The National Creditors Bar Association Law Practice Management Blog

There is still a not insignificant subset of attorneys who still dictate communications .  Some lawyers w ill dictate to staffpeople , while others use standalone technology, like Dragon Naturally Speaking , to manage the trick.   But, you don’t really need any substitute technology to dictate, any longer .  All of Microsoft Word , Google Docs and Apple Pages feature dictation tools built-in, at no extra cost .  And, the majority of lawyers have access to at least one of those softwares , with some having access to all three .     And, each of those softwares does a pretty good job of capturing your voice .  How good ?  Well, a great way to test dictation software is to see whether it can capture the lyrics of complex, sped -up songs .  Try Johnny Cash’s ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ , and see how your dictation tool hold s up .  If you’re using one of these major drafting softwares , it should be able to keep up.     . . .   Are there other software features buried in your pr

One of the biggest issues attorneys have with developing effective content marketing profiles is that they can’t find the time to write or produce the content they ultimately need to distribute .  That’s always been the sticking point.     Enter AI, which is taking the world by storm, via ChatGPT , a generative AI tool, which will produce information for you based on queries, or ‘ prompts’ .  Effectively, you ask it to do something, and it will .  So, you can ask ChatGPT to draft you a 250-word blog post, on a specific topic .  And, you can then tweak it (via additional prompts), as you see fit .  Even if what ChatGPT produces is not the final version , that’s okay – because if it gets you 90% of the way to the finish , you can polish it from there .  With ChatGPT, you can crank out content, like it was coming off an assembly line.   The good news is that most of the generative AI tools you would use at this point are free – though, ChatGPT has a paid version, Plus – which offe

Data breaches are quite common for small law firms; and, they happen far more often than you might expect .  The obvious implication is that one could happen to you .     But, if you create and observe a data management program, you’ll be able to reduce your risk significantly – since that document will force you to outline data security threats + how to manage them. Some states actually require businesses that maintain certain types of sensitive data to build and maintain a written information security program (WISP); but, even if you’re not required to do so, it’s still a good idea.     Neither does the document itself need to be overlong .  For a small business, 2-4 pages is probably enough coverage.     The truth of the matter, though, is that, if you’re not managing your data: it’s managing you.     . . .   We’ve got a template WISP .  Just reach out, and we’ll send it to you. Through a unique partnership between the bar association and  Jared Correia 's  Red  Cave La