TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming today to LitigationWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 90 articles from the past two weeks worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our LitigationWorld Pick of the Week.

Trial Guides Books Now Available on iPad

How to Effectively Use Surveillance Video in Tort Cases

DIY Ediscovery: Good Idea or Train Wreck?

Litigant and His Lawyer Fined for Facebook Page Cleanup

Congratulations to Bill Latham of The Hytech Lawyer on winning our LitigationWorld Pick of the Week award: Using the iPad and TrialPad in a High Stakes Court Hearing

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Originally published in the November 9, 2012 issue of SmallLaw: Could you practice law without a calendar? Not for long. One of the unsung heroes of modern living is that thanks to the combination of services like iCloud, Exchange, and Google Calendar, and mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone, you can access your calendar anywhere. If you use an iPad and find the built-in Calendar underwhelming, legal technology consultant Brett Burney feels your pain. In this issue of SmallLaw, he reviews three alternative calendar apps for the iPad that also work on the iPhone. He deems all three better the built-in Calendar app, but only one of the apps earns a TechnoScore of A. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for a portrait of a small law firm that has succeeded without becoming a sweat shop.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also links to helpful articles in other publications about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Originally published in the November 6, 2012 issue of SmallLaw: You walk into a networking event and see one person standing alone, two people conversing, and a group of four. Whom should you approach for client development purposes? RainmakerVT provides the answer to this and many other scenarios along with exercises and tips through its unique online course for solos and small firm lawyers who want to improve their sales and marketing skills. For this issue of SmallLaw, estate planning lawyer Chandra Lewnau took all of RainmakerVT's courses. Is RainmakerVT worth your time and money. Chandra answers this question in her review. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for advice on how middle-aged solos and managing partners can reverse a slowly failing law practice.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also links to helpful articles in other publications about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Originally published in the October 31, 2012 issue of SmallLaw: Remember how Mikey hated cereal until he liked one. One product can change someone's mind about an entire category. In this issue of SmallLaw, New Jersey lawyer Edward Zohn reviews Credenza Pro, which transforms Microsoft Outlook into a practice management system. Ed's the perfect lawyer to review this add-on because he loves Outlook but has never used practice management software — pretty much the target market for Credenza Pro. In his review, Ed evaluates all of Credenza Pro's core features as well as some undocumented features that he discovered. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for Jim Calloway's guide to equipping a small law firm.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also links to helpful articles in other publications about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: The solo life works just fine for some lawyers, but Gadsden, Alabama lawyer Clark Stewart recently left it behind when he teamed up with a friend to form a partnership. Yes, it's time for another installment of our series, A Lawyer's Life. In this issue of SmallLaw, Clark reviews Line2, his new law firm's iOS-based next-generation telephone system. He also explains why his law firm relies on only two forms of marketing, both of which cost very little. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn how to calculate numbers in Microsoft Word and thus sidestep Excel.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 145 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

Microsoft Office 2013 v. Microsoft Office 365

Review: Five Best iPad Keyboards

The Charge of the BlackBerry Light Brigade

20 Questions for Law Firm Leaders in 2013

Measuring a law Firm's Marketing Effectiveness

Congratulations to Nick Mediati and Sarah Jacobsson Purewal of PCWorld on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Nine Antivirus Products Tested, Reviewed, and Ranked

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Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of legal technology, practice management, and law firm marketing, but not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy articles (and podcasts) published online without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. The BlawgWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 167 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

Review: NeatDesk v. ScanSnap iX500

A Road Warrior's Guide to Locking Down Your Laptop

Review: Uber

Has the Practice of Law Aged You?

How to Get Started With Google AdWords

Congratulations to Katherine Boehret of AllThingsD on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Write on Your iPad Using Real Paper: Review of iNotebook

Today's issue also contains links to every article in the January/February 2013 issue of GPSolo. Don't miss today's issue or any future issues of BlawgWorld.

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Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of legal technology, practice management, and law firm marketing, but not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy articles (and podcasts) published online without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. The BlawgWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BigLaw: Smartphones have outsold traditional computers since 2010 — a trend unlikely to change. Therefore, it's important for international law firms to have a web site that works well on smartphones, enabling your clients and others to quickly find information such as an office address, a lawyer's contact information, and even a lawyer's assistant's contact information. In this issue of BigLaw, mobile web site experts and publishers of "Law Firm Mobile" Matt Gross and Law App Guy walk you through nine notable large firm mobile web sites. They point out design elements that work well and some that don't. As you read their insightful commentary, you can visit each mobile web site on your smartphone. Also, don't miss the BigLaw Pick of the Week for an unscientific albeit interesting survey on why lawyers leave large law firms.

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Large and midsize law firms have achieved unprecedented success yet they still have tremendous growth potential. Written by insiders, corporate counsel, and other industry experts, BigLaw unearths best practices in leadership, marketing, strategy, and technology, and features detailed product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. BigLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to insightful articles (and podcasts and videos) about large and midsize law firms, as well as notable press releases issued by the world's largest law firms. The BigLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Neil Squillante, The Best and Worst New Technology for Law Offices

Kurt Schoettler, Tips on Preventing Inadvertent Disclosures When Sending Email Using Outlook

Kevin Kirlin, A Critique of Yvonne's "Nearly Foolproof" Document Management System

Elizabeth Greenfield, Does Adobe Acrobat Create a "Mirror Image"?

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Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Jeanette M. Otis, The Pros and Cons of Bates Stamps

Bill Baldwin, Tip: Using Dual Monitors With a Laptop

Charles Cork, Tip: WordPerfect X6 and Dual Monitors

Jeffrey Eannarino, Review: BullZip

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Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.