The ABA Legal Technology Resource Center Joins the ABA Law Practice Management Section and Announces New Resources

CHICAGO, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In this challenging market, modern law offices are increasingly reliant on technology to provide them with a competitive edge. To help American Bar Association (ABA) members and their firms leverage technology to better serve their clients, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) has joined the ABA Law Practice Management Section (LPM) to deliver valuable new resources, including:

• Law Technology Today, a new legal technology blog that brings together many of the leading voices on legal technology--including Tom Mighell and Sharon Nelson--to discuss topics ranging from data security to the use of iPads in the legal practice;
• The LTRC Training Library, a series of free monthly training webinars that provide straight-forward tips lawyers can easily and quickly put into practice;
• A significantly revised and expanded LTRC website, hosting a wide variety of legal technology resources including recorded training videos, software comparison charts, free legal research tools, and technology overviews.

Together, LPM and LTRC have decades of experience providing legal technology resources to ABA members. LPM recently hosted the 26th annual ABA TECHSHOW legal technology conference, and is a leading publisher of technology books, including the bestsellers iPad in One Hour for Lawyers, Google for Lawyers, and Locked Down: Information Security for Lawyers. The LTRC has published the Legal Technology Survey Report, the most comprehensive annual survey of lawyer technology use available, for more than twenty years.

"We are thrilled to include the LTRC's resources in the body of law practice knowledge offered by LPM," said Tom Mighell, Chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section. "The LTRC already enjoys a tremendous reputation as a source of legal technology educational content, and having it as part of LPM strengthens our position at the forefront of practice management education and programming."

Complete information about the LTRC, LPM and all available resources can be found at www.lawtechnology.org.

The ABA Law Practice Management Section is a professional membership organization providing resources for lawyers and other legal professionals in the core areas of the business of practicing law – marketing, management, technology and finance – through its award-winning magazine, Law Practice, Law Practice Today webzine, educational CLE programs, website and publishing division. For more than 30 years, LPM has established itself as a leader within the legal profession by producing ABA TECHSHOW, the leading legal technology Conference that brings lawyers and technology together, and through its publishing arm, which has more than 90 titles in print. Learn more about LPM at www.lawpractice.org.

The ABA Legal Technology Resource Center has provided legal technology guidance and helped ABA members leverage technology for more than 25 years. In addition to the Law Technology Today blog, LTRC publishes the annual Legal Technology Survey Report and maintains a website with extensive legal technology resources, including a free online training library. Learn more about LTRC at www.lawtechnology.org.

If you would like more information about LTRC, please contact Josh Poje at [email protected]. For more information on LPM, please contact Mary Beth Thede at [email protected].

SOURCE ABA Legal Technology Resource Center