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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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Beta Lambs Knew Not: The Case Against the Early Adopters
August 24, 2011, 11 Comments
Why Lawyers Should Take An Interest in Pinterest
January 11, 2012, 11 Comments
Missing App: A Browser that Does Passwords Right
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3 Things Lawyers Should Know about Cloud Computing
July 08, 2011, 10 Comments
5 Ways To Streamline Email
July 05, 2011, 9 Comments
Transitions: Don’t Be Afraid to Roll the Dice
June 06, 2011, 8 Comments
August Theme: Dead2Me
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Social, But Not Media
June 17, 2011, 7 Comments
Transitioning your Law Firm to the Cloud
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