Tools of the Trade – Apps,
Websites, and Programs
to Make Your Practice
Easier
Adriana Linares
LawTech Partners
407.409.8828 [email protected]
Learn to Siri (if
you have an
iPhone or iPad
Ask Siri to Perform Tasks:
“What Is Susan Parks Phone Number? “
“Google The War Of 1812 “
“New Email To Susan Park”
“Set Up A Meeting With Michael At 9 AM”
Premier phone handling service for
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Live phone answering, transferring
and handling per your instructions
Msgs delivered by email or text
Call tracking / history
Plans start at $240/month
Forty percent of their clients are
lawyers
Use Promo Code
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$95 (set up fee) AND get a 21 day free
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Use Ruby on the go!
Complimentary iPhone
Start a conference without having to enter a PIN Schedule conference in advance
Automatically call participants at scheduled time (Pro only) Schedule recurring meetings (Pro only)
Get a local phone number (Pro only)
Optional web display shows who is currently talking
Easily and quickly mute participants one at time, or by group
Participants allowed conference before the organizer shows up Record call easily with one button
iPhone and Android apps (free) let you easily start a conference from your phone
über
Mobile collaboration
Cloud video conferencing
Share screens
Free versions often available, paid plans are not
expensive
Have more than one, learn to use them
Attendees can even join from their iPad or
iPhone or other smartphone
Recording capabilities
Online Meetings
TripIt.com
Free sign up with you email address and a password.
When you get an email confirmation for a plane reservation or hotel stay, you forward it to [email protected].
Keep up with the key travel information in one place.
Stay connected to co-workers and friends while on the go
Typography
for Lawyers
Written by Matthew Butterick, Harvard graduate of graphic design turned lawyer
Found that lawyers create amazingly complex documents with pathetically poor typography.
His book, Typography for Lawyers, will quickly help you set up your documents so that they look vastly more professional than your fellow lawyers.
Buy Typography for Lawyers on Amazon ($25) today. You won’t regret it. But your opponents will.
Lyon is the
font used by
the NYTimes
Georgia
Serif font optimized for screen legibility
You already own it
• Helps you quickly remove unnecessary words and phrases to quickly and easily make your writing clear and concise
• It was created by lawyer, NY Times bestselling author, and ABA writing expert,
• Gary Kinder.
• Used by over 1000 law firms
• Only $99/year
Evernote
An online repository for all of your information If it’s digital, or can be made digital, it can be sent
to your Evernote account.
Take pictures, clip web pages, send emails with attachments, and send documents to Evernote. Evernote is free for basic features.
Download Rocket Matters’ How To Use Evernote in A Law Office ebook Buy Evernote for Lawyers ($10) for Kindle
Dual Monitors
Multiple monitors make you more
efficient.
All computer monitors are widescreen.
A computer monitor in portrait mode is
better for viewing documents.
Leave one monitor in
widescreen/landscape mode, and put the
Password
Managers
The best protection against hackers is to have
different passwords for each website.
DON’T use any of the 25 most common
passwords, because these are the ones that
hackers have scripts to check for first.
Learn to use a password manager such as
RoboForm or LastPass
GetHuman.com
Google “gethuman [name of company]” and you’ll see the phone number, along with comments by users with extra tips on how to get past the bureaucratic barriers
Sanebox
• Helps with email overload
• Works with Gmail and Microsoft Outlook to pull out non-human emails
• Holds them until the end of the day, in a special folder that reminds
Lynda.com
Best way to learn software online
Great videos from knowledgeable instructors organized in a way to make learning fun and efficient.
Watch courses on their mobile site, or use apps for iPhone, iPad, or Android devices
Fujitsu
ScanSnap
Scanner
The most popular, reliable easy to set up, and dead-simple to use scanner.
Push less paper and work
more efficiently. This is another
“life-changing” tool (especially when you combine it with Evernote).
NetDocuments
• Developed for Lawyers
• Organize matters the way you like • Remote Access
• Secure
• Cloud Based • Client Portal
Dictate 24 hours a day 7 days a week Dictate using a variety of methods
Receive your completed work in about 3 hours Know that your work is secure
Utilize a number of tools that make Speak Write more like your in-house staff
Review your billing information Access your completed jobs online
The Form Tool
Document automation and intelligence
Automates gender and verb agreement, pronouns and plurals, capitalization
Limited, unlimited or yes/no input choices, master lists across
matters, conditional entries, customized field formats and forward and reverse date precedents
Alternative to HotDocs
Prevents errors and metadata issues
Claims to reduce staff time and expense by up to 90% while increasing accuracy
Attorneys can manage a master Will form with multiple subsidiary Trusts or generate real estate financings
Thank you.
Adriana Linares is a legal technology trainer and consultant with LawTech Partners, a professional services firm specializing in the legal industry. The firm's services include legal technology consulting and law office software training. Using her practical and personal approach to learning she helps legal professionals maximize their technology skills and investments.
Having spent her formative career-years at two of Florida’s largest law firms, Adriana went on to open LawTech Partners in 2004 and has recently launched “Help Desk for Lawyers” – a remote training and support service focused on solo and small firms. She is a frequent speaker at national technology conferences and a regular contributor to legal blogs and publications. She has served on the Board of the ABA TECHSHOW, as
a technology consultant to the Florida Bar Communications Committeeand Board of Governors, and as an editor for Technolawyer'sBlawgworld. In 2013 she was named as one of the Fastcase Top 50Global Legal Innovators.
Today she serves on the Board of the ABA Law Practice DivisionLegal Technology
Resource Center and its eLawyering Task Force. She also serves on the advisory board for the Center for Law Practice Technology. Adriana has a Bachelors in Geography from
Stetson University, a Masters in Corporate Communication and Technology from Rollins,
and speaks fluent Spanish. LawTech PartnersAdriana Linares
