The cell phone rings and you cannot answer. Your phone presents you with options for a quick response via text message. Texts only work if the caller is calling from a cell phone, but the phone often informs you who is calling. My completely unscientific research has led me to the conclusion that the most...

Friday’s tip is about ideas for weekend recreation. Veteran legal technologist Tom Mighell has relaunched his blog at https://www.inter-alia.net where his focus will be consumer technology for lawyers. He is going to write about phones, tablets, important tools like password managers, digital personal assistants and technologies we lawyers use both professionally and personally. He is...

Some lawyers working from home may miss the massive copier/scanner back they had at the office. While I understand the need for larger firms to have these expensive behemoths for quickly handling large jobs, I’ve always been a fan of desktop scanners. Most firms that have transitioned to paperless workflows will agree that all attorneys...

I am of the generation of lawyers who saw online research replace “law book” research. Many resisted that change. Of course, all working-from-home lawyers now appreciate that their research tools are not locked away on the shelf of a closed library. Fastcase is a member benefit for Oklahoma Bar Association members, as well as many...

Is working from home a constant reminder that you do not type as fast as your legal assistant? Since you already bought that new headset for all of the videoconference meetings, you should look at speech recognition tools to really boost your productivity. For years, I have used Nuance Dragon Professional Individual for speech recognition....

At this point between clients who are laid-off, clients whose businesses have closed and courthouses closed except for emergencies and other limited services, most Oklahoma lawyers and law firms are looking at significantly reduced revenues for the near future. This is an appropriate week to do some budgeting and short-term financial forecasting to determine what...

If you use Microsoft Word, you have almost certainly struggled with Word formatting issues, especially using Word documents created by others and edited by many people. Pro Tip— If you are struggling for more than a few minutes with formatting, it is usually best just to clear out the old formatting and then properly format...

Lawyers are not considered first responders. But Oklahoma Free Legal Answers allows us to help those less fortunate while practicing social distancing. Lawyers anonymously answer questions submitted by lower-income Oklahomans in an online message board setting. Volunteers can only volunteer to answer questions in substantive areas where they know the answers with little research. Go...

Safari on the iOS devices leaves a lot of extra tabs open. You know how extra tabs slow down the browser on computers. Closing unnecessary tabs on your phone’s browser is a good idea too, especially if you have 400 or 500 tabs open. So open Safari and instead of tapping on the Tabs icon...

Rocket Matter CEO Larry Port has put together a stellar cast of legal technology experts to give an online two-day conference this week. The registration only costs $25. All registration fees will be donated directly to three charities: United Way’s COVID-19 Fund, Pro Bono Net, and Feeding America, a charity network of more than 200...