Encryption is now part of your professional duty to safeguard your clients’ data.

Encryption is a very techno-scary word for many lawyers.  It’s intimidating, actually. But even if it is, it doesn’t mean you can bury your head in the sand, not if you are going to represent your clients responsibly.  Encryption is critical when communicating with your clients, opposing counsel and the courts.  To not encrypt when communicating  can not only lead to ethics violations and malpractice, but it can also be violating state law.  Today Jared and I discuss different scenarios where you can actually be offering up your clients’ confidential data on a silver platter to whomever might want to take it, but also the ways you can easily and affordably secure this data.  We also discuss how you can transmit data to your cloud vendors pre-encrypted. Yes, the process can be a little burdensome but you can’t say, “I’ll just fax the information!

Jared receives countless questions from new solo lawyers and solos who have been in practice for decades but need advice on law practice management. We like to ask Jared what’s on lawyers’ minds as we have several times before.

If you are a new lawyer in Massachusetts or a paying member of the Massachusetts bar, be sure to connect with Jared. LOMAP’s services are free for those who qualify.

Jared also recently started teaching the course “Law Practice Management” and is a featured consultant here at Solo Practice University®.

The audio is about 38 minutes. Listen directly below.

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Jared has written a new book called “Twitter in One Hour for Lawyers“. You can learn more about the book or purchase it from the American Bar Association.

Jared D. Correia, Esq. is the CEO of Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, which offers subscription-based law firm business management consulting services for law firms, bar associations and corporations.  Red Cave also works with legal vendor to develop programming and content.  Jared is also the COO of Gideon Software, Inc., which offers intelligent messaging and predictive analytics software built exclusively for law firms.  A former practicing attorney, Jared has been providing services to lawyers and law firms for over a decade.  He is a regular presenter at local, regional and national events, including ABA TECHSHOW.  He regularly contributes to legal publications, including his column, ‘Managing,’ for Attorney at Work, his ‘Law Practice Confidential’ advice column for Lawyerist and his column for Above the Law focused on the legal technology startup community.  Jared is the host of the award-winning Legal Toolkit podcast on Legal Talk Network.  Jared also teaches for Concord Law School, Suffolk University Law School, Solo Practice University and Becker College.  He loves James Taylor, but respects Ron Swanson; and, he tries to sneak Rolos when no one is looking.

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