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ChatGPT at the Law Office: Safely Harnessing the Power of AI for Lawyering
March 9th, 2023
Despite its pitfalls, ChatGPT offers many ways to help lawyers be more productive in their professional practices. Learn of at least three ways you can begin using this tool now in your law office....
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ChatGPT at the Law Office: The Pitfalls of using AIs for Lawyering
March 9th, 2023
ChatGPT offers many promising opportunities to make lawyers more productive in their work. But, it's important to learn how these AI systems work and "think" and know the potential pitfalls before putting too much faith in this tool....
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A Retirement Guide To Your Law Firm’s Website and Online Presence
December 15th, 2018
Contributor: Brendan Chard
Here's a quick and informative guide on the steps retiring attorneys should take to properly close down their websites, emails, domains, social media and professional profiles so that big issues like identity theft don't ruin their retirement...
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Categories: Question of the Week
How do Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Find Attorneys?
February 28th, 2018
Contributor: Brendan Chard
Just like being the first lawyer to have a website in 1997, or to have a mobile-friendly site in 2008, taking some initial steps to show up in voice searches may be easier to do now before it inevitably becomes more saturated and monetized later....
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Categories: Question of the Week
What is Your Hosting Uptime?
July 14th, 2016
This week’s question comes to us from a new client who, while vetting us, asked: “What is your hosting uptime?” Hosting reliability has become of such importance on the internet that most of us take for granted that everything...
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Categories: Question of the Week
What Is Website Hosting?
September 11th, 2015
The Internet. The World Wide Web. The Information Highway. A vast network of data, cables, and servers that provide the world with the connective tissue to transmit content and information. All of the text, images, and videos that you see online...
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Tags: Technology
Brendan Chard Speaks @ MinnCLE Webcast
April 18th, 2008
Brendan Chard, owner of The Modern Firm, LLC spoke today at a Minnesota CLE webcast on using the internet for better client communications. The discussion covered a wide range of internet technology including law firm websites, blogging and...
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Categories: Out and About
Cyber-Liability – What’s my exposure? Will my insurance respond?
November 6th, 2007
Law firms of every size and discipline face growing exposures with respect to breaches in their computer security and information systems, with increasingly sophisticated attacks occurring more frequently. Due to rapidly changing policy coverages...
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Categories: Practice Management
Managing Information Overload: What to do When the Information Age Has You Overwhelmed
September 22nd, 2007
Several weeks ago a friend, the executive director of an organization, confessed that his office is a disaster. Professional journals pile up, phone messages are unanswered. Projects remain half completed. The in-box has become a storage box. Every...
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Brendan Chard to speak in WebCast for Minnesota CLE
February 3rd, 2007
Brendan Chard, president of The Modern Firm, will be speaking as part of a panel of experts on the future of law office technology. The WebCast will air live on February 20th at 12:00PM CST....
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Categories: Out and About