December, 2016

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Demonstratives: Making Effective Graphics for Trial

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I frequently use Microsoft PowerPoint to create and display demonstrative graphics used in Opening Statements, Closing Arguments, and with Expert Witnesses. Although professional graphic artists also use tools such as Adobe’s Illustrator and Photoshop, in the hands of an experienced user, PowerPoint can accomplish many of the same tasks, and it is much easier to work with.

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Worldox - Tips and Tricks

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3 of My Favorite Features in Worl dox GX4 Worldox GX4 is loaded with new features and I wanted to share my top three.

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Worldox - Tips and Tricks

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3 of My Favorite Features in Worl dox GX4 Worldox GX4 is loaded with new features and I wanted to share my top three.

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Lawcus - Legal Case Management Software

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Lawcus Legal Case Management Software Lawcus is basically project management software built for lawyers instead of software developers (for a welcome change), with a simple-but-effective CRM built on the same model. Lawcus is one of the most unique practice management software options you will find.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Lawcus - Legal Case Management Software

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Lawcus Legal Case Management Software Lawcus is basically project management software built for lawyers instead of software developers (for a welcome change), with a simple-but-effective CRM built on the same model. Lawcus is one of the most unique practice management software options you will find.

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Xero - Law Firm Accounting 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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MerusCase Law Practice Management Software

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MerusCase Law Practice Management Software Merus is a software development company that provides information technology consulting and builds web applications, and MerusCase is their practice management software. The software was built with California workers’ compensation attorneys in mind, but Merus is clearly making a play for the tech-savvy lawyer who wants a flexible practice management software package.

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MerusCase Law Practice Management Software

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MerusCase Law Practice Management Software Merus is a software development company that provides information technology consulting and builds web applications, and MerusCase is their practice management software. The software was built with California workers’ compensation attorneys in mind, but Merus is clearly making a play for the tech-savvy lawyer who wants a flexible practice management software package.

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Timestream - Tips and Tricks

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How to Make a Timeline Using Timestream Whether it’s an investigation, news report, litigation or a research project, the story can last minutes or decades and can change in an instant. A visual timeline can help tie everything together, crafting a coherent and well supported narrative.

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Timestream - Tips and Tricks

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How to Make a Timeline Using Timestream Whether it’s an investigation, news report, litigation or a research project, the story can last minutes or decades and can change in an instant. A visual timeline can help tie everything together, crafting a coherent and well supported narrative.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Amicus Attorney - Case Management Software

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Setting Up Internal Roles on Files in Amicus Attorney 2015 Similarly to how you can label an expert witness or Plaintiff to a file, now you can label your firm members title or position on a file. You’ll no longer be questioning who is assigned to which files and who is the secondary chair or primary paralegal assigned. This is also helpful with precedents and workflows because you can now assign a precedent dynamically based on the role assigned on the case – instead of a specific person.

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Amicus Attorney - Case Management Software

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Setting Up Internal Roles on Files in Amicus Attorney 2015 Similarly to how you can label an expert witness or Plaintiff to a file, now you can label your firm members title or position on a file. You’ll no longer be questioning who is assigned to which files and who is the secondary chair or primary paralegal assigned. This is also helpful with precedents and workflows because you can now assign a precedent dynamically based on the role assigned on the case – instead of a specific person.

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PowerPoint - Tips and Tricks

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Adding a Whiteboard to your Presentation PowerPoint has a white board feature that allows you to insert notes into a live presentation. This feature allows you to transcribe audience ideas or feedback in real time. This tool makes interactive presentations more efficient and makes the transition from presenting a slide to notating ideas seamless.

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PowerPoint - Tips and Tricks

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Adding a Whiteboard to your Presentation PowerPoint has a white board feature that allows you to insert notes into a live presentation. This feature allows you to transcribe audience ideas or feedback in real time. This tool makes interactive presentations more efficient and makes the transition from presenting a slide to notating ideas seamless.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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Lexis Research Tools

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Lexis.com Sets Date for Shutdown Prepare last rites for Lexis.com. The legacy legal research service will be leaving this world at the end of 2017. This week, LexisNexis began notifying Lexis.com customers that it will be shutting down the service over the next 12 months and moving them to the newer Lexis Advance research platform.

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Lexis Research Tools

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Lexis.com Sets Date for Shutdown Prepare last rites for Lexis.com. The legacy legal research service will be leaving this world at the end of 2017. This week, LexisNexis began notifying Lexis.com customers that it will be shutting down the service over the next 12 months and moving them to the newer Lexis Advance research platform.

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Apps for Lawyers

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Reasons Law Practice Apps Really Are Worth It It’s true that implementing new technology means learning something new, and transitioning takes time, patience and some investment. But contra the critics, law practice apps really can be worth the time and money – as long as you use them correctly.

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Apps for Lawyers

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Reasons Law Practice Apps Really Are Worth It It’s true that implementing new technology means learning something new, and transitioning takes time, patience and some investment. But contra the critics, law practice apps really can be worth the time and money – as long as you use them correctly.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Evernote vs OneNote

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Web Apps: Evernote vs OneNote In the world of note taking tools, Evernote and OneNote are two great programs.

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Evernote vs OneNote

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Web Apps: Evernote vs OneNote In the world of note taking tools, Evernote and OneNote are two great programs.

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Apps for Lawyers

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50+ Apps & Sites for Productive Lawyers Whether you’re an in-house lawyer, in biglaw, a solo, or a law student, here are 50 (ok, 51) apps and sites you can use to be more productive and efficient: Read the Article: Here

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Apps for Lawyers

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50+ Apps & Sites for Productive Lawyers Whether you’re an in-house lawyer, in biglaw, a solo, or a law student, here are 50 (ok, 51) apps and sites you can use to be more productive and efficient: Read the Article: Here

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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Email - Tips and Tricks

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How To Spot a Malicious Email It is estimated that over 80% of emails sent each day is spam. Of that, a significant portion contains some sort of virus, phishing or malicious intent. Not only does this represent a major security risk, but unwanted and email also affects productivity and clogs your network. In the event that an email slides pass your spam filter, how can you tell whether it’s malicious?

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Email - Tips and Tricks

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How To Spot a Malicious Email It is estimated that over 80% of emails sent each day is spam. Of that, a significant portion contains some sort of virus, phishing or malicious intent. Not only does this represent a major security risk, but unwanted and email also affects productivity and clogs your network. In the event that an email slides pass your spam filter, how can you tell whether it’s malicious?

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LawStudio Case Management Software

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A Look at Veritext’s LawStudio Software LawStudio helps legal teams work efficiently by bringing together everything needed to build a case – documents, transcripts, exhibits, even videos – within one organized secure workspace. Direct integration with court reporting services, simple searching, annotating and reporting , virtual conferring and witness prep, help legal teams collaborate easily and securely on the case, while saving time and money.

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LawStudio Case Management Software

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A Look at Veritext’s LawStudio Software LawStudio helps legal teams work efficiently by bringing together everything needed to build a case – documents, transcripts, exhibits, even videos – within one organized secure workspace. Direct integration with court reporting services, simple searching, annotating and reporting , virtual conferring and witness prep, help legal teams collaborate easily and securely on the case, while saving time and money.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

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Clio - Practice Management Software

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Clio Law Practice Management Software Clio is probably the most popular cloud-based practice management software. As good as Clio already is, it keeps getting better. Each provider of practice-management software takes a slightly different approach. What distinguishes Clio is its focus on user experience and integrations.

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Clio - Practice Management Software

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Clio Law Practice Management Software Clio is probably the most popular cloud-based practice management software. As good as Clio already is, it keeps getting better. Each provider of practice-management software takes a slightly different approach. What distinguishes Clio is its focus on user experience and integrations.

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Smokeball - Practice Management Software

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Smokeball: AI in Practice Management Software Smokeball is practice management software. What sets them apart from their competition is their use of artificial intelligence to track your time for you! I can’t emphasize this enough, but I hated keeping track of my time. There are companies that have awesome timers and will let you click on a clock to start and stop tracking your time while you work on a matter, but not one does it for you automatically by tracking your activities.

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Smokeball - Practice Management Software

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Smokeball: AI in Practice Management Software Smokeball is practice management software. What sets them apart from their competition is their use of artificial intelligence to track your time for you! I can’t emphasize this enough, but I hated keeping track of my time. There are companies that have awesome timers and will let you click on a clock to start and stop tracking your time while you work on a matter, but not one does it for you automatically by tracking your activities.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.