CLOUD COMPUTING: THE 21ST CENTURY LAW OFFICE
CO-SPONSORED WITH THE RHODE ISLAND BAR ASSOCIATION
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Thursday, April 07, 2011
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM The fast pace of economic and technology change requires that attorneys adapt and adopt the new technology to stay relevant in the new economy. Learn how to stay relevant by using the multitude of tools that make your practice more efficient and risk free and which already exist on the internet. This program will leave you with an understanding of what “cloud computing” and “SaaS” are, how you can use these tools to operate your office and reduce your risk. In addition, you will understand the most important ethical and practical issues that exist in using sites that transfer and store documents on the internet. In short, attend this program to learn:
- The meaning of “cloud computing”
- Which cloud based software allows you to practice without an office
- Practical concerns about using SaaS providers and how to respond
- Practical ethical concerns
- How to protect yourself from risk
This presentation is intended for both new and experienced attorneys who want to build a firm that is competitive today and into the future by using the right technology in their law office. The tools discussed are especially relevant to sole proprietors and small firms who do not have either the resources or time to carefully manage technology in-house, and wish to out-source the management of technology to a third-party.
PANELISTS RODNEY S. DOWELL, ESQ., is the Director of LOMAP. He is a frequent lecturer on law practice management issues, including presentations on law office technology, starting a new law office, improving client selection, terminating client relationships, law office finance, data security, and time management. This year he has lectured at the ABA’s TECHSHOW, the Solo and Small Firm Conference for The Law Society of Upper Canada, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Association, among others. He has authored articles for ABA’s Law Practice Magazine, the ABA LPM’s e-zine Law Practice Today, the MBA and the BBA. This year he is the co-chair Massachusetts Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section and an active participant in the ABAs’ Law Practice Management Section, where he is an editor of the Law Practice magazine. Prior to starting LOMAP, he was a founding partner at the litigation firm of Berman & Dowell, 1998 – 2007, where he focused on employment law, tort defense, including attorney malpractice, and insurance coverage. Since graduating from Cornell Law School in 1989, he has been a civil litigator in both Massachusetts and Colorado. CATHERINE SANDERS REACH (Chicago, IL), is the Director of the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center. She has provided practice technology assistance for lawyers for over nine years with the LTRC. Ms. Reach's professional activities include articles published in Law Practice magazine, Law Technology News and GPSolo Magazine. She also serves on the editorial advisory board for Law Technology News, Law.com's Legal Technology and Law Practice Today. She is a frequent lecturer on the use of technology in law firms for national bar conferences, state and local bar associations and organizations such as the Association of Legal Administrators and the Association of American Law Schools.
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 4:00 |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
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| 4:05 |
WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING AND SaaS? |
- How does it work?
- New versus old
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| 4:20 |
WHAT SaaS PRODUCTS WORK FOR MY LAW OFFICE? |
- Hosted
- SaaS
- Extranet
- Virtual Law Practice
- Document assembly
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| 5:05 |
THE ETHICS OF CLOUDS: DO I NEED TO BE CONCERNED? |
- What Ethical Rules are of concern?
- Confidentiality of data
- Advertising
- Social Media
- Non-lawyer 3rd party data holders
- List of questions you need to ask
- Security issues that need to be addressed
- Where is data held and is that of concern?
- Does the data need to be encrypted and what does that mean?
- Supervisor party issues that need to be considered
- Data Breach notification. Or what if the data is lost?
- Direct Law (FILO)
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| Date: |
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Thursday, April 07, 2011 |
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$129.00, $99.00 for Suffolk Alumni, attorneys admitted to the bar after 2009 and members of the Rhode Island Bar.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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If for some reason you are not able to attend, you may send a substitute or call no later than the business day before to receive a refund less a $15.00 cancellation fee. Otherwise, you will receive the course materials.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE in NH, VT and ME. This program has also been approved by the RI MCLE Commission for 2 credits, one of which will apply to ethics. Approval from the Rhode Island MCLE Commission has been granted for attorneys to apply these credits as attendance at a live seminar rather than as on-line credit.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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