NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Quick: What are the two things that lawyers do the most ? If you answered: respond to email and create documents, you’d be right.? Yet, even as lawyers spend more time answering emails than maybe anyone else, they’re still using antiquated methods for managing conversations with clients and colleagues.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 18, 2022

Law firms everywhere are changing the way they do business by adopting outsourcing strategies. Legal Soft Solution aids in their transition by providing top virtual assistant candidates to law offices across America. . As law firms continue to excel, collaboration can play a huge role in their success.

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ordering our morning coffee, tracking our fitness goals, and even managing fantasy football teams—they handle pretty much whatever we throw at them. They’re also a goldmine of mobile apps for lawyers. Note-taking wizards: Transforming legal note-taking As a lawyer, you take lots of notes. How do you keep track of them?

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MyCase

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Managing a law firm requires overseeing several moving pieces—lawyers must keep track of client meetings, courtroom appointments, invoicing, calendaring, accounting, and more. Poor management and disorganization can be costly and result in lost billable hours, client dissatisfaction, and even malpractice.

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Patently O

APRIL 20, 2021

In ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 498 (March 10, 2021) ( here ), the ABA provided guidance on the ethical issues that we all have done a lot of the last year, and which I am guessing we will continue to do for a while: practice law outside the confines of a typical brick-and-mortar, or steel-and-glass, law office.

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Our robust platform provides a range of features, including document management, automated cost recording, workflows and task management, file management, and much more. With its intuitive and scalable platform, you can manage all aspects of your practice from one central location.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Each year the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center surveys ABA members to discover how lawyers are using technology in the practice nationwide. ” The published results represent one of the most comprehensive technology surveys of lawyers available. Training and Technological Competence.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 17, 2023

In addition to these benefits, there are many other ways that litigation technology helps lawyers run their practices more effectively. As a litigation paralegal, you can use it to streamline your document management process so that you have fewer papers to store, organize and manage to prepare for court.

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Rocket Matter

JUNE 10, 2022

So it makes sense for any business, especially one with lots of paperwork like a law firm, to organize their documents in the clearest, most accessible way possible. When you choose to go paperless with your legal practice, your firm will: Save time by improving document organization. Better document organization saves you time.

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Rocket Matter

APRIL 18, 2023

Contracts, legal briefs, memoranda, and other documents are the lifeblood of law firms. Free Guide The Paperless Law Office: A 12-Month Plan for Going Paperless This free guide will provide you with an actionable plan for going paperless, with monthly tasks that include: 1. Determining your paperless processes 2.

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Rocket Matter

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Take a data-driven approach by first considering the following: Local new lawyer value: First, determine your base-level value. You can do this by starting at the billable hour of any new lawyer in your area. Get free guide How to Master Your Law Firm’s Time and Billing Lawyers have a heavy workload.

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Rocket Matter

JUNE 13, 2023

Free Guide The Paperless Law Office: A 12-Month Plan for Going Paperless This free guide will provide you with an actionable plan for going paperless, with monthly tasks that include: 1. Get free guide How to Master Your Law Firm’s Time and Billing Lawyers have a heavy workload. Determining your paperless processes 2.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Each year the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center conducts the ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with ABA members to find out how lawyers are using technology in the practice nationwide. The published results represent one of the most comprehensive technology surveys of lawyers available.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 3, 2023

I asked ChatGPT if lawyers were required to be competent with their technology and it replied (initially) that lawyers had no duty of technical competence under U.S. They cannot replace the expertise and judgment of a human lawyer, and there are many legal issues that require a human touch and cannot be fully addressed by AI alone.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If you’ve not heard of a “passive” timekeeping tool, it is a program that logs time automatically for specific timekeepers within the system by tracking their web-based activities. Not only does this save lawyers and staff time, but it also keeps clients informed.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For more information, check out our charts on the average lawyer hourly rate , which is organized by city and state. How Much Does It Cost to Start a Law Firm? Additionally, it may be best to start as a remote lawyer and slowly work into a physical office (if preferred). How to Open a Law Firm: Steps to Get Started 1.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For more information, check out our charts on the average lawyer hourly rate , which is organized by city and state. . How Much Does It Cost to Start a Law Firm? The costs associated with starting a law firm varies depending on factors such as: . How to Open a Law Firm: Steps to Get Started. Document management.

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Rocket Matter

JULY 18, 2023

But if you own a solo law firm, the reality is you do have to do it all, and you’re often doing it alone. And for most solo practitioners, that’s the whole point. Lawyers who go out on their own usually do so because they want the buck to stop with them. Those are very appealing messages. Determining your paperless processes 2.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Do lawyers return to the office or not? was nearly two decades earlier, in 2002, when the document management company iManage debuted on the Nasdaq market. Others were blocked out of courts by archaic rules that prevented individuals without lawyers from filing documents electronically.

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Rocket Matter

MARCH 21, 2023

Here are three examples of areas where you can easily make gains: Document management If your files are constantly disorganized, it will take you longer to find what you need (not to mention, it can be a security and compliance hazard). Get free guide How to Master Your Law Firm’s Time and Billing Lawyers have a heavy workload.

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Rocket Matter

JUNE 6, 2023

Secure file-sharing programs combined with eSignature features allow lawyers and clients to further case matters without ever having to drive to the office. Get free guide How to Master Your Law Firm’s Time and Billing Lawyers have a heavy workload. Determining your paperless processes 2. And more important resources!

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MyCase

JULY 12, 2023

We can do a lot more in an hour now than we could ever do before MyCase.” – Kim Leval, Sorenson Law Office 3. Feature: Document Management Easily create, share, and store documents in a single, secure location. What Legal Professionals Say: “With MyCase eSignature, we cut client intake time in half—maybe more.

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Rocket Matter

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Artificial Intelligence that works for you If you had a nickel for every time someone talked about AI… well, you wouldn’t have to work ever again. ChatGPT was released to the public at the end of 2022, but it took the business world by storm in 2023. Understandably, many lawyers are cautious about ChatGPT and other AI tools.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Do lawyers return to the office or not? was nearly two decades earlier, in 2002, when the document management company iManage debuted on the Nasdaq market. Others were blocked out of courts by archaic rules that prevented individuals without lawyers from filing documents electronically.

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MyCase

JANUARY 12, 2022

An advanced legal case management software can change the way you serve your clients and simultaneously solve all your client communication issues. The features most commonly found in case management software for lawyers include: document management, sharing, and collaboration functionality.

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MyCase

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s no surprise that lawyers have used different types of legal software to help them run their firms for decades. When the necessary law office technology is in place, your firm’s processes are streamlined, and thus overall productivity increases. Legal Software in Use by Practice Area. Investing in the Right Legal Software .

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MyCase

DECEMBER 15, 2022

How to manage a small law firm. How to run a small law firm with the right tech . How is Managing a Small Law Firm Different From a Large Law Firm? And though that may be one way to practice law, there are pros and cons when working for a large firm versus a solo or small firm. . Case Management.

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Rocket Matter

MAY 23, 2023

In addition to the initial document creation, with fewer opportunities for human error, your firm can spend less time going back and forth with clients to finalize said documents. Time tracking saves time and money Every single lawyer needs to track time for billable hours. Manual time tracking doesn’t just create more work.

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