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Spring Cleaning Your Law Firm Data
By Jim Calloway
By Jim Calloway
Lawyers have held and safeguarded client data for generations. Of course, in the past, it wasn’t called data. Our data was in paper client files, forms to “go by” and brief banks.
While it wasn’t planned this…
Artificial intelligence development dominated discussions of technological advancement in 2023.
By Jim Calloway
Judge Scott Schlegel from Louisiana was a speaker at the 2023 Oklahoma Access to Justice Summit. Last year, I noted his conviction that both courts and law firms should embrace text message reminders to reduce failure-to-appear issues. Lawyers want…
Automated Document Assembly is Easy, Right?
By Jim Calloway
Decades ago, I assumed that technology would soon advance to the point where automated document assembly would be fully incorporated in most law offices across the country. While great strides have been made in law office technology tools, and tools…
Providing Exceptional Customer Service
By Jim Calloway
Years ago, I put together a presentation called “The Client-Centered Law Practice.” It focused on the irony that while law firms focused on serving clients and appropriately addressing their legal needs, clients sometimes had an impression that differed from that.…
ABA TECHSHOW 2024 Early Bird Deadline is this Week. I hope to see you there.
By Jim Calloway
2023 cast a huge spotlight on Artificial Intelligence tools. That means it is a great year to attend ABA TECHSHOW, which will be held in Chicago February 14 – 17, 2024. But it is time to decide now! The Early…
Tis the Season: Tech Toys for the Holidays 2023 Podcast
By Jim Calloway
It’s that special time of year. By that I mean it is time for the Tech Toys for the Holiday episode from the Digital Edge podcast. Sharon Nelson and I both agree that it is our favorite podcast of the…
Artificial Intelligence Tools and Tips
By Jim Calloway
By Jim Calloway and Julie Bays
In August’s Law Practice Tips column, “ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and the Lawyer,”we covered the development of AI tools and some challenges they have presented to attorneys who did not appreciate the limitations of…
A Great Time to Get Ready to Attend ABA TECHSHOW 2024
By Jim Calloway
Technology innovations and artificial intelligence tools have generated much discussion this year. There have been many truly amazing uses for AI demonstrated and many of the tools we currently use are now adding AI components. This is a perfect time…
Some Specific Steps to Take If You Receive a Threat
By Jim Calloway
In private practice, I was threatened several times, always related to domestic and protective order cases. I didn’t consider any of them serious and took no action. But that was decades ago. Today we need to appreciate that threats must…