Solo Practice University™

Jack Newton is Co-founder and President of Clio, a leading provider of web-based practice management software. He will give a teleseminar on February 9th discussing cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

Jack Newton is Co-founder and President of Clio, a leading provider of web-based practice management software. Jack holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Alberta, and has over 10 years of experience building start-ups and web applications. Jack holds three software-related patents in the United States and EU. He has also spoken at CLE seminars on how practice management systems can be used to help a lawyer practice ethically and competently. Jack has also written and spoken on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in general, and specifically on the ethics, privacy, and security issues relating to the use of SaaS in the legal market.

Teleseminar Topics

• What is cloud computing / Software-as-a-Service?
• What does cloud computing mean for lawyers?
• What are some of the benefits (and some of the disadvantages) of “the cloud”?
• What are the ethical implications of using Software-as-a-Service? Is it OK with my Bar?
• What questions about security and privacy should you be asking a prospective SaaS provider?
• How should you evaluate the costs of SaaS versus traditional desktop software?
• How can you protect yourself against worst-case scenarios?

This guest lecture teleseminar is open to our students within Solo Practice University and will be posted for our fans on Facebook shortly after the live seminar. It’s free.  (Make sure you are logged in or set up a Facebook account.)