Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Set against the gorgeous coastline of Monterey, California at the beautiful Portola Hotel & Spa, the 2019 California Lawyers Association (CLA) Annual Meeting had a small town feel of something much bigger. In fact, this year’s annual meeting marked some major milestones as the CLA fully peeled away from the prior management of the State Bar of California in compliance with SB36 put into place January 1, 2018. .

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Editing PDFs for Lawyers There are a variety of tools out there for editing PDFs for lawyers. Some are free, some are not, and some are better than others. Which is right for you?

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

George Psiharis was employee number six at Clio, which he joined shortly after the practice management company was founded in 2008. Now, he is COO of an enterprise with more than 400 employees and growing, responsible for customer success, business development and data operations. Psiharis also oversees Clio’s annual Legal Trends Report , the fourth of which was released at the recent Clio Cloud Conference in San Diego.

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Technically Legal

OCTOBER 15, 2019

We headed to Silicon Valley to chat with SimpleLegal founder Nathan Wenzel in Episode 26. Nathan has a great legal tech startup story–from idea to acquisition. SimpleLegal provides legal operations software to help corporate legal teams run their departments, manage their legal operations and monitor finances. (This type of software is sometimes referred to as ELM software or “enterprise legal management” software.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Editing PDFs for Lawyers There are a variety of tools out there for editing PDFs for lawyers. Some are free, some are not, and some are better than others. Which is right for you?

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

Xero Accounting for Law Firms Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that has positioned itself as “The online accounting software alternative to QuickBooks” for lawyers and other small businesses. Like QuickBooks Online, it can work well as general-purpose accounting software for law firms, although it lacks specific trust-accounting features.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

The Best (Free) Speech-to-Text Software for Windows Looking for the best free Windows speech-to-text software? The most-repeated paid recommendation is Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS). But some might scoff at paying money for software. Fortunately, there are several great free programs out there like Google Docs Voice Typing (GDVT) and Windows Speech Recognition (WSR).

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

The Best (Free) Speech-to-Text Software for Windows Looking for the best free Windows speech-to-text software? The most-repeated paid recommendation is Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS). But some might scoff at paying money for software. Fortunately, there are several great free programs out there like Google Docs Voice Typing (GDVT) and Windows Speech Recognition (WSR).

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The seventh-annual Clio Cloud Conference recently wrapped up in San Diego. In this special edition of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi sat down at the conference for a conversation with Jack Newton, cofounder and CEO of Clio , to talk about the conference and the company. With Clio having recently announced a $250 million funding round — one of the largest ever for a legal technology company — there was a lot to talk about.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Nineteen years ago, Mark Harris and Alec Guettel founded Axiom , a pioneering service to provide on-demand legal talent to corporate legal departments, growing it into a company with a roster of more than 2,000 lawyers that works with over half of the Fortune 100, while also developing technology and managed services arms. Last February, gearing up for a possible IPO, Axiom spun off its technology and managed services entities into two new companies: Knowable , which uses machine-learning tech

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Change Slide Aspect Ratio in PowerPoint Of course, there’s nothing worse than poorly sized slides in a presentation. They look annoying, and they can quickly lay waste to the most meticulously planned exhibition. Keep reading to find out more. PowerPoint makes it easy to jump between the common 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Change Slide Aspect Ratio in PowerPoint Of course, there’s nothing worse than poorly sized slides in a presentation. They look annoying, and they can quickly lay waste to the most meticulously planned exhibition. Keep reading to find out more. PowerPoint makes it easy to jump between the common 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

How to Convert Pages to Word Due to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.docx). For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

How to Convert Pages to Word Due to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.docx). For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Excel - Insert headers and footers You can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Excel - Insert headers and footers You can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

AbacusLaw - Practice Management Software AbacusLaw is a good fit for firms that want an all-in-one solution with access to a private cloud server and desktop software. It’s also great for firms that need a wide range of seamless features like contract management, billing, calendar, client history, and more. However, it’s probably not a good fit for firms looking to work directly from a fully functioning mobile app (although AbacusLaw does have a responsive website).

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

AbacusLaw - Practice Management Software AbacusLaw is a good fit for firms that want an all-in-one solution with access to a private cloud server and desktop software. It’s also great for firms that need a wide range of seamless features like contract management, billing, calendar, client history, and more. However, it’s probably not a good fit for firms looking to work directly from a fully functioning mobile app (although AbacusLaw does have a responsive website).

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Track Changes in Word T rack changes records every edit without making anything permanent. You can move, copy, delete and insert text, change formatting, even change pictures and insert objects. And the person who sent you the document can see the changes you made and decide whether to accept or reject them. Or you can do the same when others make changes to your document.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Track Changes in Word T rack changes records every edit without making anything permanent. You can move, copy, delete and insert text, change formatting, even change pictures and insert objects. And the person who sent you the document can see the changes you made and decide whether to accept or reject them. Or you can do the same when others make changes to your document.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Email Management for Lawyers: 6 Best Practices I f not managed well, email is distracting and quite addictive. The good news though is there are several practical tips and helpful tools to overcome this problem.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Email Management for Lawyers: 6 Best Practices I f not managed well, email is distracting and quite addictive. The good news though is there are several practical tips and helpful tools to overcome this problem.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In August, a Utah task force on access to justice issued a report that called for “profoundly reimagining the way legal services are regulated in order to harness the power of entrepreneurship, capital, and machine learning in the legal arena.” Two days later, the Utah Supreme Court voted unanimously to approve the report’s recommendations, including substantially loosening regulatory restrictions on lawyers and creating a “regulatory sandbox” to allow a market of non-traditional legal entities

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

How To Configure Microsoft Outlook For Lawyers Outlook is probably the second most important tool for lawyers after Microsoft Word. It’s a one-stop shop for email, calendar, and task lists. Although it’s a great tool, here are some tweaks to make it even better.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

How To Configure Microsoft Outlook For Lawyers Outlook is probably the second most important tool for lawyers after Microsoft Word. It’s a one-stop shop for email, calendar, and task lists. Although it’s a great tool, here are some tweaks to make it even better.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Xero Accounting for Law Firms Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that has positioned itself as “The online accounting software alternative to QuickBooks” for lawyers and other small businesses. Like QuickBooks Online, it can work well as general-purpose accounting software for law firms, although it lacks specific trust-accounting features.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Xero Accounting for Law Firms Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that has positioned itself as “The online accounting software alternative to QuickBooks” for lawyers and other small businesses. Like QuickBooks Online, it can work well as general-purpose accounting software for law firms, although it lacks specific trust-accounting features.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

nd Sync for Net Documents ndSync is a great way to further improve your use of NetDocuments. With ndSync you will be able to synchronize workspaces, folders or documents locally to your computer. This means copies of your cabinets and documents can live on your PC or server, in addition to living in the NetDocuments cloud. This will allow you to save locally and have those changes automatically streamed up to the cloud.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

nd Sync for Net Documents ndSync is a great way to further improve your use of NetDocuments. With ndSync you will be able to synchronize workspaces, folders or documents locally to your computer. This means copies of your cabinets and documents can live on your PC or server, in addition to living in the NetDocuments cloud. This will allow you to save locally and have those changes automatically streamed up to the cloud.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Relativity–Electronic Discovery Software What is Relativity, and what solutions does the software provide? Learn more as kCura's president and CEO, Andrew Sieja, gives a high-level overview of Relativity's core capabilities.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Relativity–Electronic Discovery Software What is Relativity, and what solutions does the software provide? Learn more as kCura's president and CEO, Andrew Sieja, gives a high-level overview of Relativity's core capabilities.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In LawNext Episode 48 , host Bob Ambrogi traveled to Toronto to record a live interview with the founders of the AI-driven legal research platform ROSS Intelligence , CEO Andrew Arruda and CTO Jimoh Ovbiagele , in which they discussed the company’s rise from startup in 2014 to a more mature and established company. In this second interview recorded in Toronto, we take a deep dive into the artificial-intelligence technology that drives the ROSS legal research platform.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Top tips for working in Excel Online When your Excel Online worksheet is a crowd of data, changing the formatting of numbers and text can help make information stand out. Let’s look at three ways to make worksheets easier to read with formatting, and three ways to quickly add numbers. Note: Excel Online was formerly known as Excel Web App.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Top tips for working in Excel Online When your Excel Online worksheet is a crowd of data, changing the formatting of numbers and text can help make information stand out. Let’s look at three ways to make worksheets easier to read with formatting, and three ways to quickly add numbers. Note: Excel Online was formerly known as Excel Web App.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

The best Free email apps for Android The most convenient option that smartphone has given is to check your emails on the go. There are many apps for Android that can help to sync multiple email account. Here are the best free email apps for Android devices to use multiple email accounts in one app.

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