Bite Size CPD Series: Practice Management Technology Series
For over three years, the Law Society of Saskatchewan has developed the Bite Size CPD Series. These informative under-10-minute video episodes cover a variety of topics and are available for all to view on the Law Society website. A new episode is released each Thursday.
The latest series focuses on Practice Management Technology. See in particular Episode 150: Loss Prevention Through Technology:
Legal practitioners must protect themselves against claims and actions that could lead to losses. Technology can be an important part of this defence, so this episode in the practice management technology series looks at core elements of an effective loss prevention system.
Other useful videos in the series include:
The right technology is essential to deliver legal services efficiently, so this marks the beginning of a series on starting a new practice or upgrading existing tools.
While mobile devices are more powerful than ever before, most law offices still rely on personal computers for core computing tasks. This episode in the continuing series on practice management technology reviews some features and specifications to consider when picking a computer.
It is not the most exciting thing in the world, but a personal computer operating system (OS) sets the limits on all other software an office can use. This episode of the practice management technology series looks at some things to watch for when picking an OS.
Technology needs for a legal practice include more than computers. This episode of the practice management technology series looks at the supporting hardware most offices need.
Personal Computers are important, but phones and tablets are also a necessity for today's practitioners. This episode of the practice management technology series examines some things to consider when choosing a mobile device.
While dedicated legal software is important, legal practitioners often spend most of their time using general purpose programs. The latest episode in the practice management technology series reviews essential application needs.
After a few episodes in the series on practice management technology tools, the focus turns to specific legal software packages. The first step is answering core questions on needs and capabilities to ensure the product fits the requirements.
Many law offices and practitioners rely on legal software packages that combine common legal functions, like accounting, case management and more. This episode of the practice management technology series looks at some of the software that works for Canadian needs.
Dates drive most legal work, so time management is a must. This week's episode looks at software solutions for calendars and tasks.
The practice management technology series continues with a look at a core requirement in the law industry: document handling. Devoting time to how an office manages paper and digital documents can massively increase efficiency and quality, and this episode looks at a few of the options.