Expert legal technology consultants
By Wells H. Anderson and Seth G. Rowland
As Published in the GPSolo Magazine’s May/June 2014 Issue — Almost six years before the entire legal world was forced into tele-work by COVID-19, Seth Rowland teamed up with Wells Anderson, his colleague of 20+ years, to explore the upsides and downsides of different kinds of remote communication methods.
As Published in Probate & Property Magazine’s Jan-Feb 2014 issue — As Cloud Offerings become ever more diverse, law firms become more uncertain on how to decide when to move into the Cloud and how to do it. In this 2014 article from ABA Probate and Property, Seth Rowland tells the tale of two firms who took the plunge into the cloud. He details the processes he went through with these firms to determine which were the best Cloud options for them and how to create a Cloud transition process that would guarantee acceptance by their staff. Although the article is 6 years old, the advice is still fresh and relevant.
Most lawyers are familiar with Text-processing tools (like Word and Wordperfect), search engines (like LexisNexis, Westlaw and Loislaw) and litigation support databases. However, few have worked with true brainstorming tools that assist a lawyer in reaching conclusions and identifying connections between information.
Two tools that should be part of the “thinking lawyer’s arsenal” are MindManager® from Mindjet (www.mindjet.com) and allCLEAR® from Proquis (www.proquis.com). MindManager creates idea maps that let you link issues, facts, documents, and solutions in a multi-branching tree. allCLEAR’s FlowCharter and Analyzer builds process diagrams and lets you evaluate multiple paths in the process to determine which path is optimal. On a scale of one to five, I would give MindManager a 5 and allCLEAR a 4.5.
MindManager creates idea maps that enable you to link issues, facts, documents, and solutions in a multi-branching tree. A litigator might use MindManager to map out the evidence supporting a particular theory of the case.
