8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Technology in the Law Office‡
Catherine Sanders Reach, North Carolina Bar Association, Cary
Technology took a front seat for lawyers during the pandemic, whether they wanted to use it or not. Then generative AI caught the attention of the legal world. However, there is still a lot you can do with some basic tools you use every day, you just might not know it. During this in-depth session, we explore some of the ways to get the most out of the Microsoft productivity suite (Outlook, Word and Excel), plus Adobe Acrobat tips and more. Busy lawyers and legal professionals can take advantage of techniques to enhance their skills so they can focus on the message and not the mechanics.
This program includes one 15-minute break.
12:15 Adjourn
‡ Indicates portion providing Technology Training credit
Thank you for joining us for Technology in the Law Office (Getting the Most Out of Microsoft 365, Adobe Acrobat and More).
Technology took a front seat for lawyers during the pandemic, whether they wanted to use it or not. Then generative AI caught the attention of the legal world. However, there is still a lot you can do with some basic tools you use every day, you just might not know it.
Catherine Sanders Reach is Director for the Center for Practice Management at the North Carolina Bar Association, providing practice technology and management assistance to lawyers and legal professionals. Formerly she was Director, Law Practice Management and Technology for the Chicago Bar Association and the Director at the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center.
Prior to her work at the NCBA, CBA and ABA she worked in library and information science environments for a number of years, working at Ross and Hardies as a librarian. She received a master's degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 1997.
Catherine's professional activities include articles published in Law Practice magazine, Law Technology News and GPSolo Magazine, as well as numerous other publications. She has given presentations on the use of technology in law firms for national bar conferences, state and local bar associations and organizations such as the National Association of Bar Council and the Association of American Law Schools. In 2011 she was selected to be one of the inaugural Fastcase 50, celebrating fifty innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the field of law and in 2013 became a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. She served on the ABA TECHSHOW Board from 2007-2009, 2014-2016 and is co-vice chair in 2019.
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