On August 1st, Law Office Technology along with Tom O' Conner from the Gulf Coast Technology Center, Digital Legal, and the Louisiana State Bar Association put on a seminar on how Law Firms could use Microsoft products in their practice. Law Office Technology was able to get Microsoft to send down the Microsoft Across America Truck which was full of Microsoft Technology. Attendees listened to three presentations and received CLE credit. The first presentation dealt with Essential Technology a new firm would need to purchase. The second, which in my opinion stole the show, was attorney Hector Lopez who described how his firm used Microsoft Hosted SharePoint and Hosted Exchange, along with a VOIP system to create a virtual office with none of the limitations of a traditional brick and mortars Law Firm. In my opinion, this is the future, today. The last presentation, by me, described how Outlook with Business Contact Manager could be turned into a Case Management System.
The Microsoft truck was filled with Smartphones, Servers, Tablet PCs, Projectors, Conferencing equipment, and an Xbox with Halo. After each presentation Attorneys were able to file into the truck and see the technology in action. With the success of this event, we hope to have the truck back in the spring.
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