Happy New 2022!
We are very grateful that we could enjoy a great year 2021, even though we were at a distance most of the time, to our partners, clients and friends. But we were able to successfully accompany the projects entrusted to us, [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 10: Corona Lockdown
January 7, 2021 I am writing an article about the paperless law office. In the past months, our law firm had no major problems with Corona restrictions, home office was no problem. The only things that had to be ensured were [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 9: Paperless life is light and easy?
December 30, 2019 I was out of town with friends and didn't want to work. A good client calls me, he is sorry, but he overlooked the fact that on 31st December one of his claims against a contractual partner will [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 8: First skill to maintain a paperless law office – Discipline Discipline Discipline
The system can only be maintained if the workflow is systematically adhered to and kept paperless. Our branch in Berlin has been paperless since 1st of January 2016. We all felt attached to paper and it means a big change for [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 7: Third pillar of the paperless law firm – archiving
At our office, incoming mail is now destroyed every six months. All electronic documents are stored in the lawyer software. Once the mandate has ended, the file is filed virtually, and the retention period is defined. During the retention period, access [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 6: Second pillar of the paperless law firm – processing of the electronic documents
The first thing to do is to enter the deadlines. This requires legally trained staff, or the lawyer enters the deadlines himself. Using a PDF editing software such as Adobe Acrobat, the deadlines are noted directly on the electronic document. In [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 5: First pillar of the paperless law firm – scanning of incoming mail
As lawyers, we receive documents in different ways. In the meantime, e-mail is the predominant means of communication with clients. Particularly "progressive" clients even send documents via WhatsApp or other messenger services, regardless of security concerns. There are also letters, especially [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 4: My documents in the future
December 27, 2015 I joined an internationally active law firm. There are no legally trained support staff in the Berlin branch. All day long I kept thinking of how I want to organize my workflow in the future. Then I went [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 3: The archaeology of loose documents
November 14, 2015 My two law firm partners decided to go into public service. They no longer wanted to be lawyers and we gave up our previous office space on December 31st. We rented an archive room near my flat for [...]
paperless law office – EPISODE 2: The archaeology of loose documents
November 14, 2015 In the months of October to December, I made more than half of my annual turnover. All clients want to get something done or move their projects forward before the end of the year. I have a marathon [...]