Adventures In Legal Tech

Jared and Tom Lambotte discuss cybersecurity concerns and solutions for law firms. Highlights Cybersecurity is in the news every day - 1:41 What magnifies complexity - 10:23 You need cybersecurity training - 10:58 How you can protect yourself - 16:45 Understanding the threat - 18:01 Why people are unprotected - 19:21 Biggest reasons why so many firms are unprotected - 23:02 Business email compromise - 25:31 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Tom Lambotte https://www.securityplus.io/

Jared and Emily talked about how to choose the right tech, without getting distracted by new, shiny objects. Highlights Getting so distracted by shiny objects - 2:12 Avoid buying new things - 3:19 Making proactive decisions - 7:14 How to choose technology effectively - 9:25 Making an appropriate investment - 10:36 Looking for a device that fits your needs - 11:32 Her main device - 14:48 The most essential software tools - 16:25 Using technology to delegate - 22:29 Tech is your friend - 23:51 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Emily Amara Gordon https://redcavelegal.com/ http://amaralaw.com/

Jared talked with John Lerner, Cathy Kenton, and Brian Dalton about the LegalTech NonEvent. Highlights The genesis of the NonEvent podcast - 3:45 There are so many products in the market - 4:34 Making product recommendations - 5:42 Where they started - 7:00 Making NonEvent online - 13:56 A community of tech startup people - 20:47 Making informed decisions - 27:46 Loving tech - 28:22 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Cathy Kenton cathy@legaltechmg.com John Lerner lerner@breakingmedia.com Brian Dalton bdalton@breakingmedia.com

Jared talked with Tyler Smith about how to get legal software, and then get the most out of it, when you use it. Highlights Adopting the right legal tech for you - 2:03 How great it is being in Iowa - 2:47 How much time do you need to sell - 6:14 Planning is everything - 7:57 How to set revenue goals in this context - 8:56 One of Tyler's favorite pieces of legal technology - 11:20 Using technology to manage staff - 16:00 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Tyler Smith tyler@smithlawiowa.com https://smithlawiowa.com/

Jared talked with Raymond Asiimwe about whether to buy or build software for a law firm. Highlights How law firms can maximize technology - 1:35 Making decisions to put the right technology in your law firm - 2:38 Buying the shiny object - 4:33 How you decide as a law firm what technology you need - 9:23 Building the systems that we want - 10:43 How to decide who to hire - 14:34 A real mindset change for lawyers - 17:37 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Raymond Asiimwe rasiimwe@bytelexhq.com http://bytelexhq.com/

Jared talked to lawyer Gina Bongiovi about her legal technology beefs. Highlights Lawyers adopting technology - 2:05 There are a lot of promises for the legal tech - 2:51 Having some legal tech beefs - 4:41 Cloud-based technology - 5:51 Her beefs - 6:36 Communicating frequently with our clients - 8:36 A tech wish list for 2022 - 15:22 You need to start with your needs - 17:48 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Gina Bongiovi https://bongiovilaw.com/ gina@bongiovilaw.com

Jared talked with Erik Bermudez of FileVibe about CRM Software and why some law firms are not using CRMs. Highlights CRM: Customer Relationship Management Software - 1:40 What allows a CRM - 2:05 CRM are cloud-based - 2:22 A lot of law firms are not using CRMs - 2:55 One of the biggest challenges that they have - 4:18 Having a CRM in place - 7:19 How legal operates - 10:13 Managing your leads better - 13:45 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Erik Bermudez erik@filevine.com https://www.filevine.com/

Jared interviewed an attorney who has built a platform for selling legal products = documents. Highlights Productization in legal - 1:44 The difference between services and products - 2:01 Alternative ideas for selling products - 5:17 Using estate planning documents - 7:01 Making sure that customers are happy - 9:22 A whole experience for the client - 10:13 Setting expectations - 14:21 There's nothing wrong with launching a product - 16:08 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Sankeetha Selvarajah sankeetha@gmail.com

Jared talked about definitions and uses for AI in the legal technology space. He talked about this topic with Nathan Wenzel from SimpleLegal and Alex Smith from iManage Highlights AI is simple and complicated at the same time - 2:13 AI: a misunderstood concept - 4:14 AI is just math - 6:16 Unsupervised and supervised machine learning - 9:18 What lawyers should be doing - 14:28 Ways to use AI - 16:28 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Nathan Wenzel nwenzel@simplelegal.com www.simplelegal.com Connect with Alex Smith alex.smith@imanage.com www.imanage.com

Jared interviewed Scott Clasen of TimeSolv and Niki Black of MyCase about time capture, billing, and managing client payments for law firms. Highlights Having a new hobby from the pandemic - 2:46 Collecting payment information - 5:39 There's no technology excuse right now - 8:29 New payment plans - 11:00 Payment processing tools - 12:42 The importance of e-payments - 16:30 Understanding the processing fees - 17:56 E-payments are not created equal - 18:46 The whole billing cycle - 21:00 Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal Connect with Scott Clasen https://www.timesolv.com/ scott.clasen@timesolv.com Connect with Niki Black niki@mycase.com https://www.mycase.com/