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Differentiating Your Firm With Technology

Law firms were late adopters of information technology. Differentiating a firm with technology was easy in those days: The firm simply had to have technology. Of course, there's little evidence that clients cared much about their firms' technology in those days. <br/>In contrast, some clients today will base their choice of law firms in part on the firms' technology.

18 minute read November 29, 2004 at 08:54 AM
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James M. Pfau
Differentiating Your Firm With Technology

Law firms were late adopters of information technology. In 1990, when clients were providing all employees with standalone personal computers running DOS and Lotus 1-2-3, law firms were still buying Wang terminals for secretaries and dictation equipment for lawyers ' and many lawyers never expected to touch a keyboard.

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