This video shows you how to remove metadata from Word and PDF documents. PLF Practice Management Attorney Monica Logan walks you through each step of the process. This step-by-step guide is perfect for attorneys and staff looking to remove hidden data when sending documents to other parties.

The ABA TECHSHOW Conference and Expo, held in Chicago from March 25-28, 2026, once again brought together legal professionals and technology. With presentations on technology trends, industry expertise, and hands-on product demonstrations, TECHSHOW focused on using technology intentionally to build more efficient, client-centered practices. Members of our PMAP team attended this year’s conference and compiled the following highlights and key takeaways.

Legal professionals are trained to be cautious, and for many good reasons. But sometimes those instincts can quietly turn into avoidance or analysis paralysis, especially when it comes to emerging or fast-moving technology. Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is a perfect example of technology that has taken the world by storm. Let's learn more.

This video shows you how to create your own pleading template from scratch. PLF Practice Management Attorney Monica Logan walks you through each step of the process, including creating the caption, line numbering, footer, and saving as a template. This step-by-step guide is perfect for attorneys and staff looking to streamline document formatting and avoid errors.

In today’s connected world, attorneys can work virtually anywhere. Smartphones in particular have transformed the way lawyers operate, essentially allowing them to carry their entire office in their pocket. However, this convenience also comes with significant responsibility: protecting the confidential client information now stored on your phone.

Calendaring is a fundamental task for legal professionals, yet calendaring errors remain a leading cause of malpractice claims. In this post, we discuss Microsoft Outlook, a popular option to enhance productivity and organization, and lessen your chances of committing malpractice.

The ABA TECHSHOW, held in Chicago from February 14-17, 2024, was a melting pot of insights, innovations, and imperative discussions on the intersection of technology and law. As legal professionals met to explore the latest trends and tools, our PMAP team identified several overarching themes that emerged from the diverse array of presentations and discussions. Here are some key takeaways.

To lessen the risk of malpractice and ethical violations, legal professionals need to understand the different types of AI so they can make intelligent decisions about which programs they may want to integrate into their practice.

Top takeaways from the ABA TECHSHOW

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a one-minute video equals 1.8 million words. This article will discuss three ways to use video to run a better practice, reduce potential malpractice, and improve your bottom line. It will conclude with a step-by-step tutorial on how to make videos for your staff in Microsoft Teams

How we choose to communicate as a society is an ever-evolving process. With the rise in digital media, trends have seen more consumers turn to text, video calls, and emails as their preferred forms of communication. Is your firm doing everything it can to reach potential clients?

See a few takeaways from the 2022 ABA TECHSHOW that you may want to incorporate into your practice, particularly regarding evaluating your technology, software for managing new clients, and virtual receptionists.

The type of program you use to track your time and calculate your bills will vary depending on your specific practice and firm goals. In focusing on software for billing, you have your choice of options, but you should consider the variety of features available when making the decision which to use for your practice.

Many of us are more reliant than ever before on the stability and speed of our internet connection, now that the pandemic has forced us to work from home and many children are engaged in remote learning. If your home internet connection is not performing at the level necessary to support your needs, consider the options below to make it work for you.

We are now three months in to what is, for many of us, this brave new world of remote work. For some, it has been a resoundingly successful experiment. Some lawyers who previously worked out of traditional law offices have made a smooth transition to working out of their homes

With the spread of COVID-19 and resulting changes in how we conduct business, we need methods for exchanging information in different ways. In particular, attorneys need secure methods to collaborate on Word documents with both their clients and colleagues. This collaboration could include simply gathering information from clients with an intake form, review and approval of a document by a client or supervisor, or more complex collaboration involving multiple versions and tracked changes.

The COVID-19 pandemic may mark the end of an era of hesitation or resistance from lawyers about the use of cloud services and products. We are all now forced to rely on remote access programs and other technologies to help us do our work from home.

In light of the spread of COVID-19, many lawyers are looking for ways to continue meeting with their clients and other parties while keeping some distance from them. Fortunately, we are in an age where technology makes it easy to implement social distancing efforts that many individuals and businesses are now undertaking. This blog post will cover two tools that will allow lawyers to work and maintain social distance: (1) video conferencing and (2) remote access.