Achieving the impossible paperless law firm during a pandemic
Take the emergency practices of this year and turn them into a formalized, sustainable, productive set of processes for your entire firm.
Answers to top questions from the Managing digital documents webinar
More information around editing and collaborating, using electronic signatures, and tips for working with digital documents effectively.
How to turn a printed document into a PDF with your phone
No scanner? No problem. Use these common phone applications to convert printed documents into digital PDFS to get them ready to eFile.
12 resources for managing digital documents from One Legal
Check out these helpful how-tos and step-by-step guides to help you stay sane while collaborating on, sharing, and filing digital documents.
Tips for converting your scanned file for eFiling
Making original documents accessible in digital format makes it possible to eFile and otherwise manage beyond the filing cabinet. Here are the best practices for converting your scanned file for eFiling:
Everything you need to know about fillable forms
Creating a form that others can fill out online can be a little tricky unless you have the proper tools and know-how. Here is everything you need to know about creating fillable and shareable forms in Word and PDF.
What’s the deal with redaction?
Between the nearly 1,000 redactions in Robert Mueller’s report and the failed redactions in the Paul Manafort filings, “redaction” has appeared in the news quite a lot. Uncover why this matters and how you can avoid ever making headlines with redactions.
5 document management tips for better organization and smoother eFiling
Document management systems are fantastic – if they’re used (and used correctly). Here are five of our favorite tips to improve efficiency and ensure a smooth eFiling experience.
How to convert PDF into another document type
While most of us are familiar with the process of converting a Word document to a PDF, especially as most courts now require that all eFilings be made in this non-editable format, many remain in the dark with respect to other conversions you can accomplish.
6 reasons to attend the One Legal Live 2019 virtual conference
One Legal’s free virtual conference will feature speakers from all around the industry and beyond. Here are just a few of the many reasons why you owe it to yourself and your firm to attend!
How to “quick check” your PDF before eFiling
Given the prevalence of eFiling, firms are required to be nearly perfect when submitting their documents to a court. We’ve compiled a last-minute “quick check” to help ensure your next filing is a successful one!
How to separate or combine PDF documents before filing
Learn how to merge and split existing PDF documents within the most common software platforms (Adobe Acrobat and Nuance) for a successful court filing
Quick Tip Tuesday: Avoid run-on documents while eFiling
What makes a “run-on document” and how can you avoid it when submitting filings electronically with the court?
eSignature troubleshooting tricks
It’s happened again. You go to send an important contract or confirm an agreement but somehow your eSignature won’t save on the document. To make matters worse, the document has signature lines for you and the partner in charge and you can’t get her eSignature to affix either. Or maybe […]
Does my law firm really need PDF editing software?
The Portable Document Format (PDF) has been around since the 1990s and has long been since considered the “gold standard” of document types, independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. While some have believed the PDF to be “a format that causes headaches for the average person,” the truth […]
Why you need to remove metadata from your court filings
Consider this scenario: you’re preparing to file a financial disclosure in a divorce case. To protect your client’s confidentiality, you’ve dutifully removed all of their bank details, their social security number, and so on from the Word document. You deleted it, so it’s gone permanently, right? Not so fast! It […]