While a solid majority of respondents to the 2018 Survey (88.2%) reported being comfortable with their firm’s technology, they also appear to have lost ground regarding the availability of training in their firms. Only a slim majority of respondents (56.9%) indicated that there was technology training of any kind available at their firm. This is a marked decline from the 74.3% of respondents who responded affirmatively in 2017, 70.5% in 2016, and 67% in 2015.

Internet For Lawyers' principal Mark Rosch takes a deep dive into the responses and what they mean for lawyers in this analysis of the results for the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center.

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The American Bar Association's (ABA's) Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) has released its 2017 Legal Technology Survey Report.  For the past 20 years, the LTRC has surveyed practicing attorneys about their technology choices.

In 2017, the findings of the survey are presented in six volumes:

• Vol. 1: Technology Basics & Security
• Vol. 2: Law Office Technology
• Vol. 3: Litigation Technology and E-Discovery
• Vol. 4: Marketing & Communication Technology
• Vol. 5: Online Research
• Vol. 6: Mobile Lawyers
   
• Combined Volumes 1-6

For the fifth year in a row, the LTRC has produced its ABA TECHREPORT.  Leaders in the legal technology field dive into data from the Survey Report to highlight key numbers and practical takeaways for today’s lawyers in the TECHREPORT.

This year, the ABA TECHREPORT's expert analysis, observations, and predictions are on the topics of:

• Planning and Budgeting - by Catherine Sanders Reach
• Technology Training - by Mark Rosch
• Security - by David Ries
• Cloud Computing - by Dennis Kennedy
• Mobile Technology - by Aaron Street 
• Practice Management - by Dan Pinnington, Ian Hu 
• Social Media and Blogging - by Allison C. Shields
• Virtual Law Practice - by Chad Burton
• Litigation and TAR - by Stephen Embry
• Solo and Small Firm Technology - by Natalie Kelly

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For more than a decade, the LTRC has surveyed practicing attorneys about their usage of technology in their law practices.

The results of the 2014 survey are be presented in six volumes:

• Technology Basics
• Law Office Technology
• Litigation & Courtroom Technology
• Web & Communication Technology
• Online Research
• Mobile Lawyers

The six volumes are available for purchase via the ABA Webstore for $300 per volume (ABA Members) or $350 (non-ABA Members).

The complete set of results (all six volumes) are available for purchase via the ABA Webstore for $1,550 per volume (ABA Members) or $1,800 (non-ABA Members).

The LTRC also makes summary reviews of the data available in a series of ten articles written by subject-area experts. They are:

• Security
  By David Ries
  How law firms and lawyers protect themselves and their clients.
• Cloud Computing
  By Dennis Kennedy
  Exploring how lawyers have adapted to an increasingly cloud-based world.
• Practice Management
  By Joshua Poje
  Examining the tools that power efficient law practices.
• Blogging and Social Media
  By Allison Shields
  Looking at the way lawyers communicate and market their practices in 2014.
• Technology Training
  By Adriana Linares
  Maximizing law firm technology investments through effective training.
• Legal Research
  By Joshua Poje
  The tools and practices that keep lawyers at the top of the legal research game.
• Mobile Technology
  By Tom Mighell
  Using technology to take the practice outside of the office.
• Virtual Law Practice
  By Joshua Poje
  Using technology to escape the traditional limitations of a law firm.
• Litigation Technology
  By Paul Unger
  Exploring the technology trends that impact litigators.
• Solo and Small Firm Technology
  By Richard Ferguson
  The hardware and software that solo and small firm attorneys need.

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