132: Update: Paperless Lawyering

The less paper you handle the more freedom you have in your practice.

David Sparks is a California business attorney who teaches others how to use technology to shed paper and be more productive and less stressed out. While he focuses on Mac-based technology in terms of the tools he uses, his systems are platform-independent.

In this episode, he talks about how he created his paperless practice and the challenges he faced. He also explains how modern lawyers should go about making their practices as devoid of dependence on paper as possible.

Episode Notes

• MacSparky website (David's personal website, with links to his books and courses on using Mac-based technology)
• SparksEsq website (David's professional website for his law practice)
• Paperless Field Guide (David's course on Mac-based tech tools and general systems for being less dependent on using paper)
• Drafts (Mac-based tool for iPhone, iPad, and computers that is a launching-off point for text automation that works with other apps).
• Drafts Field Guide (David's free course on how to get the most out of Drafts)
• How I Name Files (David's MacWorld article on the system he uses for naming files )
• Evernote (cloud-based PC & Mac note-taking, storage tool)
• NotePad (cloud-based note-taking tool)
• Dragon Dictate (PC based
• Hazel (an amazing Mac-based automation tool)
• Hazel Field Guide (David's course on how to use Hazel most effectively)
• Adobe Acrobat (Mac & PC software for editing and working with PDFs)
• PDF Pen (Mac-based PDF editing software used by David)
• Liquid Text (innovative PDF viewing, editing, note-taking tool)
• Scanner Pro (iOS app for scanning docs with an iPhone
• ScanPro (iOS, Android app for scanning with a smartphone)
• The Pen Addict (a weekly podcast about pens, paper, ink, and stationery)
• Rhodia notebooks (classic orange notebooks in various sizes)

General Resources

• The 80/20 Principle (my email newsletter)
• The 5 Pillars of a Tech-Powered Law Practice
• The Inner Circle (an online community for law firm owners)

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