Help for judges and attorneys is here when calculating child support, alimony, the impact of taxes in dissolution casesBy Frank GembalaLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, June 2001At a recent continuing Judicial Education program presented by the Illinois Judicial Conference, 62 judges from throughout Illinois who preside over domestic relations dissolution of marriage cases gathered to fine tune and share their collective knowledge on how best to resolve financial issues.
LEXISONELegal Technology, Standing Committee on, June 2001After settling its litigation with Jurisline, Lexis created a new Web site called LexisOne.
My recommendationsBy Jay GiustiLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, June 2001You may have heard about a new top-level domain becoming available for Internet Web addresses, and the March 2001 issue of ABA Law Practice Management has a good description of new ones particularly including .pro that is intended for professionals such as attorneys.
Calling all government attorneysLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, January 2001The ISBA's Standing Committee on Government Lawyers wants to include you in its constituency.
Converting documents from WordPerfect to Word in ten easy stepsBy Marilyn MonroseLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, January 2001You are about to discover a fast, simple, no-frills way to convert documents from WordPerfect to Word without the aid of conversion programs like Conversion Plus® or DocXchange®.
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce ActLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, January 2001On June 30, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. The Act applies to most industries, including the insurance industry generally, and title insurance in particular.
The Standing Committee on Legal Technology breakfast seminarLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, January 2001The Standing Committee on Legal Technology presented a breakfast seminar to interested attorneys at the ISBA winter meeting on December 7, 2000 at the downtown Sheraton Hotel.
Using the undo feature to salvage documents in Word™ and WordPerfect™By Marilyn MonroseLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, October 2000We've all done it. Working hours on a 200-page, heavily edited document, only to realize half way through (or at the end) that you forgot to make a new version!!
Electronic e-mail and BBS issues in a court challengeBy David ClarkLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, June 2000This case was called to my attention by the Honorable Judge James Bumgarner (retired) a member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology.
Learning Adobe AcrobatBy Jay GiustiLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, June 2000You probably realize that recent buzz about Acrobat isn't in reference to Cirque du Soleil. Todd Flaming's article in the April 2000 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal ("Electronic Briefs: The Time Has Come") is a timely and enthusiastic endorsement of Adobe's Acrobat software technology, based on the PDF document standard, to generate electronic briefs. Recent advertising in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin for ZMF Media's "ebrief" CD-ROM based appellate briefs' is based on Acrobat.
Boot camp graduateBy Jerry GormanLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, May 2000April 27 was a beautiful day in Chicago. And despite my concerns about ineptitude and an always-present desire to be playing golf on such days, I made my way to the Chicago Regional Office of the ISBA to report for boot camp.
Worthwhile Web sites for Illinois lawyers, Part IIBy Chuck BingamanLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, May 2000This is the second in a series of articles in this year's CoLT newsletter highlighting worthwhile Web sites for practicing lawyers.
“The electronic lawyer” ™By Alan PearlmanLaw Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, February 2000During the course of my frequent lectures and seminars, I am often asked about software that can be used in a debt collection practice.
Electronic mail—benefits and perilsBy Paul BernsteinLaw Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, February 2000Electronic mail is truly wonderful. It has a number of advantages over "regular mail" sent via the United States Post Office. Some of the benefits are as follows:
Top partners in law firms must use computersBy Paul BernsteinLaw Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, February 2000It amazes me, even at this late date, that there are so few lawyers in leadership positions who are actively using computer technology.
Can your computer count past 1999?By James BumgarnerLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, November 1999If your computer and software are programmed to assume that all year dates begin with "19," you should see what you can do to fix them before the year 2000; or, before that, if your projected calendars, amortizations, or due dates extend more than three years from today.
Planning for disasterBy David ClarkLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, November 1999Just when you thought it was safe to get past the pitfalls of an automation project, the work is only half done.
Some valuable Web sites for lawyersBy Chuck BingamanLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, November 1999Each issue of this year's C.O.L.T. newsletter will highlight a handful of Web sites of particular interest to lawyers (and their employees.)
Word® word counts and the type-volume limitationsBy John C. CraigLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, November 1999Under Rule 32(a)(7)(A) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, a principal brief may exceed 30 pages only if it: (1) contains no more than 14,000 words, Rule 32(a)(7)(B)(i), and (2) includes a certificate of the attorney that it complies with this "type-volume" limitation, Rule 32(a)(7)(C)
Computer price drops and improved performance increase law office optionsBy John T. PhippsGeneral Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, October 1999We live in a time when savvy solo and small firm lawyers who grasp the potential of changing computer technology can compete with large firms and deliver high quality services in innovative ways.
Can your computer count past 1999?By James BumgarnerLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, April 1999If your computer and software are programmed to assume that all year dates begin with "19," you should see what you can do to fix them before the year 2000; or before that, if your projected calendars, amortizations, or due dates extend more than two years from today.
E-mail and Internet access, essential tools for modern communicationBy William M. MaddenLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, April 1999Imagine that l0 years ago a member of the ISBA told the executive director that all communications between that member and the ISBA would have to be in writing, and delivered by courier, because the member owned neither a telephone nor a mailbox.
From technologies front lineBy David ClarkLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, April 1999Each November for the past several years, I have had the opportunity to attend COMDEX in Las Vegas.
UPDATE CENTRALGeneral Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 1999Intel has introduced the Pentium III computer with a 500 megahertz processor chip.
