Law Technology

Paper LESS: Now More Than Ever

By Ross

I’m always pleased to see my now 16 year old Paper LESS Office process continue to gain acceptance. A little radical back in 1993 when the idea sprouted, now it’s common sense and in the mainstream. The acknowledgement that ridding one’s life and practice of paper may be a pipe dream, paves the way to developing a process involving a nearly 100% reduction in the need to find and touch the paper. This is the heart of the Paper LESS Office concept - thereby allowing one to:

• Avoid wasted otherwise billable time chasing paper and convert some, most or all of it into billable time
• Stress reduction and quality of life in practice enhancement

• Be more responsive both to clients and to co-workers merely via access to a complete and continguous electronic case file

Recently, techno.pal Dave Bilinsky of award-winning Thoughtful Legal Management wrote about being Paper LESS in a British Columbian practice context here.  Dave need only to check in with my own client Douglas MacAdams, QC, of the MacAdams Law Firm, practicing eastward through the beautiful Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC to see the Paper LESS Office in full swing.

In the spirit of my latest “Tightwad Technology” series of CLE programs, the time for the Paper LESS Office and the Paper LESS Process is now. Cut costs, make more money, reduce practice and life stress, thrill clients and help the environment - all simultaneously. All good things. All needed now for all practices.

Read more about the Paper LESS Office process and Tightwad Technology for Tough & Trying Times in my latest CLE materials at www.microlaw.com/cle-downloads.html, free and PDFed, as always.

So thanks Dave for reinforcing the concept!

Full post as published by Ross Ipsa Loquitur on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).