In this article, trial consultant David Mykel explores several portable media players (including the iPod) and how you can put them to use as a litigation support tool when you gear up for your next trial.

Arbres de la planète, réjouissez-vous! Le bureau sans papier n’est plus une utopie, c’est déjà une réalité pour plusieurs avocats. Les progrès technologiques des dernières années ont permis aux avocats d’arrêter de classer des rames de papier, et facilité une conservation électronique des dossiers.

Most lawyers, if not quite technophobes, have a limited knowledge of technology. Did the clock on your VCR flash a perpetual 12:00 because you couldn’t figure out how to reset it? Do you have a cell phone with 500 functions, about five of which you know how to use? If so, you are members of a very large club.

Mobile lawyers practice in more than one location. Many practitioners who think of themselves as "office" lawyers actually practice at multiple locations (clients' offices, other lawyers' offices, hotel rooms, etc.). Accordingly, they qualify as "mobile lawyers."

Effective blogging requires some fundamental policies that are valid for individual lawyers and law firms alike.

Xerox, Rollerblades and Kleenex have become synonymous with copy machines, inline skates and tissues. Similarly, “Google” has become synonymous with “Internet search.” The verb “to Google” was officially added to mainstream dictionaries in 2006.

Tout est plus facile et plus rapide grâce à la technologie. Tout, y compris la négligence professionnelle. Nous pouvons désormais manquer de diligence, perdre des données personnelles, exercer avec incompétence et violer les règles de la publicité en un temps record.

Lawyers share some of the mistakes they’ve made over the years, as well as their tips on what’s worked well.

Contrary to a sabbatical leave with a university, a sabbatical with a law firm is usually a lengthy vacation with no requirement to study or write publications. But there is a big difference between a vacation and a sabbatical.