These days, working with email and using email clients like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail is pretty run of the mill stuff. However, there’s a little more to sending email attachments, especially large files, than is general knowledge. In this quick skills post, we cover everything you need to know […]
Read MoreFor many working in legal jobs, it seems that Google Chrome is the browser of choice. However, despite it being the most widely used web browser on the market, few take full advantage of all of its many features. Here, we suggest 11 Chrome features and apps that could improve […]
Read MorePaper, paper, paper! Many law offices are overflowing with the stuff, and it causes a lot of issues. How do you physically store it all? How do you quickly locate the files when you need them later? How do you efficiently file papers at court and share them with clients […]
Read MoreMoving to a completely paperless law office might seem like an insurmountable task. Look around now and you’ll likely see paper everywhere: case notes, client letters, filings for the court, documents to be shared with other parties, and more. It doesn’t need to be this way. You’re possibly thinking, “what’s […]
Read MoreIt’s no secret that we’re big fans of Adobe Acrobat here at One Legal. Judging by the positive response to two of our recent articles — “7 Adobe Acrobat hacks that will make legal professionals lives’ easier” and “Core Adobe Acrobat skills for successful eFiling” — many of you are […]
Read MoreSince computers entered the mainstream in the 1980s, it’s been hard to escape articles proclaiming the era of the paperless law office. Indeed, “The Economist” was proclaiming that paper would be a thing of the past way back in 1980. Things didn’t go as planned. Since the 1980s average paper […]
Read MoreMicrosoft Word is one of those programs that you instinctively think you’re a master in, because you likely use it almost every day of your life. Certainly, if you had asked me, after having worked with Word for well over a decade whether there was anything else I could know, […]
Read MoreHere at One Legal, we love to read, learn, and share the latest legal practice news and best practices. We’ve written before about how podcasts — short radio shows that you can download and listen to any time — can be an excellent way to stay up to speed. But […]
Read MoreThe PDF (or Portable Document Format) has been a mainstay of law offices for some time. Until recently, it has mainly been used as a convenient way to store and send documents in a stable format that cannot be edited easily. However, the rapid expansion of electronic court filing means […]
Read MoreSince March 2016, electronic filing (“eFiling”) has been either required or permitted in 10 counties of California. By the end of 2016, eFiling will be available in almost half of all counties in the state. Reliably filing your important documents electronically in these counties requires a certified electronic filing service […]
Read MoreAlbany, California-based Driscoll Omens is no stranger to complex, multi-party litigation. The firm has, over its history, represented plaintiffs in a number of high-profile suits in California. Handling these types of labor-intensive cases in a small firm raises practical issues. Court filings must be delivered and all of the other […]
Read MoreTexas paper savings galore Think of how much paper you could save by switching to electronic instead of paper copies. Well, this is just what is happening in the state of Texas; but in a more peculiar way. There is a new mandate in town that requires certain types of […]
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