Virtual Law Office (VLO) Technology and Issues

A growing trend among computer-savvy sole practitioners is to open a "virtual law practice" or "virtual law office" (VLO), where communications with clients happen through a secure online server system. This is sometimes confused with a "virtual office," which generally refers to renting an office mailing address without having a physical...

Online law practice management software is often called cloud software because the user accesses it on the internet rather than installing it on the law firm's own server. While some lawyers are nervous about entrusting all their client data to a third party who could (at least in theory) vanish and/or go out of business at any time, other...

Are you using Dropbox in your law practice? If not, it is time you signed up for a free account and tried out their system. Whether being used by lawyers to carry their client files to court as electronic files on an iPad, or merely to share documents among computers and staff, Dropbox is an essential tool for the modern law firm.

Among attorneys using the iPad in their law practices, a number of applications (apps) have emerged as the top iPad apps for lawyers. While some use these apps as part of developing a paperless law office, others use them simply as tools for enabling them to do more of their work remotely or while sitting in a courtroom.

Does your law firm want to do away with paper faxes, and start receiving faxes by email? The question is not whether or not you should go paperless, the question is which service you should choose to provide the service. Take a look at the results of our reader's poll, and/or cast your own vote for the best electronic faxing service.

Rocket Matter is a popular cloud computing solution for managing a law practice. Have you tried Rocket Matter for managing your cases? How well did it fit your needs? Did you raise any concerns, complaints, or suggestions to them, and were they responsive? Read what other attorneys have said about their experience with Rocket Matter, and write...

Clio is another popular cloud computing system for managing a law practice. Have you tried Clio for managing your own cases? How well did it fit your needs? Did you raise any concerns, complaints, or suggestions to Clio, and were they responsive? Read what other attorneys have said about their experiences with Clio, and write your own user...

Houdini is a growing cloud computing system for managing a law practice. Have you tried Houdini for managing your cases? How well did it fit your needs? Did you raise any concerns, complaints, or questions to them, and were they responsive to you? Read what other attorneys have said about their experiences with Houdini law practice management...