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Reference Library • January 30, 2012

Measuring Goals: One New Thing

By Carolyn Elefant

Forget the resolutions and big plans. This year, as with last, I’m focusing on just one thing.

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Technology • January 23, 2012

Are We Regulating the Wrong Problem When It Comes to The Cloud?

By Carolyn Elefant

I don’t recall ever needing to secure client approval for the bank where I place their money – so I’m not sure why the cloud is different. Before we start sounding the alarms about the cloud, let’s make sure there’s a real fire to put out.

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Technology • January 11, 2012

Why Lawyers Should Take An Interest in Pinterest

By Carolyn Elefant

I knew that if I was going to make use of Pinterest, I’d need to find a way to connect it to either my law practice or one of my blogs. Here are some of the ideas that I’ve come up with so far for using Pinterest for your law practice.

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Technology • November 28, 2011

Social Media on the Go…And What It Means for Lawyers

By Carolyn Elefant

With respect to lawyers as social media participants, mobile apps remove the most common excuse for lawyers who refuse to engage social media — lack of time.

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Technology • November 21, 2011

Mobile Access & Access to Law

By Carolyn Elefant

Using mobile devices for personal and professional convenience wastes the awesome potential of mobile access to expand meaningful access to justice

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Technology • November 09, 2011

Do Lawyers Have Their Head in the Clouds by Requiring Cloud Servers to Be Located in the United States?

By Carolyn Elefant

I’ve always thought that the server location issue was a red herring because cloud providers aren’t absolved of their duty to protect data merely because it’s located in a foreign country.

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Featured • October 28, 2011

Got No Time for Time Management

By Carolyn Elefant

Let’s face it, most people waste time, or don’t use it efficiently not because they don’t know how to, but either because they don’t want to or they can’t.

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Technology • October 12, 2011

Should Lawyers Text?

By Carolyn Elefant

The answer depends on a given situation, but at a minimum, lawyers should be text-literate so that they can accommodate colleagues and clients with a preference for texting.

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Technology • September 30, 2011

How Paperless Court Filings Add Seven Hours of Free Time to My Day

By Carolyn Elefant

With the push of a send button, I can magically ZAP my document from my desktop computer into the court’s files. And get an extra seven hours in my day, to boot.

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Marketing, Technology • September 21, 2011

Can Technology Ferret Out Unethical Client Reviews and Testimonials?

By Carolyn Elefant

Some researchers have developed an algorithm for ferreting out fake reviews, which got me thinking about the potential impact of a fake-review-detector on lawyer review sites.

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