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Legal Technology: Cloud and Mobile Computing for Lawyers
Presented by: Nicole Black
Author | Cloud Computing for LawyersCo-author | Social Media for Lawyers--The Next Frontier
Legal Technology Evangelist MyCase.com | web-based law practice management
“The Internet? Bah!” by Clifford Stoll,1995
E-Commerce? Bah!
E-books?Bah!
E-readers?Bah!
E-business? Bah!
How did we get here?
June 2006--Google launches first non-email cloud product
July 2006--Twitter launched
August 2006--Amazon EC2 cloud product released in private beta
September 2006--Facebook opened to the public
April 2015 --Apple Watch released
April 2010--iPad released in US
July 2008--Apple launches the App Store
June 2007--iPhone released in US
Lawyers cannot afford to be left out of the loop
3 major technology trends:
• Social Media
• Mobile Computing
• Cloud Computing
Why should you care about cloud computing?
•Cloud computing
•Software as a service (SaaS)
What is cloud computing?
Do you use Lexis or Westlaw?
Do you or your clients use gmail?
Do you use Wikipedia?
Cloud• Convenience• Affordability• Flexibility• Mobility• Back up
SaaS• Bill on the go• Instant access• Client access• Communicate securely
Benefits
• By the end of 2012, 20% of businesses owned no IT assets and conducted business solely
in the Cloud
• In 2013, mobile phones overtook PCs as the most
common Web access device worldwide
• By the end of 2014 over 3 billion of the world’s adult
population was able to transact electronically via mobile or
Internet technology
Source: Gartner’s Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2010 and Beyond: A New Balance
Cloud and Mobile Computing: Not a Trend
Are lawyers using cloud computing?
•15% of firms with 500 or more lawyers have used cloud
computing
• 31% of solo attorneys used cloud computing
• 34% of law firms with 50 or more lawyers use cloud computing
*ABA 2013 Tech Report,2013 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey,
•83% use the cloud for the simplified support and maintenance
• 44% use the cloud because it facilitates less hardware in-house
• 74% use the cloud for its convenience
• 63% use the cloud for 24/7 access
• 56% use the cloud because of its affordability
*American Lawyer’s 2012 Tech Survey and 2013 ABA Legal Tech Survey
Why should you care about mobile computing?
“Mobile devices are constrained by their memory, processing power, and battery life. But combined with cloud computing, data processing and storage can happen outside of mobile devices.”
*IEEE Computer Society 2014 Tech Trends Report
There are more mobile phones on the planet than there
are TVs
The growth of the iPhone was 10 times
faster than the growth of America Online
There are 6.8 billion people on the planet. 5.1
billion of them own a cell phone, but
only 4.2 billion own a toothbrush
*Source: The Hub Spot Blog/Mobile Marketing Association Surveys
But are lawyers using
mobile technology?
Lawyers’ smartphone use has increased from 89% in 2011 to 91% in 2014
58% of firms purchase tablets for their attorneys
89% of law firms report that their lawyers use tablets on a daily basis
Sources: International Legal Technology Association and Inside Legal’s 2014 Annual Law Firm Technology Purchasing Survey and ABA’s 2011,
2014 Legal Technology Survey
The iPad is used by 84% of those lawyers who use a tablet device for work-related tasks
48% of respondents used a tablet to conduct work while outside of their primary workplace, up from 33% in 2012
In firms of more than 500 attorneys, lawyers using iPads for work-related reasons outside of work
increased to 26%
Source: ABA’s 2012, 2014 Legal Technology Survey
Sometimes cloud computing ethics will fee like a maze
Sometimes, the journey will be frustrating
A lot of people will tell you what you can’t do
Take it step by step
Ethical issues to consider:
A. Attorney client confidentiality
B. Compare/contrast to traditional outsourcing relationships
C. Meeting obligations of “reasonable” security
QUESTION:
Whether an attorney can use an online system to store confidential client data and, if so, what steps must be
taken to ensure the data are secure? New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics, Opinion 842
(September 2010)
* Source: http://tinyurl.com/abaCloud
Security issues to consider:
1. Encryption2. Geo-redundancy3. Data back ups4. Extraction of data5. Transborder data flow6. Financial security
For full list of questions see: http://bit.ly/hyFBxo
Explore and learn
Don’t get left behind
Thanks for listening!
Nicole BlackLegal Technology Evangelist
MyCase.com | web-based law practice management
www.nicoleblackesq.com@nikiblack on Twitter
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