Moving Your Practice to the Cloud, Safely and Ethically
Why Attend?
Recent technological advances have dramatically transformed how attorneys store, retrieve, and access client data. Perhaps the biggest change has been the growth of “cloud computing” - the storage of information on a computer or server not located in the lawyer’s physical office.
Cloud computing – including smartphones, web-based e-mail such as Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail and AOL Mail, and products like Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365, and Dropbox – can help lawyers reduce costs, improve efficiency, and offer better client service. But it also raises practical and ethical concerns.
What You Will Learn
This all-new webcast explores recent developments in cloud computing, including how and under what circumstances an attorney may ethically store confidential client material “in the cloud.” Topics include:
Latest technological advances
Key questions to ask cloud providers about their data security
Typical cloud terms and conditions that present ethical problems; ethical considerations and recent ethical guidance opinions; latest ABA Ethics Commission 20/20 recommendations
Practical tips for securing client and other data in the cloud
Have a question for the faculty? This interactive seminar will give you the opportunity to submit questions to the faculty before and/or during the program. In addition, all registrants receive a set of downloadable course materials and free access to the archived online program later.
Need ethics credit? This seminar qualifies for 1.5 to 1.8 credit hours, including 0.5 to 0.6 ethics credit hours, depending on state requirements, in MCLE jurisdictions that accredit live telephone seminars and/or webcasts on law practice management topics.
Faculty
Brett Burney is Principal of Burney Consultants LLC, and focuses a large part of his time on bridging the chasm between the legal and technology frontiers of electronic discovery. He is also very active in the Mac-using lawyer community, working with law firms and corporate legal departments who desire to integrate Mac and iOS devices into their practice. Prior to establishing Burney Consultants LLC, Mr. Burney spent over 5 years at the law firm of Thompson Hine LLP where he worked with litigation teams in building document databases, counseling on electronic discovery issues, and supporting them at trial. Brett also spearheaded the mobile device program at the firm. He is a frequent contributor to Law.com and speaks around the country on litigation support, e-discovery and Mac/iPad-related topics. He also authors the Macs in Law blog at www.macsinlaw.com.
Daniel J. Siegel is Partner at Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel LLC, where he maintains a diverse litigation practice. He is currently Chair of the Practice Technology Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association and was formerly Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Division. Mr. Siegel also serves on many Bar Association committees, including the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility and the Philadelphia Bar Association's Professional Guidance Committee. He is a frequent speaker on law firm technology, data security, and legal ethics issues for numerous organizations, including the American, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia Bar Associations and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 1.5; total 50-minute hours, 1.8 , including 0.5 to 0.6 ethics hours, in MCLE jurisdictions that accredit live telephone seminars and/or webcasts on law practice management topics.
Times
Eastern 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Central 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Mountain 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 noon
Pacific & Arizona 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Alaska 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Hawaii 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
