This program is eligible for 3 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 3.6 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
Overview
As every lawyer knows, technology advances quite a bit faster than the law changes. Due to the rapid rate of change, it’s difficult to keep up with legal tech on top of the responsibilities required to run a successful practice. In this seminar, we’ll cover many topics that will help you be aware of the technologies that should be on your radar, how to take better advantage of your current tech stack, and how the Rules of Professional Conduct impact your tech and security decisions. Specifically, we’ll tackle the following topics:
1. Key technologies and services for law offices that every lawyer should be aware of.
2. How to prioritize your technology expenditures on the hierarchy of needs for a law office.
3. The decision criteria you should use and the functionality you should expect from key applications like case/matter management software, legal accounting software, document automation platforms, and document/email management solutions.
4. Artificial Intelligence – what should you be doing with it now and how it’ll impact your practice in the future.
5. How to make better use of what you already have rather than buying something new (legal tech is almost always underutilized).
6. The ethical issues surrounding the use of technology, protecting client data in the digital age, and simple, inexpensive security measures every law office should take.
Faculty
Barron K. Henley, Esq.
BARRON K. HENLEY, ESQ. is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law (“RPTE”) Sections, Co-Chair of the Joint Law Practice Management Group, a Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW (2024 show), and a Director on the Columbus Bar Services Board. Mr. Henley heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments. Barron is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and re-engineering law firm processes. Finally, Barron teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology and ethics.
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