Rocket Matter, the leading cloud-based legal practice management and time and billing software for small to mid-sized law firms, has announced a publicly available application programming interface for Rocket Matter (RMAPI) and one-click integration with Chrometa, an automatic time capture technology for Macs and PCs. RMAPI allows other software companies to seamlessly and securely retrieve… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Online Resources RSS FeedRocket Matter 2.0 Released, Now Featuring Document Assembly
Posted in Office Management, Online Resources, Product Reviews, SoftwareThe Mac Lawyer has long found Rocket Matter to be the leading practice management program for law firms, including my own. It providers users the ability to quickly and efficiently manage their calendars, tasks, contacts, and time and billing. Within the last few months, it introduced the ability to integrate with Dropbox and Evernote. Last week, Rocket… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Implications of iCloud on the Legal Field
Posted in Guest Posts, Mac OS X, Online Resources, TechnologyCloud computing technology has been making serious headway in the past few years. Most of those endeavors have been on the “back end,” allowing businesses to create and implement scalable solutions that rely on third-party, Internet-based providers. The legal field, however, has sometimes been resistant to these technologies. A variety of concerns – primarily those… Continue Reading
The Law Firm of Tomorrow Is Available Today
Posted in Office Management, Online Resources, TechnologyNow you can have The Law Firm of Tomorrow today. Rocket Matter, the leading web-based legal practice management and time and billing software for small to mid-sized law firms has released the first installment of their serially published e-book, which focuses on social media marketing for law firms and legal technology, with an emphasis on cloud and mobile. Based on over… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: “Must Have” Apps & Other Tips for Working While Traveling Abroad
Posted in Guest Posts, How Do I ... ?, iPad, iPhone, Online Resources, TechnologyWhen traveling abroad, busy professionals often do not have time to craft a detailed, comprehensive itinerary, and the stress induced by planning (or the failure to carefully plan) your international journey may be eclipsed by the anxiety that comes from being away from the office. Regardless of whether you are traveling abroad for business or… Continue Reading
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Five SEO Tips for Lawyers
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, Presentations, TechnologyThe following Guest Post is from Lior Levin: Most lawyers and law firms are aware of the need to have a website. It gives them an Internet presence and makes it easier for potential new clients to find them. Unfortunately, the vast majority of lawyers don’t quite grasp the importance of search engine optimization, or… Continue Reading
Random House Finally Jumps on the Apple iBookstore Bandwagon
Posted in Guest Posts, iPad, Online ResourcesThe following Guest Post is from Katheryn Rivas: We’ve all heard the cliches of the publishing industry heaving its final breaths before collapsing on a grave of paper, mail subscriptions, and these odd, now-obsolete technologies called "books." Of course, the book will be here to stay indefinitely, if only in its reincarnated eBook form. While… Continue Reading
Seven Things Lawyers Need To Know About Cloud Computing
Posted in Online Resources, TechnologyYou’ve heard of the cloud, but what do you know about it? Larry Port published an article that discussed the following seven key concepts that attorneys should know about the cloud today: Cloud software is software you access over the Internet. Cloud software can be accessed from any device. So far, bar ethics opinions are… Continue Reading
MILO Over Four Years Old and Over 2,850 Members
Posted in Online ResourcesThe Macs In Law Offices (MILO) forum recently (and quietly) celebrated its fourth anniversary. Since its inception on February 17, 2007, it has grown to become the premier online forum for attorneys who want to maximize the use of Macs in their law practices. Today, I am proud to say that MILO has over 2,850 members,… Continue Reading
Online Continuing Legal Education for the 21st Century
Posted in Online ResourcesYou probably know that Rocket Matter is the premier web-based case management system for attorneys (including The Mac Lawyer). However, Rocket Matter now offers outstanding online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) too. The following press release explains the details of RocketCLE: Rocket Matter® Announces Online Continuing Legal Education Platform, RocketCLE – New web-based CLE platform raises bar for… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Dropbox is Sweeping the World, So We Integrated Rocket Matter With It
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, Software, TechnologyThe following Guest Post is provided exclusively to The Mac Lawyer from Larry Port about an exciting new development with Rocket Matter: Earlier this year at ABA Techshow, when talking to The Mac Lawyer and TechnoEsq (Finis Price) in the actual flesh, we asked, what, if any feature, would they want to see in Rocket… Continue Reading
Free E-Book on Legal Productivity
Posted in Office Management, Online Resources, TechnologyOdds are great that the readers of my blog are interested in learning about legal productivity. I am pleased to let you know that there is now an outstanding free e-book available on this very topic. The guys at Rocket Matter have released a free e-book, Legal Productivity: How Project Management, GTD, and Tomatoes Can Transform… Continue Reading
New Legal Productivity Blog
Posted in Online ResourcesIf you are looking for ideas to help you effectively run your law firm, you should check out Legal Productivity. Its stated mission is "to provide creative and useful insights into the business of law and have fun doing so. We wish to help people navigate the truth and the myths when it comes to alternative… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Is Cloud Storage Secure Enough For Lawyers?
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, Software, TechnologyThe following Guest Post is from my friend and technology wizard, Tomasz Stasiuk: There is a widening divide among lawyers: those who embrace cloud based services because of the advantages they provide (distributed off site storage, synchronization, and access) and those who are justifiably concerned about putting clients’ documents into someone else’s hands. Using cloud based… Continue Reading
Macs in Law Offices (MILO) Forum Now Over 2,500 Members
Posted in Online ResourcesAll I can say is "wow." Yesterday, the Macs In Law Offices (MILO) surpassed a milestone – 2,500 members. In just three and a half years since its inception, this forum has become the best online forum for attorneys who want to maximize the use of Macs in their law practices. If you want to learn more or… Continue Reading
Macs in Law Offices (MILO) Forum Now Over 2,300 Members
Posted in Online ResourcesThe Macs In Law Offices (MILO) forum has now surpassed 2,300 members and is rapidly approaching 2,500. MILO is not only the biggest, it’s also the best online forum for attorneys who want to maximize the use of Macs in their law practices. If you want to learn more or join this outstanding free resource, you… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Top 10 Resources for Mac Junkies
Posted in Guest Posts, Online ResourcesToday’s Mac-using professionals are getting mighty fond of the convenient tech solutions Apple, Inc. keeps pumping out year after year, and they want to be kept in the loop on the latest developments. To help toward this end, Alvina Lopez has compiled a top 10 go-to list of online resources that she visits on a… Continue Reading
Free Federal Rules of Evidence 2010
Posted in Online ResourcesDid you know that you can download a free pdf version of the Federal Rules of Evidence 2010 from the Federal Evidence Review website? This pdf gives you a number of benefits including: Fully searchable text using the Acrobat Reader Search tool; Hyperlink (jump links) on the Index page to take you directly to a… Continue Reading
Happy Third Anniversary to MILO
Posted in Online ResourcesIt seems like just yesterday that Grant Griffiths and I were discussing the fact that there should be a "better" group for attorneys to discuss how to best use Macs in their practices. From that discussion, the Macs In Law Offices (MILO) forum was born and it was founded on February 17, 2007. Today, a mere… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Life in “The Cloud” (Conclusion)
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, SoftwareUltimately, you, the user, will have to determine if this “working in the cloud” is for you. Legitimate and less-legitimate concerns about the safety of your data and the security of your confidential information will be a topic for debate in another article. Consider, though, how much of your confidential life is already online—banks, insurance… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Life in “The Cloud” (Evernote)
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, SoftwareFinally, for all the data flotsam and jetsam we accumulate, there’s an application to make your online life searchable. Evernote gives you a central database to keep accounts, passwords, bookmarks, notes, recipes or whatever you want. It stores them securely and keeps it all easily accessible in numerous ways. Evernote is an application you install… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Life in “The Cloud” (Google Documents)
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, SoftwareIf viewing the changes after a document is saved is not fast enough for you, how about an application where people can share a document and see the changes AS THEY HAPPEN? This, among many other things, is a killer feature of Google Documents. Some of the features of this indispensible tool are: Totally free…. Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Life in “The Cloud” (DropBox)
Posted in Guest Posts, Online Resources, SoftwareDropbox, completely free for 2 GB of space, a pay service if you need more space ($10/month for 50 GB), appears just like any other folder on your local computer. However, the folder is actually a live, shared folder on the dropbox servers. With the help of an integrated menu bar application, you can give… Continue Reading