The Paralegal Voice: What Paralegals Need to Know about "The Cloud"

In this episode, we welcome Tom Mighell, legal technology expert and senior consultant with Contoural, Inc., author of the new book, iPad in One Hour for Lawyers, and Chair-Elect of the ABA Law Practice Management Section, to discuss what every paralegal needs to know about “The Cloud.”

Tom talks about how cloud-based services can improve the efficiency of a law practice, what paralegals should consider when evaluating cloud-based services for their firms, and how legal staffers can use the iPad to assist lawyers.

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Internet resources included in this episode:

• Tom’s iPad4Lawyers blog, http://ipad4lawyers.squarespace.com/
• Tom’s inter alia blog, http://www.inter–alia.net/
• Tom’s new book, iPad in One Hour for Lawyers, http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5110719
• Stephanie Kimbro’s Virtual Law Practice blog, http://virtuallawpractice.org/
• Clio, http://www.goclio.com/
• Rocket Matter, http://www.rocketmatter.com/
• Dropbox, http://www.dropbox.com/
• ABA TECHSHOW 2011 PowerPoint Presentations, http://www2.americanbar.org/calendar/TECHSHOW/Pages/powerpoint_presentations.aspx
• VistaPrint (for inexpensive business cards), http://www.vistaprint.com/
• Google alerts, http://www.google.com/alerts
• Google Me on the Web (on your Google dashboard), http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=1181793

Business and Legal iPad apps recommended by Tom:

• Goodreader
  
  

• iAnnotate PDF
• The Deponent App
• iJuror
• TrialPad
• Note Taker HD
• Documents to Go
  
  

The Paralegal Voice also thanks its sponsor: NALA…The Association of Paralegals and Legal Assistants.

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