TrialPad for iPad is basically presentation software for your iPad which allows lawyers to annotate, organize, and display digital files in court in order to improve their persuasiveness, get better trial results and reduce costs associated with professional trial presentation consultants. Here's a short introduction:
Although we have not yet tried this app, we find the concept interesting and worth exploring.
Technology and the Internet are constantly reshaping the way we look at the landscape of business. More and more people have turned to the web to do their banking, shopping, schooling, and entertainment. A recent survey conducted by Epoq U.K. says more people want their legal services on the web as well. Attorney Richard Granat discusses the findings of the survey with Damien Allen on today's program.Announcer: Welcome to GAL radio, brought to you by the Greatest American Lawyer blog, changing the way law is practiced through technology, innovation, and creativity. Turning the business of law on its head and shaking things up for the betterment of clients, lawyers, law firms and society. Now here’s your host, Damien Allen.
Damien Allen: Good morning and welcome to GAL Radio. My name is Damien Allen, and joining me today on the phone once again is Attorney Richard S. Granat of Directlaw.com and Mylawyer.com. He’s also the Chair of the Elawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association Today we’re discussing the Epoq Legal UK survey on online services. Good Morning, Richard, and welcome to the program.
Richard S. Granat: Good morning, Damien. How are you this morning?
Damien Allen: I’m doing fine. Hope you’re doing well, sir.
Richard S. Granat: I am.
Damien Allen: Epoq Legal UK recently conducted an online survey finding that the majority of those polled expected good law firms to offer their services online in the next couple of years. Is this desire or need for online legal services on the rise, Richard?
Richard S. Granat: There’s no question in my mind that it’s increasing, whether it’s the UK or the U.S. In fact, if the survey would have been conducted in the US, where, I think, we actually have higher internet penetration, I think the numbers would actually be higher. I also have another data point. We just recently got a survey from our Google representative showing data in the legal category which shows that over a two period the number of people searching legal sites has increased by 192%, almost 200%. So, we see an increasing trend by the consumer looking for answers on the internet or legal services on the internet.
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With the advent of the internet and growing new technologies, attorneys need not be bound to the structure of a "brick and mortar" business model. Lawyers can now reach out to potential clients and resources through the use of extranets, cloud based software platforms, and network legal information as well as better communicate with current clientele over the internet. Richard Granat joins Damien Allen to discuss "The Virtual Law Firm"
Announcer: Welcome to GAL Radio brought to you by the Greatest American Lawyer blog, changing the way law is practiced through technology, innovation and creativity. Turning the business of law on its head and shaking things up to the betterment of clients, lawyers, law firms and society. Now here’s your host, Damien Allen.
Damien Allen: Good afternoon and welcome to GAL Radio. My name is Damien Allen and joining me today on the phone is Attorney Richard S. Granat of Directlaw.com and Mylawyer.com. He’s also the Chair of the Elawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association, and today we’re discussing delivering online legal services and how to set up an operative virtual law practice, and I know the American Bar Association is issuing guidelines as the major focus for them. Richard, welcome to the program.
Attorney Richard S. Granat: Hi, Damien. Good afternoon.
Damien Allen: Pleasure to have you on the show today, sir. Could you please tell us what is a virtual law practice?
Attorney Richard S. Granat: Well, a virtual law firm is really characterized by access to the law firm through what we call a client portal where clients can sign on with a username and password. It’s not like a typical website that you see which just has the lawyers biographies and some legal information, but is really a platform under which the law firm can actually deliver legal services to the client and relate to the client online, collaborate with the client, give legal advice online. It’s essentially a vehicle for online legal services, and this is something new. We sign onto our bank or we do our brokerage online, we do our travel online, but law firms are not really done that before. They haven’t had what we call a secure client portal where the client could actually sign on to the law firm.
Announcer: Welcome to GAL Radio, brought to you by the Greatest American Lawyer blog, changing the way law is practiced through technology, innovation and creativity. Turning the business of law on its head and shaking things up to the betterment of clients, lawyers, law firms and society.
Damien Allen: Good morning and welcome to GAL Radio. My name is Damien Allen, and joining me today on the phone is Enrico Schaefer of Traverse Legal, PLC. Good morning and welcome to the program, Enrico.
Enrico Schaefer: Good morning, Damien.
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I'm just returning from the South by Southwest Interactive Conference 2010. I was a speaker on a panel regarding the recently enacted FTC Part 255 Guidelines and how they specifically affect bloggers. In addition, I attended countless sessions ranging from new social media tools and techniques to legal issues facing bloggers and tech companies to sessions pertaining to the latest and greatest in technology. We chose to attend this conference because the attendees are the exact kind of individuals and entities that we want to represent. In some cases, we already do represent them and had an opportunity to spend time with them in person. Regardless, we are now seeing conferences as an important aspect of our business model. In particular, it gives us the opportunity to further our brand, stay educated about the latest issues that face our clients, and provide value to both prospective and existing clients in light of our attendance and participation at these conferences.
I welcome any thoughts as to which conferences would be worthwhile for us moving forward.
~Brian
In a recent post on law.com entitled “How close are we to introducing Digital Court?”, the author, Bruce Carton, discusses a recent article posted on the laweyrist.com blog entitled, “Is Digital Court the Wave of the Future?”. Both authors note that the trend towards "digital lawyering" and “digital court” will someday soon become a reality. Here are some of the benefits and arguments for implementation of the digital court system:
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Ernie the Attorney is a long time blogger and innovator in the law. We love Ernie for lots of reasons, one of which is his linked-in profile which states:
Darwin observed that "it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change." The legal system, long bound by tradition, now struggles to adapt to increasing societal change. Today, lawyers can use technology in novel ways to improve communication and increase efficiency in gathering information. We need to be more adept at handling digital information to fully represent our clients.
Clients increasingly need lawyers who look at things in fresh ways, who seek hidden advantages, and who properly assess risk instead of reflexively avoiding it. "Zealous representation," to me, is less about swash-buckling and more about thoughtfulness and strategic planning.
Want to learn more? Listen or read Ernie's GAL Radio interview where he discusses social networking and other hot topics in law.
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Announcer: Welcome to GAL Radio brought to you by the Greatest American Lawyer Blog. Changing the way law is practiced through technology, innovation and creativity. Turning the business of law on its head, and shaking things up to the betterment of clients, lawyers, law firms and society.
Damien Allen: Good afternoon, and welcome to GAL Radio. My name is Damien Allen and joining me today via the telephone is Ernest Svenson of the Svenson Law Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. Good afternoon, and welcome to the program, Ernest.
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