Law Office Technology

Purchasing Essential Small Firm Technology CLE

On December 12th, I will be helping Tom O' Conner due a CLE at the Louisiana State Bar Association, on purchasing Essential Small Firm Technology.

http://www.lsba.org/2007cle/seminardetail.asp?CLEID=65

Gulf Coast Technology Center Website

http://www.gulfltc.org/

HotDocs 2008 Information

Telephonic support for HotDocs 6.2 terminates on December 31, 2007.

An upgrade discount is being offered to licensed users of HotDocs 6.2, 2005, 2006 and 2007 (see discounted prices below).

HotDocs 2008 Pricing Price Sale Price  (Sales are to the Right)
HotDocs® 2008 Professional Edition $600
HotDocs 2008 Professional Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 2007    $200    $180
HotDocs 2008 Professional Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 2006     $300   $240
HotDocs 2008 Professional Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 2005     $400   $300
HotDocs 2008 Professional Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 6          $600    $300
HotDocs Professional Edition w/PDFA $700
HotDocs 2008 Pro w/PDFA—Upgrade from HotDocs 2007/PDFA $230 $195
HotDocs 2008 Pro w/PDFA—Upgrade from HotDocs 2006/PDFA $350 $265
HotDocs 2008 Pro w/PDFA—Upgrade from HotDocs 2005/PDFA $470 $335
HotDocs 2008 Pro w/PDFA—Upgrade from HotDocs 6/PDFA $700 $350
HotDocs PDF Advantage Professional Edition $100
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Professional Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 2007 $30 $15
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Professional Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 2006 $50 $25
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Professional Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 2005 $70 $35
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Professional Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 6.x $100 $50
HotDocs Standard Edition $300
HotDocs 2008 Standard Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 2007 $100 $90
HotDocs 2008 Standard Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 2006 $150 $120
HotDocs 2008 Standard Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 2005 $200 $150
HotDocs 2008 Standard Edition—Upgrade from HotDocs 6 $300 $150
HotDocs Standard Edition w/PDFA $360
HotDocs 2008 Standard w/PDFA—Upgrade from HD 2007/PDFA $120 $100
HotDocs 2008 Standard w/PDFA—Upgrade from HD 2006/PDFA $180 $135
HotDocs 2008 Standard w/PDFA—Upgrade from HD 2005/PDFA $240 $170
HotDocs 2008 Standard w/PDFA—Upgrade from HD 6/PDFA $360 $180
HotDocs PDF Advantage Standard Edition $60
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Standard Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 2007 $20 $10
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Standard Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 2006 $30 $15
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Standard Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 2005 $40 $20
HotDocs 2008 PDF Advantage Standard Edition—Upgrade from PDFA 6 $60 $30

Blocking Myspace, Facebook and Youtube

I am starting to use a free Internet tool called OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/)  to block Myspace, Facebook, and Youtube.  The only firms I will not do this for is Family Law, which need to view the sites for legitimate business reasons.  I have found it is the easiest way to block these sites in the small firm environment. 

Add a one time fee to all Matters in PCLaw

Some firms do not charge clients for faxing, mail , and photocopies but instead charge the client a one time Administrative Fee. 

In PCLaw go to Option --> System Settings --> Matter Billing

One Time Amount will show up as a disbursement. 

A Percent of Fees will charge your client a percentage of their fees.  So if you have $100 in Fees for your client, they will get charged an additional 10%.

Amount Every Invoice charges you the same amount every invoice.

This will only effect Matters that are created after you make the selection.  You can however go into Matter --> Global Change and select this for Matters you have already created so the charge will be on their next bill.

New Screencast on how to Transfer Files and Contacts to a user in Amicus

http://www.lawot.com/screencasts.htm

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