Today I spoke a few words to a group of law students, recent law grads and lawyers from other states attending the South Carolina tradition known as “Bridge the Gap.” If you are a member of the SC Bar, I don’t have to tell you what that is. But if you’re new in town, it’s the program held semi-annually to help bridge the gap between law school and law practice.  My topic: law office technology. Given the time constraints (10 minutes), I tried to boil the topic down to two things they should know: www.scbar.org/pmap and Casemaker. If they can get to the PMAP pages at the Bar, they can find all kinds of technology info and links. And Casemaker is the great free legal research product that all Bar members automatically have access to, simply by being Bar members. Furthermore, the law students in the group can sign up for a full blown account through Casemaker X, their law student site. All in all, two tips every lawyer in S.C. should know.

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