From the Center Blog

The holiday gift buying season is upon us! If you are shopping for deals or just making sure there is plenty of time for shipping, don’t forget that Black Friday, Small Business Saturday or CyberMonday start this week. Whether you are buying office gifts, or for the person who has everything, there are a lot of ways to save, give…

While privacy and security are often used synonymously, and each can impact your cyber safety, privacy is related to controlling your personal information and how it is used. While there is a balance between privacy and usability, the amount of personal data that is sold and stored is disconcerting. What can you do to increase your privacy while still enjoying…

Microsoft 365 has been slowly rolling out Loop, the collaboration tool, in business subscriptions. Challenging tools like Notion, Loop has the advantage of already being in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem used by many law firms. Loop lets you create collaborative clauses, checklists, and other disembodied elements not tied to a particular email or document. Update it in one place and…

Imagine a search engine that doesn’t just find information but understands it. One where you ask complex questions and receive answers backed by credible sources. This is the reality of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) search engines. These tools are changing how we interact with online information, combining AI with traditional search capabilities. ChatGPT and similar GAI tools have taken the…

The North Carolina Bar Association has offered Fastcase legal research as a benefit to NCBA members since 2012. Recently Fastcase merged with international legal research provider vLex. This merger resulted in an enhanced and upgraded legal research platform, which is now being rolled out to NCBA members starting November 19, 2024. In 2023, Fastcase merged with vLex, a global legal…

You want to make it easy and secure to exchange electronic documents and information with clients. There are many ways to do this, including using online document storage services, SaaS based practice management portals, and document management systems. However, if you are not using any of these or are looking for something that is simple and purpose built, Pipe|File might…

Every week subscribers receive the ICYMI enewsletter from the NCBA Center for Practice Management. The newsletter highlights tips, tools, trends, and techniques to help your law practice. The following are a few popular links from the past issues of the newsletter. 4 AI Search Engines I Use Every Day (July 26, 2024) Search engines and Generative Artificial Intelligence tools are not the…

Styles in Microsoft Word can help improve everything from formatting to editing a document. Styles can be applied to make better templates, improve navigation, generate an automatic and hyperlinked Table of Contents, and make self-updating and numbered headings painless. What are the advantages of using Styles in Microsoft Word and how do you use them? Styles in Microsoft Word are…