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JOHN HECKMAN’S REVIEW OF THE SMALL FIRM LEGAL TECHNOLOGY GUIDE

February 25, 2014

These are excerpts from John Heckman’s review of the 2014 Small Firm Legal Technology Guide.

“This is the seventh yearly edition for the Solo and Small Firm Technology Guide by Sharon Nelson, John Simek and Michael Maschke, with a contribution on the PaperLESS Office by Ross Kodner written before his untimely death last summer. A very useful addition is a chapter by Jennifer Ellis on social media and in particular security, privacy and ethics considerations in using them. There is also an Appendix on the “iPad for Litigators” by Tom Mighell and Paul Unger.

“Why should you read this book?  There are two reasons. Obviously 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. 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.”

“The book is available from the ABA store. If you are starting an office, are at a point where you need to make a decision about where to go next, or just to want to keep up to date on what is currently available, this will be an invaluable primer.”