A modern law firm depends on so many IT services that at first glance it may be accurate (if a little bit facetious) to say that a law firm is actually an IT company with a legal services side hustle!

An advertisement for IT services for law firms by one regional vendor lists a few of their specialties:

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You may notice the lack of some additional areas generally lumped in the area of IT:

Law Practice Management
Legal Services Accounting
Legal Research
Paperless Records Management
Ethical considerations of IT administration, social media, communication and collaboration technologies
Rules of Professional Conduct vis a vis technology competence, training, updates, technology trends, etc.
Personal Productivity of lawers and professional staff
Budgeting for IT Equipment & Services
IT Risk Management and Malpractice Insurance Coverage

You may not have thought about all the areas that Information Technology intersects with the modern practice of law. In this course we will cover these and more.