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Review: 2017 Solo and Small Firm Technology Guide

March 16, 2017

Recently, John Heckman of Heckman Consulting reviewed the 2017 Solo and Small Firm Technology Guide written by Sensei’s Sharon Nelson, John Simek, and Michael Maschke.

Excerpt: Why should you read this book?  There are two reasons. If you are starting up a small firm or considering upgrades it provides invaluable advice. There is a second reason, perhaps even more important. As Jim Calloway notes in his introduction, the ABA revised its Model Rules to require that lawyers be competent with the technology tools they must use today. 26 states have followed suit and the number is increasing monthly it seems. If you sometimes wonder whether the technology you use is actually productive for your firm or if you are losing ground to competing firms, reading this book will bring you up to speed and give you a pretty good idea of where your firm stands from a technology point of view, even if you choose not to make changes. Increasingly, the argument “I’m a lawyer, not a techie” (in whatever version it is formulated) is simply not going to be ethically acceptable.

Read the entire review here.