December, 2019

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Get Back: Lawyers are Really Bad at Following Up with Leads

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Perhaps the most damning of a series of damning facts about law firms released within the latest Clio Legal Trends Report ( link here ), is this: 89% of lawyers surveyed believed that their law firms followup with potential clients within 24 hours; 62% of law firms actually never follow up with leads at all. I’ll let that sink in. The Report also goes on to indicate that of the law firm clients surveyed, 89% want to hear back from the law firm within 24 hours, while 24% want to hear back within

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Snap Scheduling 

Connor Reporting

Scheduling depositions. If you’re in the business of litigation, scheduling depositions is one of those repetitive, mundane tasks that is part of the job. Whether you’re a paralegal or legal assistant who assists multiple attorneys or solo-practitioner attorney without support staff, it is a task that can take a significant amount of your weekly or daily time.

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Beware the Office Holiday Party

LegalSecretariesRock

I hope I'm not too late. I say this every year, and every year, I read about someone who got a little too loose and had way too much fun at the office party. I'll keep this short and sweet.

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The Parasec Blog Has Moved

Parasec

We’re excited to announce that our blog has moved and is now seamlessly integrate within our web site: www.parasec.com. Please be sure to bookmark the new URL so you can remain up to date on current developments in the legal arena.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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Copy That: How to Manage Law Firm Data Backup

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

It can’t happen to you until it does. I’m talking about the business disaster that could strike your law firm at any moment: flood, fire, data breach, device breakdown, smoke damage, truck carrying 30000 pounds of bananas careening out of control. Well, you get the picture. Because any law firm could be struck by disaster, every law firm should develop and maintain a disaster recovery program.

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You Shall Not Pass!: How to Build Memorable (and Secure) Passwords

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Password management is no sweat these days -- with tools like LastPass , a master password unlocks all doors. Not only will such a service obviate the need for memorizing any passwords, it will also automatically create s secure passwords for you. No fuss, no muss. But, what if you don’t have the volume of accounts that would necessitate the use of a service like LastPass?

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Low Bar: How to Differentiate Your Law Firm from Competitors

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Lawyers are trained to be risk-averse, and to cling to the status quo.? Because lawyers manage law firms, change within those law firms happens at a glacial pace.? Yet, while law firms cling to the status quo, upstarts in other industries redefine life and culture.? Not that law firm managers need to be out to change the world, writ large.? They just need to change their own worlds, just a little bit.

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12 Reasons Attorneys and Legal Professionals Register for MyVeritext

Connor Reporting

All Connor Reporting, a Veritext company, clients now have access to MyVeritext. As a member of the Vertitext team, we have access to many new and innovative services and technologies. . MyVeritext is one of the technologies we were referring to. Attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants/secretaries, and other legal professionals are finding that MyVeritext enables them to be more efficient in the daily tasks involved with depositions and case management.

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Advanced Case Exhibits: Save Hours of Case Exhibit Management Time

Connor Reporting

Case exhibits. From what we have heard from our clients, managing case exhibits takes way more time and energy than it should at most law firms. Organizing, finding, searching, efficiently using, sending securely…. This is why Veritext created Advanced Case Exhibits (ACE). As a Veritext company, Connor Reporting is pleased to now provide Advanced Case Exhibits (ACE) to clients.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.