How up to date are you? (law office automation and Internet usage)

Trial, December, 1996 by Bernstein, Paul

The results of the ABA's 1996 Small Law Firm Automation Survey show striking developments in small firms' use of computers. Nearly 85% now use at least one computer, with many using advanced processors and 77% planning to upgrade to them in 1996. The need for random-access memory soared while its cost plummeted, and larger hard disks are also now in use. Relatively few firms use litigation-support, case-management, and document-imaging software, and fewer use document-assembly programs. Internet use is up sharply.

Nearly 85 percent of those of us who practice at small firms use computers to do our jobs, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Bar Association (ABA).

As noted by Charles Coulter, chair of the ABA's Coordinating Commission on Legal...

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