Category: Legal
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Clio Releases Law Firm Accounting Software for Small Firms
This article appears in full on Lawyerist. Traditionally, one of clearest divisions in web-based law practice management systems was between products that supported billing and trust accounting, and those that offered billing, trust accounting, and general ledger accounting. Products that included general ledger accounting didn’t require synchronization with a business accounting package, such as QuickBooks…
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A Noteworthy Item
In medieval Europe, a monk could spend years making a handwritten copy of a single manuscript, replete with elaborate artistic work. Gutenberg put an end to that as a viable publishing mechanism. Similarly, microfilm, microfiche, and CD-ROMs were swept aside as preferred storage mediums for information; legal and otherwise. I doubt your firm still has…
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Being Thankful for Fellow Mac-Loving Attorneys
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting November 2013 newsletter on legal technology. Having just wrapped up a week of conferences in Florida, I’m happy to be back home in Ohio. Although, of course, it was pleasant to escape late fall temperatures and spend time in Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, at Disney World. The…
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Meet Fellow Mac Lawyers
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting August 2013 newsletter on legal technology. In the Beginning Much like Apple’s other businesses, Mac sales have grown remarkably in recent years. At first it was the “halo effect” of folks buying first an iPod and then a Mac. Then came the iPhone and the iPad, both…
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Efficient Mac Lawyering
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting July 2013 newsletter on legal technology. The overall theme for the July newsletter is efficiency in legal practice, with special emphasis on paperless office and time management. In an earlier Mac Corner article I discussed being able to work from anywhere using a program called Byword. This…
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Using Multiple Monitors on a Mac
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting December 2012 newsletter on legal technology. Mac-based attorneys are less familiar with using multiple monitors to increase productivity because Apple provides no native solution to make multi-monitor workspaces a reality. There are two reasons for this situation. First, Apple’s preferred solution is its 27” Thunderbolt display. The…
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HotDocs Writeup
The new year brings exciting news for HotDocs’ users. HotDocs released version 11 of its development and end-user tools for document automation. Version 11 includes enhancements to usability, development, and document assembly. HotDocs 11 is the first version to support Microsoft Word’s DOCX format. DOCX has been Word’s native document format since 2007. Now HotDocs…
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New Lawyers Need Training
Here’s an interesting article from the ABA website regarding the fact the law schools do a terrible job of training lawyers to practice the business end of law. Now, to be fair, med schools don’t train doctors how to manage their books, judge profit or, God forbid, bill insurance companies. But saying that you’re as…