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Tips for going paperless (access required)

Published: November 26, 2012

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A paperless law office can provide a more efficient, flexible and cost-effective practice.  

The paperless chase (access required)

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: September 14, 2012

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Lawyers chasing the goal of running a paperless office are finding that both practical and ethical concerns can cause bumps in the road.

Are there some documents that must remain in their original – i.e., paper – form? How many years must lawyers keep files before they can be destroyed? Can a law practice ever truly be without paper?

Client entitled to ‘hard copies’ of records (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: January 31, 2011

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A lawyer who runs a paperless office may be required to deliver a former client’s records in paper form, the D.C. Bar has concluded in an ethics opinion.

The case against the paperless office (access required)

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 2, 2010

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Going paperless is all the rage in many corners of the tech-savvy, eco-friendly legal world.

Downsize your file cabinet, go mobile and save trees – who could argue with that?

But there are downsides to throwing out your paper files.

Launching the paperless office (access required)

By: Aaron Krivitzky
Published: November 9, 2009

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If your office is overrun with boxes and boxes of files, memos and depositions, it may be time to consider going paperless. Here’s how.

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