Technology has had a huge impact on the practice of law. practicePRO shows you how various legal technologies can help you practice more effectively, efficiently and profitably, and how they can expose you to malpractice dangers.

Technology Articles

See these articles for information on technology related practice issues:

• Technology for Solo/Small Firm, Home & Mobile Lawyers (Paper by Richard Ferguson)
• Top ten technology tools: And tips on how to use them (Paper from 2010 LSUC/OBA Solo and Small Firm Conference)
• Danger Signs: Five activities not covered by your LAWPRO policy (LAWPRO Magazine September 2010)
• Social Media: Why? - An overview of social media (LAWPRO Magazine December 2009)
• Social Media: What? - A guide to social media tools (LAWPRO Magazine December 2009)
• Social Media: How? - A primer on using social media in a law firm (LAWPRO Magazine December 2009)
• Social Media pitfalls to avoid by Dan Pinnington (LAWPRO Magazine December 2009)
• Casebook: Social media and litigation by Debra Rolph (LAWPRO Magazine December 2009)
• Book review: Marketing on the Internet (LAWPRO Magazine December 2009)
• Technology opens doors to new thinking (LAWPRO Magazine July 2009)
• Electronic registration (real estate practice)
• Surviving the slide: What firms should (and shouldn't) do to ride out the economic storm (LAWPRO Magazine Winter 2008/2009)
• Technology in tough times by Dan Pinnington (LAWPRO Magazine Winter 2008/2009)
• Technology: good tool, bad tool by Jim Calloway (LawPRO Magazine Summer 2006)
• Why electronic documents are different by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine September 2005)
• Windows Gone Wild by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine July 2005)
• Tapping the potential of extranets by Mark Tamminga (LawPRO Magazine Dec 2004)
• Have you Googled yourself lately? by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine Dec 2004)
• How to avoid being phished by David Reid (LawPRO Magazine Dec 2004)
• If you do nothing else - the lucky 13 things you must do to protect you data (LawPRO Magazine Dec 2004)
• Managing the security and privacy of electronic data in a law office booklet
• How to enable the security settings on a wireless access point or router By Dan Pinnington
• Beware the dangers of metadata by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine June 2004)
• Adobe Acrobat and PDF Files - An Essential Part of Your Legal Technology Arsenal by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine March 2003)

Practical Tips

Through these practical tips columns from LAWPRO Magazine, practicePRO provides you with hands-on tips and direction on how you can use technology more effectively.

• Tech tip: Six Tech Tips for Improving Client Communication (LAWPRO Magazine Fall 2011)
• Tech tip: Dos and Dont's for Twitter (LAWPRO Magazine Summer 2011)
• Tech tip: 11 steps to take when protecting client data (LAWPRO Magazine September 2010)
• Tech tip: Essential smartphone apps for lawyers by Dan Pinnington (LAWPRO Magazine May/June 2010)
• Tech Tip: Blackberry 101 (LAWPRO Magazine Winter 2008/2009)
• Tech Tip: 10 Essential Tech Skills by Dan Pinnington (LAWPRO Magazine Summer 2007)
• Tech Tip: Blackberry Etiquette by Dan Pinnington (LAWPRO Magazine Winter 2008)
• Tech Tip: Voicemail 101 by Dan Pinnington (LAWPRO Magazine Summer 2007)
• Tech Tip: How to do more with your mouse (LAWPRO Magazine Winter 2007)
• Tech Tip: Surfing with your keyboard (LawPRO Magazine Summer 2006)
• Tech Tip: Docketing dos and don'ts (LawPRO Magazine September 2005)
• Tech Tip: Free is Good - Three fantastic and free Web resources by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine July 2005)
• Tech Tip - Disarming pop-ups by David Reid (LawPRO Magazine Dec 2004)
• Tech Tip: Computer Trouble Shooting - Top Ten Steps by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine June 2004)
• Tech Tip: Use Paste Special to Clean-Up Text by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine Spring 2004)
• Tech Tip: www.canlii.org An Excellent Internet Source for free Legal Research by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine Summer 2003)
• Tech Tip: Search and file writs of execution online without going to the registry office (LawPRO Magazine March 2003)
• Tech Tip: Are you properly inoculated? By Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine July 2002)
• Tech Tip: Are Your Passwords Secure? by Dan Pinnington (LawPRO Magazine April 2002)

ABA Law Practice Magazine Tech Articles by Dan Pinnington

• Essential Do's and Dont's for LinkedIn Users (November/December 2011)
• Essential Do's and Dont's for Twitter Users (March/April 2011)
• Apps for lawyers' BlackBerrys (March/April 2010)
• Packing a punch: How-tos for better webinar presentations, part 2 (June 2009)
• Is anyone out there? How-tos for better webinar presentations (April/May 2009)
• Costly technology gotchas: A dozen tips for email security and more (March 2009)
• Tweaking Excel: How to exploit your options (December 2008)
• Blackberry 101: The hidden essentials (October/November 2008)
• Why (and how) to buy a tablet PC (July/August 2008)
• Prettier Powerpoints: How to stand out from the crowd (June 2008)
• 60 site in 60 minutes from ABA Techshow (April/May 2008)
• Time saving, client pleasing, practice-building tech tips (March 2008)
• Cell phone and Blackberry etiquette: A short refresher (January 2008)
• Untangling web addresses: When capital letters matter and when they don't (December 2007)
• Eking extra time out of cell phones, PDAs and other portable devices (October/November 2007)
• Squeezing more out of your laptop's battery (September 2007)
• Changing paragraph indents - it's not rocket science, really! (July/August 2007)
• Your email signature - It's more than meets the eye (June 2007)
• I'm not here right now, please leave a message (BEEP) (April/May 2007)
• Gaga for Google 2: More ways to make magic (December 2006)
• Gaga for Google 1: Making your search results more magical (October/November 2006)
• All features great and small: Enlarging Windows navigation elements (September 2006)
• Surfing with your keyboard (July/August 2006)
• Are you feeling sensitive? How to do more with your mouse (June 2006)
• How to navigate Powerpoint slides like a pro (April/May 2006)

SlawTips

Slaw.ca is the Canadian legal blog that covers all aspects of the practice of law in Canada. On Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays they present SlawTips: short and useful bits of advice that often focuses on legal technology.

Legal Technology Books

There are several books in our practicePRO Lending Library on various legal technologies and technology related issues. For a complete list click here

Technology Breakfasts

For more practical information on using technology see practicePRO Technology Breakfasts