Technology Training for Lawyers

Technology Training Courses for Lawyers

Increasing Law Practice Profitability Using Internet Technology

The Internet represents unprecedented opportunity for changing the revenue models for solos and small law firms by enabling self-service strategies using client-facing Internet technologies. This on-line seminar is designed to enable lawyers to re-think how they deliver legal services by using Internet technologies and web-based legal applications. Topics include:

• Analyzing your practice into "digital" and "analog" components
• Developing a web-based legal services strategy to serve clients.
• The Client-facing "Extranet" 3rd Generation Law Firm Web sites.
  • Applications and Case Studies
  • Security Issues
  • Ethical Issues
  • Pricing and Revenue Models
• How to Do It
  • Do It Yourself Strategies
  • Contracting with a Consultant
  • Licensing Applications
  • Licensing Content
• Marketing the transformed practice
  • Marketing on the Web
  • Marketing off-line
  • Cross-marketing and referral with other law firms
• Analyzing Results; A Continuous Innovation Model
  • ROI on Marketing Efforts
  • ROI on Total Investment
  • Using Data to RE-Design and Further Innovation

Introduction to the Internet and the Practice of Law

This intensive seminar is designed to help you understand how the Internet can be an invaluable resource to your law practice. This seminar will provide you with insights on how you can using the Internet to obtain information and do legal research, communicate with clients, and develop your practice utilizing electronic methods. Through a live online demonstration the seminar instructor will show you examples of law firm WEB sites, how to send and receive E-mail, search for information, how to select and evaluate an Internet service provider. How to use Internet searching tools to retrieve documents and information in a law firm by creating an intranet will be also be discussed.

Marketing Your Law Firm on the Internet

This is a introductory seminar who are ready to develop a presence on the World Wide Web through a first-generation web site. This is a hands-on seminar that will enable you to develop a homepage and a Website for your law firm. The fundamentals of creating an Internet marketing strategy, developing a home page on the World Wide Web, selecting an Web Internet hosting service, and publicizing your presence on the Internet are covered in depth. Participants will develop a design for a home page and a web site. Third party hosting services such as West, Lexis, and Findlaw.com are evaluated in terms of their suitability for enabling a small law firm to create an Internet presence quickly.

Introduction to Law Practice Technology: A Crash Course for Decision-Makers

This one day course is an intensive briefing on how law firms are using advanced information technologies to increase productivity, provide better and faster services to clients, and lead less hectic, more holistic lives. Topics include: document management; contact management and scheduling software; automated document assembly; automated litigation support methods; techniques for working smarter, not faster; and managing internal law firm human and intellectual assets more effectively. This course is adapted to the type of organization and trainee, whether it be private law firm, legal services organization, or corporate legal department. Appropriate materials are provided depending on the type of organization.

Training for Legal Document Preparation Personnel and Independent Paralegals and Legal Technicians