June, 2020

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Large Law Firm Trends in 2020 – Part 1

Ron Friedmann

Last week Altman Weil released its 2020 Law Firms in Transition Survey , which reports on large law firm trends as of 2020. I provide comment here on several, including long term changes, innovation, and how many firms have senior strategic professionals. Part 2 of this post will cover additional trends, mainly around creating value for clients. [I also Tweeted about findings, here.

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CLE Webinar Based on popular Internet Legal Research Book Coming Soon

Internet for Lawyers

Learn About Free Internet Legal Research: Join us for a new CLE webinar, "Internet Legal Research on a Budget" on July 8, 2020. CLEwebinars.com is hosting a new webinar based on the the popular and newly updated book "Internet Legal Research on a Budget" on July 8, at 1:00 pm ET. After you sign up for this webinar, you'll receiv.

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eDiscovery Basics

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Electronic Discovery – Forensic Image A forensic image is a bit-by-bit image of a particular hard drive. It can be a computer or a server hard drive. It basically means that they collect every tiny bit of data on the hard drive as it existed. The goal is to do a single collection and get everything we need for any future analysis.

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Accellis Technology Group Achieves?Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

Accellis Technology Group

Accellis demonstrates best-in-class capability and market leadership through demonstrated technology success and customer commitment. Accellis Technology Group today announced it has attained a gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competency, demonstrating a “best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world and distinguishing itself within Microsoft’s partner ecosystem.

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Ep 081: Court Buddy Founder James Jones Jr. on Being A Black Entrepreneur in Legal Tech

LawNext podcast

In 2015, the husband-and-wife team of James Jones Jr. and Kristina Jones founded Court Buddy , a service that matches consumers with vetted lawyers at affordable prices. Last November, the couple stepped aside from the business to pursue other interests. In their time running the company, they had raised $7.1 million and won numerous awards and honors.

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Richard Susskind + Mark Cohen on Educating + Skills for Legal Professionals

Ron Friedmann

This is a live blog post of a 75-minutes video discussion with Richard Susskind and Mark Cohen about “UK vs US – the next decade” and “Skills and education for legal professionals in the 2020s”. It is hosted by Legal Geek and sponsored by Thomson Reuters, UnitedLex, and iManage. This is the third of a four-part discussion, The Uncertain Decade, “Richard Susskind and Mark Cohen debate the future of the legal industry”.

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Litigation, ADR, ODR—The Next Normal?

Ron Friedmann

Litigation, ADR, ODR—The Next Normal? a live blog post of a College of Law Practice Management virtual event. As with all my live posts, please forgive typos and misunderstandings of meaning. (Note abbreviations: ADR = alternative dispute resolution. ODR = online dispute resolution) The session description is below; the panelists are: Jordan Furlong, moderator—author, speaker, analyst, forecaster at Law 21.

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Internet Legal Research on a Budget Gets New Edition

Internet for Lawyers

New ABA book shows lawyers alternatives to expensive legal research databases Just published by the American Bar Association, " Internet Legal Research on a Budget: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Lawyers, Second Edition " by Judy Davis and Carole Levitt directs lawyers to useful and reliable databases and explains how to use them effectively.

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CLE Webinar Covers Ethics of Social Media Research

Internet for Lawyers

Join us for "The Ethics of Social Media Research" webinar on June 28th. CLEwebinars.com is hosting "The Ethics of Social Media Research" webinar on June 28th at 1:00-2:30 pm ET , presented by Carole Levitt, Esq. & Mark Rosch. (This webinar.

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Free Investigative Research Webinar | June 17, 2020

Internet for Lawyers

Investigate This New FREE Webinar on Jun 17, 2020: "How Data Can Help You Win: Finding Background and Investigative Information to Support Your Cases and Transactions" Join us for a new, free webinar, "How Data Can Help You Win: Finding Background and Investigative Information to Support Your Cases and Transactions" on Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT at (

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eDiscovery Basics

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Electronic Discovery – Forensic Image A forensic image is a bit-by-bit image of a particular hard drive. It can be a computer or a server hard drive. It basically means that they collect every tiny bit of data on the hard drive as it existed. The goal is to do a single collection and get everything we need for any future analysis.

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Microsoft Windows Tips and Tricks

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The Best (Free) Speech-to-Text Software for Windows Looking for the best free Windows speech-to-text software? The most-repeated paid recommendation is Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS). But some might scoff at paying money for software. Fortunately, there are several great free programs out there like Google Docs Voice Typing (GDVT) and Windows Speech Recognition (WSR).

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Microsoft Windows Tips and Tricks

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The Best (Free) Speech-to-Text Software for Windows Looking for the best free Windows speech-to-text software? The most-repeated paid recommendation is Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS). But some might scoff at paying money for software. Fortunately, there are several great free programs out there like Google Docs Voice Typing (GDVT) and Windows Speech Recognition (WSR).

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PowerPoint Tips and Tricks

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Change Slide Aspect Ratio in PowerPoint Of course, there’s nothing worse than poorly sized slides in a presentation. They look annoying, and they can quickly lay waste to the most meticulously planned exhibition. Keep reading to find out more. PowerPoint makes it easy to jump between the common 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.

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PowerPoint Tips and Tricks

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Change Slide Aspect Ratio in PowerPoint Of course, there’s nothing worse than poorly sized slides in a presentation. They look annoying, and they can quickly lay waste to the most meticulously planned exhibition. Keep reading to find out more. PowerPoint makes it easy to jump between the common 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

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How to Convert Pages to Word Due to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.docx). For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format.

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

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How to Convert Pages to Word Due to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.docx). For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format.

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Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks

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Excel - Insert headers and footers Y ou can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks

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Excel - Insert headers and footers Y ou can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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Ep 080: Sociologist Rebecca Sandefur on Enhancing Access to Justice

LawNext podcast

Sociologist Rebecca Sandefur is one of the world’s leading scholars on access to justice. Professor at the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University, she is also a faculty fellow at the American Bar Foundation, where she founded and leads the Access to Justice Research Initiative. In 2018, she was named a recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work promoting an evidence-based approach to increasing access to justice for low-income communities.

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Law Practice Management Software

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AbacusLaw - Practice Management Software AbacusLaw is a good fit for firms that want an all-in-one solution with access to a private cloud server and desktop software. It’s also great for firms that need a wide range of seamless features like contract management, billing, calendar, client history, and more. However, it’s probably not a good fit for firms looking to work directly from a fully functioning mobile app (although AbacusLaw does have a responsive website).

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Law Practice Management Software

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AbacusLaw - Practice Management Software AbacusLaw is a good fit for firms that want an all-in-one solution with access to a private cloud server and desktop software. It’s also great for firms that need a wide range of seamless features like contract management, billing, calendar, client history, and more. However, it’s probably not a good fit for firms looking to work directly from a fully functioning mobile app (although AbacusLaw does have a responsive website).

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

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Track Changes in Word Track changes records every edit without making anything permanent. You can move, copy, delete and insert text, change formatting, even change pictures and insert objects. And the person who sent you the document can see the changes you made and decide whether to accept or reject them. Or you can do the same when others make changes to your document.

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

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Track Changes in Word Track changes records every edit without making anything permanent. You can move, copy, delete and insert text, change formatting, even change pictures and insert objects. And the person who sent you the document can see the changes you made and decide whether to accept or reject them. Or you can do the same when others make changes to your document.

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Law Practice Management

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Email Management for Lawyers: 6 Best Practices If not managed well, email is distracting and quite addictive. The good news though is there are several practical tips and helpful tools to overcome this problem.

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Law Practice Management

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Email Management for Lawyers: 6 Best Practices If not managed well, email is distracting and quite addictive. The good news though is there are several practical tips and helpful tools to overcome this problem.

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Ep 079: Exploring the Meaning of Legal Terms through Corpus Linguistics

LawNext podcast

At BYU Law in Provo, Utah, a first-of-its-kind technology platform is enabling legal researchers to explore the meanings of legal words and phrases by examining the contexts in which they historically were used. The Law and Corpus Linguistics platform enables users to examine large collections of historical texts to help determine, for example, what early drafters meant by a phrase such as “bear arms.

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Microsoft Outlook Tips and Tricks

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How To Configure Microsoft Outlook For Lawyers Outlook is probably the second most important tool for lawyers after Microsoft Word. It’s a one-stop shop for email, calendar, and task lists. Although it’s a great tool, here are some tweaks to make it even better.

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Microsoft Outlook Tips and Tricks

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How To Configure Microsoft Outlook For Lawyers Outlook is probably the second most important tool for lawyers after Microsoft Word. It’s a one-stop shop for email, calendar, and task lists. Although it’s a great tool, here are some tweaks to make it even better.

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Law Practice Management Software

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Xero Accounting for Law Firms Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that has positioned itself as “The online accounting software alternative to QuickBooks” for lawyers and other small businesses. Like QuickBooks Online, it can work well as general-purpose accounting software for law firms, although it lacks specific trust-accounting features.

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Law Practice Management Software

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Xero Accounting for Law Firms Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that has positioned itself as “The online accounting software alternative to QuickBooks” for lawyers and other small businesses. Like QuickBooks Online, it can work well as general-purpose accounting software for law firms, although it lacks specific trust-accounting features.

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Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks

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Excel: Work with Macros You want to automate a repetitive task in Excel so that you can do the task again with a single click. The best way to do that? Record a macro. And the macro recorder is the easiest way to create a new macro in Excel.

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Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks

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Excel: Work with Macros You want to automate a repetitive task in Excel so that you can do the task again with a single click. The best way to do that? Record a macro. And the macro recorder is the easiest way to create a new macro in Excel.

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

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How to Merge Two Documents in Microsoft Word Sometimes when you’re collaborating on a word document with co-workers or editors, the number of copies, edits, and changes can quickly grow out of hand. This is why it’s helpful to have the option to combine two separate documents in Word, because a copy and an edited copy will not only merge, but you’ll also have the option to label which changes were made by a specific author and when.

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

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How to Merge Two Documents in Microsoft Word Sometimes when you’re collaborating on a word document with co-workers or editors, the number of copies, edits, and changes can quickly grow out of hand. This is why it’s helpful to have the option to combine two separate documents in Word, because a copy and an edited copy will not only merge, but you’ll also have the option to label which changes were made by a specific author and when.

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eDiscovery Basics

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Relativity–Electronic Discovery Software What is Relativity, and what solutions does the software provide? Learn more as kCura's president and CEO, Andrew Sieja, gives a high-level overview of Relativity's core capabilities.

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eDiscovery Basics

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Relativity–Electronic Discovery Software What is Relativity, and what solutions does the software provide? Learn more as kCura's president and CEO, Andrew Sieja, gives a high-level overview of Relativity's core capabilities.