February 11, 2021 at 3:32 PM
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Within weeks of the shutdowns last March, those of us who follow legal tech trends were cautiously watching as attorneys who were displaced from their brick-and-mortar offices began to use cloud-based software out of necessity. Seemingly overnight, lawyers were intensely focused on learning as much as they could about the remote working tools that would help them get work done in the short term, at least until things “returned to normal.” Notably, at the time, it was expected that the stay-at-home orders would be in place for a few weeks, at most.
(T)he focus in online lawyer discussion groups changed overnight, with lawyers sharing their concerns about whether their firms would survive the mandated closures. Others sought advice on the remote working tools that would be necessary to set up a remote law firm, such as video conferencing platforms, VOIP phone systems, and law practice management software. Not surprisingly, the same phenomenon was occurring offline as well.