During my almost fourteen years with the Oklahoma Bar Association as the practice management advisor, I have planned or helped to plan quite a few CLE programs, including our OBA Solo and Small Firm Conference. (This year's Solo & Small Firm Conference will be held June 9-11, 2011.) But today I want to
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Delegating with Confidence
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Delegating with Confidence is the title of my column this month in Lawyers USA. Some lawyers are not as effective as they could be delegating important work to others. This is often because "[a]ny assignment delegated to staff is still the responsibility of the lawyer and the failure of a staff person to properly accomplish a…
New Ideas for Lawyers and Google Maps
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There are so many technology tools that it is sometimes a challenge to recognize all the ways that they can be used. Well, one of the neat features of the iPhone and iPad is that you can save a screen shot of whatever is displayed on the phone by holding down the power button and…
The Wonders of Windows 7
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Last week I wrote about using a Windows 7 keystroke shortcut to make your two monitors appear as four. (Yes, you can do the same split screen thing with one monitor.)
I have to say that I am a big Windows 7 fan. So I want to direct your attention to The Wonders of Windows …
A quick way to turn two monitors into four
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I recently was a co-panelist on a webinar and I had four different items I needed to have in my view on my monitors. These included my e-mail to receive questions from the attendees, the browser showing the actual program being broadcast, our joint notes on who was doing what portion and the actual PowerPoint…
Lawyers and Their iPads
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(UPDATE: After my original post, I received this tweet from Shawnee, Oklahoma lawyer Edward Terry, "Used my iPad in an all-day custody trial for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I love it." I also learned of another iPad for lawyers blog, Walking Office, and added it to the list below.)…
The Forecast is for More Clouds. We Hope that Not all Fade like Drop.io.
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As readers of my blog know, I love Dropbox. It is growing in popularity, as it makes many, if not most, lists of "must have" apps for iPad.
I do mourn the loss of Drop.io. It was a fine place to set up a one-time document repository for group to post and exchange…
Great CLE in The Big Easy
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Later this week I'll be heading south to New Orleans for the Louisiana Bar's 4th Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference. Here's the schedule of programming. I think it is beneficial for small firm lawyers to review schedules for these conferences and see what the hot topics are, even if you cannot attend. I've…
Speech Tools for Lawyers in 2011
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This month in the Oklahoma Bar Journal, my column is Speech Tools for Lawyers in 2011. I covered many ways that lawyers can use their computers and their smart phones to prepare documents and do other tasks with their voices working with their computers and smart phones. I have tried to keep up in this…
Great Reading for the Week of February 4, 2011
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Greetings from SNOW-klahoma! Had lots of extra time to surf the Net, but I found better uses for my time. Still I have a fair amount of reading to pass on.
NYT Writer David Pogue Ins and Outs of Calling via the Net http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html?src=busln This is a great review of the various services and
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