The Paperless Law Office
This post is aimed at practicing attorneys, particularly those who want to have a paperless office. This month's Law Practice Today webzine from the ABA Law Practice Management Section focuses on how to implement and utilize paperless strategies in law offices. I had the pleasure of serving as the editor for this issue, and I am pleased with how it turned out. You can read the following articles at the links provided below:
- Some Thoughts on Becoming Paperless by Ernest Svenson
- Going Paperless for the Law Office: A Practical Guide by Michael J. Morse
- The Document Naming System in Our Paperless Office by Donna Neff and Natalie Sanna
- Less Paper Does Not Equal Less Training (at first!) by Adriana Linares
- The Paperless Office as a Risk Management Enterprise by Jim Calloway
As many readers of my legal technology blog already know, my family law practice is not paper-based, as all of our documents are scanned and stored digitally. Not only does this make my practice more efficient, I can access all of the documents in all my clients' files from anywhere, which enables me to work and/or send information to them at any time, no matter where I am. If you want to learn more about how I utilize technology in my practice, I am speaking about this topic at the upcoming MILOfest 2009 seminar, which is being held in Orlando, Florida from November 5 – 7, 2009. You can learn much more about this seminar by clicking here.
First I would like to mention that I work at an electronic signature solutions provider eOriginal.
With the use of a secure electronic signature process not only will the attorneys be able to access and sign important legal documents anywhere, anytime as long as they have access to the internet, your clients will also have that same ability. Although a few documents will still require a wet ink on paper signature, an electronic signature process will allow your firm to sign, secure, and manage your documents all online in a secure document repository. eOriginal's solutions ensure compliance with UETA, ESIGN, UCC, 21CFR Part 11, HIPAA and other legislative and regulatory requirements.