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Lewis Eisen

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Curriculum Organized by the MacCrate Report Criteria

Fundamental Lawyering Skills

Additional Lawyer Skill Sets

Lawyers and the Internet

The Next Generation

Lewis S. Eisen

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Popular new web technologies offer enhanced client contact, information sharing and avenues for research. To take full advantage of them, you need intelligent strategies. At the same time, your dependence on the Internet puts the security of your files and your ability to communicate at risk.

For 25 years, Lewis Eisen has been explaining technology in plain English lawyer-to-lawyer, focusing on the value it brings to the legal profession. His fresh, clear insight, highlights its payoffs, explodes its myths and false promises and explores its tips and traps.

You will come away from this day with many simple but effective techniques for maximizing your investment of time and resources in technology. You will learn real-world solutions from a streetwise authority.

Issues such as managing e-mail, methods to efficiently mine sources for information, and dealing with threats to security are discussed at length. Get the facts from someone who knows. Thousands of lawyers and judges across Canada and the United States have benefitted from this well-received course. Investing in this day will make a dramatic difference in the value the Internet brings to your law practice.

Program Outline & Schedule (6 hours)

[Part I: 90 minutes]

The New Internet Basics

  • Changes to Internet addressing
  • Web 2.0 applications: blogs, wikis and social networking
  • Integrating the Internet with other applications

Productivity Using E-mail

  • Managing e-mail effectively
  • Handling spam
  • E-mail security

[15 minute break]

[Part II: 90 minutes]

Online Research

  • Limitations of on-line research
  • Search engine mechanics
  • Using starting pages
  • Directories vs. search engines

[Lunch]

[Part III: 90 minutes]

Online Research (continued)

  • Comparing popular search engines
  • Taking advantage of metasearch engines
  • Finding searchable databases
  • Future developments in search technology

[15 minute break]

[Part IV: 90 minutes]

Internet Security

  • Choosing the right level
  • Preventing external access
  • Protecting your identity
  • Understanding encryption, PKI and digital signatures
  • Recognizing virus attacks
  • Covering your tracks
  • Removing deleted and hidden text from documents
  • Deleting hidden files
  • Cleaning out your cookies

[Adjourn]

 

 

Unconditional Guarantee
If you are not convinced that your understanding of the course topic has
improved after completion of any P.E.G. seminar, we will refund your course tuition.

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