I’ve been reading all the hoopla about the recent relaunch of LexisNexis (also discussed here) and the pending one for Westlaw; there are some legal minds out there who are pretty happy at what they see. To them, I say, “good for you.”
But I’m left wondering whether these re-launches are nothing more than rearranging [...]
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Category Archives: Office Technology
LexisNexis And Westlaw Re-Launch – Too Little, Too Late?
Toggl: Track Your Billable Time Easily (And Free!)
Managing a bankruptcy law office requires the ability to keep track of where time is being spent, by whom, and on which matters. For many bankruptcy lawyers, however, time tracking is costly and difficult. There are a bunch of programs out there to help lawyers track time, but they’re all cumbersome and cost [...]
Poll For Bankruptcy Lawyers – Bankruptcy Petition Preparation Software
There are so many petition preparation packages out there, and every bankruptcy lawyer has a favorite. Now I’m wondering – which do you use, and how much do you like it?
I’d appreciate your answers, and will publish the results here on the blog.
The Truth About RECAP, The Free PACER Alternative
You’re sick and tired of paying for access to federal court documents, especially given the fact that they’re supposed to be copyright-free and in the public domain. You spend $0.08 per page to get copies of pleadings, bankruptcy petitions, the whole nine yards.
Paying for stuff that should be free sucks.
Enter RECAP, the Firefox extension [...]
Calculate The Means Test On The Fly From Your iPhone
Bankruptcy lawyers Kelsey & Trask, P.C. have provided a free web app for the iPhone that calculates the means test for Chapter 7 bankruptcy purposes. The Means Test Calculator provided uses median family income figures for each state as of March 15, 2009.
It’s a pretty useful web application, and one that I’ve been playing around [...]
How Tethering Your iPhone Can Save You Money
Multitasking. Productivity. Using technology to achieve both. IPhone tethering can solve a number of problems. Last year when preparing to give a presentation in Hilton Head on technology in the law office, I worried that WiFi would not be present in the seminar room. I had planned to stay in touch with my office and my [...]
Marketing Your Law Firm With Video? Embed YouTube Videos Onto WordPress!
You’re using video as part of your legal marketing plan, and it’s going great. You’re taking all the right advice, getting more clients into your office based on the persuasive power of your video marketing.
Well done, but you’re not there yet.
What you want to do is embed those YouTube videos onto your blog or [...]
Turn Your iPhone Into A Modem For Portable Productivity
More and more lawyers are using their laptops to access information and work remotely. Though Internet access is readily available at many coffee shops and airports, the charge for connectivity can be extreme. And when you need to hop online for only an hour, paying the full day-rate seems wasteful.
For some, the answer is getting [...]
10 Steps To Turning Your iPhone Into A Modem For Your Laptop
Tethering is the process by which you can connect your cell phone to a computer as a method of connecting to the internet. This is most helpful when there is no WiFi available and there is no other internet access. Tethering is built into the latest version of the iPhone OS. You [...]
How To Save YouTube Videos To Your Computer
Ever watch a YouTube video and wish you could just save it and keep it on your hard drive?
You can.
Watch this video and see how easy it is.
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