Keeping up with new tech solutions as they are being developed and released can turn into a full-time occupation in and of itself. Instead of wasting countless hours scouring the techmags and sorting through irrelevant user reviews, you can spend a day engaged in productive lecture and discussion with like-minded professionals and find out how you can tailor the technology you already own to your unique everyday tasks. Compare the many legal research and management tools, their costs (outright, implementation, training) and their potential benefit to see how they would fit into your practice. Order today!

1. For Core Legal Tasks
2. For Law Practice Management
3. For Practice-Building and Marketing
4. For Managing the Business Side of the Practice
5. The Logistics of a Virtual Law Office - Case Study
6. Legal Ethics 2.0: Building a Compliant Practice
7. Managing the Tech: Making it All Work Together

1. FOR CORE LEGAL TASKS*
   9:00 - 9:45, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Legal Research
      1. Identifying Key Goals
      2. Sources of Information: Paid and Free
      3. Vendor Shopping
      4. Legal Research on the Go - iPad and Smartphone
   2. Interaction with the Courts
      1. Electronic Filing
      2. Online Forms, Rules and Case Information
2. FOR LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
   9:45 - 10:45, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Time-Keeping and Billing
      1. Most Popular Software Options: Pros and Cons
      2. Matching the Software to Your Unique Practice
      3. Easy Tips and Tweaks for More Effective Use
   2. Case Management
      1. Current Major Products
      2. Free and Low-Cost Alternatives
      3. Making it Work with the Rest of Your Practice and the Rest of Your Legal Team
   3. Contracts and Communications Management
      1. Providers
      2. E-mail and Contracts Management
      3. Organizing Communications by Case
      4. Inbox Volume Management
      5. Data Security
   4. Client Extranet
      1. What It Is and How to Use It
      2. Providers
   5. Word Processing and Document Creation
      1. Word Processing Software
      2. PDF Creation
      3. Free and Low-Cost Alternatives
      4. Making it Work with the Rest of Your Tools
   6. Remote-Control Access to Your Office
   7. Useful Tech for Your Smartphone and iPad
3. FOR PRACTICE-BUILDING AND MARKETING
   11:00 - 12:00, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Online Presence Management
      1. Website Management
      2. Social Media
      3. Blogging: Writing and Reading
   2. Useful Tech for Your Smartphone and iPad
4. FOR MANAGING THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE PRACTICE
   1:00 - 2:00, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Office Budgeting, Accounting, Collections and Financial Reporting
      1. Access to Information - Local and Cloud-Based Technology
      2. Bookkeeping Apps
   2. Internet-Based Office Technology
      1. VoIP Technology - Telephone, Videoconferencing, Faxing
      2. Virtual Paralegals, Assistants and Receptionists
   3. Data Storage and Back-Up
      1. Going PaperLESS
      2. Common Methods of Storage
         1. On-Site (Hard Copy, External Harddrive(s))
         2. Network Attached Storage (NAS)
         3. Cloud Storage
         Using Multiple Methods for Different Data
      3. Issues
         1. Redundancy
         2. Security/Privacy
         3. Access and Editing
         4. Retrieval Speed
         5. Format
         6. Cost
   4. Useful Tech for Your Smartphone and iPad
5. THE LOGISTICS OF A VIRTUAL LAW OFFICE - CASE STUDY
   2:00 - 2:45, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Forms of a Virtual Practice
   2. Must-Have Hardware and Software
   3. Client Contact and Case Management
   4. Integrating a VLO Into Your Current Practice
6. LEGAL ETHICS 2.0: BUILDING A COMPLIANT PRACTICE
   3:00 - 4:00, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Privacy Concerns
   2. Client Expectations of Case Updates
   3. Recent Ethics Opinions
7. MANAGING THE TECH: MAKING IT ALL WORK TOGETHER
   4:00 - 4:30, Christina Ferrell Daugherty and Caitlin N. Moon
   1. Syncing Up All Your Devices
   2. "Old School," Non-Digital Tools of the Trade That Make Your Life Easier
   3. What's the Next Big Thing in Legal Tech?

*The legal technology vendor options discussed in this seminar are intended as an objective overview and do not constitute NBI's endorsement or recommendation of any specific Legal Technology provider. This seminar is not sponsored by any tech provider.

CHRISTINA FERRELL DAUGHERTY is a founding member of C2Law :: creative legal counsel, where she practices in a variety of legal areas, including domestic relations, juvenile, criminal, personal injury and general civil litigation. Ms. Daugherty transformed her law practice into a paperless practice in 2010, and is transforming her business into a technologically-based practice that is easy to use and manage. Since her practice focuses primarily on litigation matters, she has learned how to maneuver through the rules applicable to electronic filing requirements in various jurisdictions. Having started a new business, Ms. Daugherty has discovered the most cost-effective ways to manage a law practice by using technology to accomplish administrative tasks at little or no cost to the practitioner. Her practice is proof that technology gives attorneys the necessary edge to be successful in trial without great expenditures for traditional visual aids or trial notebooks. Working with her partner, Caitlin N. Moon, Ms. Daugherty has learned that keeping up with technological advances is requisite to maintaining a competitive edge in a law practice. She has consulted with various attorneys on the use of technology in a law office, including the use of social media, administrative technology and litigation technology. Ms. Daugherty has practiced in the Franklin/Nashville area since graduating from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2000. Before creating C2Law :: creative legal counsel and Harpeth Law Group, PLLC, she served as an Assistant District Attorney for both the 20th and 21st judicial districts.

CAITLIN N. MOON operates one of the few virtual law offices in Tennessee, C2Law :: creative legal counsel, as an adjunct to her bricks-and-mortar practice in the factory at Franklin. Both through her VLO and at her firm, Ms. Moon works with individuals and families across Tennessee in the areas of estate planning and probate, elder law and business entity counsel, with an emphasis on family-owned and operated small businesses and the estate planning needs of these entities. Two years ago, Ms. Moon initiated a paperless practice initiative and now practices solely in a digital environment. The VLO model extends the reach of her practice to anyone in the state of Tennessee, and offers ease of access to her legal services at a reduced cost. In creating her paperless practice and VLO, Ms. Moon developed a significant database of technological information relevant to the practice of law. She now consults with attorneys and other professionals to assist them in leveraging technology to excel professionally, while saving money along the way. In addition to managing the practice technology for her VLO, she designs and maintains both the VLO and C2Law web sites and Facebook page; blogs at C2Law.wordpress.com; and tweets as @inspiredcat and @C2Law. Ms. Moon is passionate about engaging social media as a way to connect with clients and the community, and she regularly shares her social media experience with other professionals. She has practiced in the Franklin/Nashville area since graduating from Vanderbilt School of Law in 1998. Ms. Moon and her partner, Christina Ferrell Daugherty, created C2Law :: creative legal counsel and C2lawonline.com in 2010. Before C2Law :: creative legal counsel, Ms. Daugherty and Ms. Moon were founding partners at Harpeth Law Group, PLLC in Franklin.

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