By Larry Port
on July 22, 2010
What is cloud computing? What are the implications for lawyers? What tools can I use in the cloud for my law practice?
These are all questions we dive deep into during this hour-long webinar recorded recently for Avvo, the online lawyer directory par excellence.
Avvo also has an online video of this presentation on their [...]
By Larry Port
on July 14, 2010
We’re very excited to work with the innovative attorney profile and rating service Avvo this month on our webinar series!
Cloud Computing for Legal Professionals
July 15, 10AM PST, 1PM EST
Description:
Just what is this cloud that everyone is talking about? From the perspective of the law firm, computing in the cloud eliminates typical IT expenses, management, [...]
By Larry Port
on July 14, 2010
We software developers have been blessed with an incredible help site called Stack Overflow, written by one of the supreme nerd leaders and preeminent bloggers, the great Joel Spolsky.
For the SaaSy consumer, the Stack Overflow people created Web Applications Stack Exchange, a terrific public forum for learning the ins and outs of cloud-based tools for [...]
By Larry Port
on May 24, 2010
Do you know how to delegate effectively? Many lawyers don’t. Being able to let go of work that others can do and knowing how to follow up are key abilities in learning how to lessen workloads and reclaim your life.
Allison Shields of LegalEase Consulting Inc. and the popular website LawyerMeltdown.com hosted Rocket Matter’s [...]
By Larry Port
on May 2, 2010
When Rocket Matter was first announced to the world back in February of 2008, we faced a lot of raised eyebrows. We were the first dedicated Internet-based legal practice management and time and billing software to hit the market, and as such, we found ourselves quite busy answering client confidentiality and data issues.
Over two [...]
By Larry Port
on April 5, 2010
North Carolina is working on a Formal Ethics Opinion on legal web-based practice management and time and billing software like Rocket Matter.
We are hoping that North Carolina will impose certain minimum standards on cloud-based practice management systems and their SLA/Licensing arrangements to protect all parties involved.
However, there is a risk that some of the commenters [...]
By Larry Port
on February 26, 2010
Amazing work by Reid Trautz for his piece Is the Apple iPad the Tipping Point? Practicing Law in the Cloud Goes Mainstream in 2010. It’s one of the most, if not THE most, comprehensive assessments of the state of legal and how it’s changing before our eyes. A snippet:
Right before our eyes a [...]
By Larry Port
on February 3, 2010
If I were Keanu Reaves, I would be saying “Whoa” right now.
What a better way to celebrate our two-year birthday than to welcome a great legal tech blogger into our community.
Rick Georges, who two years ago took the anti-cloud position in the Mac vs PC ABA Journal article, is now on board the Rocket. It [...]
By Larry Port
on January 4, 2010
Welcome to a new year, a new decade, which hopefully won’t be remembered for odd-shaped jeans and hairstyles. Hopefully this decade (the teens, the tens, hopefully we can decide on a name this time) will be remembered as one in which smaller law firms become more profitable. It appears the groundwork is already there, with [...]
By Larry Port
on November 11, 2009
Last week Mac lawyers from all over the United States gathered in Orlando to talk about using their beloved Apple machines in the legal space. It was a very cool gathering of people, and whether you knew a lot or a little about Macs there was something for everyone.
I found it interesting to talk to [...]
