The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies

by Dennis M. Kennedy
The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies
Author: Dennis M. Kennedy
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781590319796
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This first-of-its-kind legal guide showcases how to use the latest Web-based and software technologies, such as Web 2.0, Google tools, Microsoft Office, and Acrobat, to work collaboratively and more efficiently on projects with colleagues, clients, co-counsel and even opposing counsel. The book provides a wealth of information useful to lawyers who are just beginning to try collaboration tools, as well as tips and techniques for those lawyers with intermediate and advanced collaboration experience.

The Lawyer's Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools

by Marc Lauritsen
The Lawyer's Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools
Author: Marc Lauritsen
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010
Genre: Law offices
ISBN: 9781604428261
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This ground-breaking guide introduces lawyers and other professionals to a powerful class of software that supports core aspects of legal work. The author discusses how technologies like practice systems, work product retrieval, document assembly, and interactive checklists help people work smarter. If you are looking to work more effectively, this book provides a clear roadmap, with many concrete examples and thought-provoking ideas.

The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software

by Andrew Zenas Adkins
The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software
Author: Andrew Zenas Adkins
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781604424669
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What can practice management systems software do for a law practice? With the right system in place, a law firms and staff will have the ability to automatically route items, tasks, documents, and events to certain people based on their role in the case or matter, as well as manage deadlines, improve responsiveness to clients, reduce malpractice insurance rates, and boost overall productivity. The challenge is to find a program that best serves the needs of the firm.

Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law: A Practical Guide for Law Firms, Law Departments and Other Legal Organizations

by Dennis Kennedy
Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law: A Practical Guide for Law Firms, Law Departments and Other Legal Organizations
Author: Dennis Kennedy
Publisher: Bowker Identifier Services
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2019-10-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781734076301
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Sometimes, innovators need some help from a trusted guide to keep their efforts on track and moving toward successful outcomes. In this comprehensive, practicable, and highly-readable legal innovation guide, innovators, innovators-to-be and leaders and decision-makers in law firms, law departments and legal organizations will be led through the key pieces of successful innovation processes to enhance the probability of success and decrease the probability of embarrassing and costly failures. Drawing on his many years of experience in law firms and law departments, his well-known expertise in innovation and legal technology and his familiarity with and involvement in the legal innovation movement, Dennis Kennedy covers the entire waterfront of innovation issues, shares his best tips and techniques, answers hard questions, and gives many helpful examples. This book will be an excellent desktop companion for your innovation journey. and an essential resource for forward-looking legal organizations of all kinds and for their customer as well.

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007

by Ben M. Schorr
The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007
Author: Ben M. Schorr
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2009
Genre: Law offices
ISBN: 9781604427615
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Microsoft Word is one of the most used applications in the Microsoft Office suite. This handy reference includes clear explanations, legal-specific descriptions, and time-saving tips for getting the most out of Microsoft Word and customizing it for the needs of today's legal professional. Focusing on the tools and features that are essential for lawyers in their practice, this book explains the key components to help make lawyers more effective, more efficient, and more successful.

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007

by Ben M. Schorr
The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007
Author: Ben M. Schorr
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781604421439
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Outlook is the most used application in Microsoft Office, but are you using it to your greatest advantage? The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007 is the only guide written specifically for lawyers to help you be more productive, more efficient and more successful. More than just email, Outlook is also a powerful task, contact, and scheduling manager that will improve your practice. From helping you log and track phone calls, meetings, and correspondence to archiving closed case material in one easy-to-store location, this book unlocks the secrets of underappreciated features that you will use every day. Written in plain language by a twenty-year veteran of law office technology and ABA member, you'll find: Tips and tricks to effectively transfer information between all components of the software; The eight new features in Outlook 2007 that lawyers will love; A tour of major product features and how laywers can best use them; Mistakes lawyers should avoid when using Outlook; What to do when you're away from the office.