that's worth a read by New York lawyer Jay Fleishman entitled Being a Virtual Lawyer is all Mindset, not Technology.  While the article talks about the virtual office, the same goes for the paperless office..."

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Source: Slaw.ca, 28 July 2010. Reproduced with permission of Simon Fodden, founder of Slaw.

Podcast description from the site: "Knowledge of eDiscovery is vital to today's legal profession. On this edition of Digital Detectives, co-hosts Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. and John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, welcome computer forensics technologist, Craig D. Ball, to talk about how some courts view computer forensics analysis as simply searching on a list of terms, avoiding waste in eDiscovery and the challenges of effective keyword searching.

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Source: Legal Talk Network, 26 July 2010. © 2010 · Legal Talk Network. Reproduced with permission of Scott R. Hess.

Podcast description from the site: " "Do more with less" is a mantra of the day. One of the great promises of the day is that technology will organize and optimize us, as computers take over the work we don't need to do and make our lives easier.  The reality feels more like a jammed email inbox, a mountain of to-do lists and technology we often fight with. In this episode, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell and special guest Allison Shields, discuss the importance of improving personal productivity and the role technology, when done well, can play in optimizing your work, enhancing your productivity and simplifying your life.  After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis' co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

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Source: Legal Talk Network, 21 July 2010. © 2010 · Legal Talk Network. Reproduced with permission of Scott R. Hess.

This post was written by Sam Glover: "I first talked about the tools I use to manage my law practice in April 2008. I updated the list of my practice software and tools in February 2009, and it seems like a good time to do so again.

Since the last update, my firm has gained one attorney employee and three independent contractors, but the software I use to manage my practice has been flexible enough to survive these transitions. The most-significant change is the switch from GnuCash to Quickbooks for bookkeeping. I ran into trouble with reports in GnuCash that caused me to have to file a rather expensive amended tax return. Quickbooks has been smooth sailing for a full tax season, though, and I am glad I switched.

I also added Basecamp for project management. Basecamp allows me to keep track of everyone working on a case without requiring them to use or install any software themselves. We use it on complex cases, as well as cases involving substantial collaboration with co-counsel..."

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 20 July 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

This post was written anonymously: "Plaintiffs' Lawyer Paul Kiesel utilizes laptops with 3G and wireless cell phone technology to conduct real-time social media searches during jury selection to find information about prospective jurors. 

"Last month I had 50 jurors, and as the court clerk read out the names, I had two people in the courtroom and a third person back at the office, with all three of them doing research," says Kiesel, a partner with Kiesel, Boucher & Larson. Junior lawyers also assisted, and Kiesel estimates the social media research for that case cost less than $5,000.

Read the full story in the ABA Journal - Law News Now:  "Tech Check" by Stephanie Francis Ward.

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Source: The Greatest American Lawyer, 15 July 2010, reproduced with permission of the author.