Virtual Seminars

Library of Recent Virtual Seminars

The State Bar of Michigan Practice Management Resource Center regularly offers virtual seminars to Michigan lawyers to help them improve their practice. The majority of our webinars are offered free and can be watched at your leisure. Topics include a variety of topics by experts in their field. Register for an upcoming virtual seminar below or checkout all our virtual seminars on YouTube. They are collected in a single playlist to make it easy for you to browse past webinars based on your interests and needs.

This full virtual seminar runs about two hours. The State Bar of Michigan has made it available on-demand, so you can watch it on your own time.

You can download the materials referenced in the virtual seminar here.

Topics

• What Constitutes A Business Disaster?—1:55
• Causes—4:19
• Practice From Anywhere—6:03
• Remote Working Checklist—13:34
• What Will The New Normal Look Like?—17:39
• Electronic Filing System—25:45
  • Step 1: Bullet-Proof Backup & Security—32:20
  • Step 2: The Hardware—37:29
  • Step 3: Searchable PDFs—50:59
  • Step 4: Search Program or Document Management System—59:02
  • Step 5: If No DMS—1:04:28
  • Step 6: Digitize Everything—1:08:05
  • Step 7: Email Stored Outside Email Program—1:11:23
  • Step 8: Collaborative Tools—1:16:03
  • Step 9: Write it Down & Get Trained—1:16:55
• Accessing Files Remotely—1:19:48
• Hardware Considerations—1:23:10
• Mobile Communications—1:37:33
• Getting Documents Signed—1:44:37
• Security & Protecting Client Data—1:46:17
• Cloud Systems—1:53:47
• Drafting Documents—1:57:22
• Home Workspace—2:00:26