Abraham Lincoln is often quoted as saying “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.” The internet says he didn’t say that, but it is a good observation in any event. Those of us who work with lawyers on law practice process management are…

It’s back to law school time. So today’s tip to improve your legal writing is courtesy of Prof. Margaret C. Hannon, Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. @mch_tweets Using active words and phrases will result in more powerful, more understandable and often more concise writing, whether in a brief or…

Every year TechnoLawyer announces this set of awards, and I enjoyed reading the TechnoLawyer Top Products Awards of 2020. Before you click, understand the methodology here is a bit different. Products are featured in TechnoLawyer and the votes are the clicks on links from the TechnoLawyer subscribers. So, the products are limited to those featured…

My August Oklahoma Bar Journal Law Practice Tips column is A Videoconferencing Guide for Oklahoma Lawyers. It was written for print, so it was finished several weeks ago. In the interim, it has become a bit easier to buy webcams. But if you need one, I’d read the column and place an order now before…

It happens too frequently even today. A legal team scans a huge document of 100 pages because the lawyers need a digital copy with original signatures or a court filing stamp. The result is a 45 MB PDF file. Their email system does not allow an attachment that large. But the team has dealt with…

In the early days of internet searching, I was reminded of an elementary school question and, yes, the search engines did penalize you for incorrect spelling. Today, of course, if you are typing a long search into Google and misspell one or more words, Google will typically just gently let you know it is searching…

Today we are going back into the archives for a timeless law office management tip. Many solo or small firm lawyers share office space with other lawyers without going into partnership or intending to do so. Oklahoma City attorney James Slayton and I wrote a pair of essays on this subject a few years back…

This month Google announced release of Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A all at once (The Verge.) Fall is now the traditional time for release of new phone models. If you are a budget shopper, you may want to take a look at the Pixel 4A. You can pre-order the 4A now with…

Lawyers deal with many digital documents and most of those are in PDF format. Every lawyer needs a PDF editing and creation tool. Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is the tool of choice for most law firms. One of the benefits of such broad adoption of Adobe Acrobat across legal and many other sectors is that…

In yesterday’s tip, we covered Dragon Naturally Speaking and its ability to create transcriptions of voice recordings made on mobile recorders or smart phones. If you do these types of transcriptions frequently, you may want to consider a subscription to Dragon Anywhere, the “professional-grade mobile dictation makes it easy to create documents of any length…