Law Practice Management Tips & Tricks

• Citation: Vol. 85 No. 10 Pg. 11
• Publication year: 2016
• Pages: 11
• topic: Business of Law

Law Practice Management Tips & Tricks No. 85 J. Kan. Bar Assn 10, 11 (2016) Kansas Bar Journal December, 2016

November 2016

By Larry N. Zimmerman

A Gadget Wish-List

A Google search of holiday gifts for lawyers is a disappointment. Top suggestions include document scanners, phone chargers, and printers meaning we must have overtaken accounting as the most boring of the learned professions. Where is the magic, the fun, the unpredictable? In that vein, maybe we can build a better lawyer's wish book.

Nintendo Switch — (Nintendo.com, price n/a) — I will let my fanboy flag fly for what will be the hottest video game platform of 2017. Lawyers need downtime and the Switch indulges with a video game console that transfers seamlessly from the big screen at home to portable play on the airplane. All the major Nintendo properties are expected (e.g. Mario, Zelda, and Splatoon) as well as third-party content like Skyrim and NBA 2K17. Innovative controllers accommodate a variety of single-player and multi-player options, and it is clear Nintendo still sees its console as a gaming platform that brings players together in real life. Fitting for a gaming company founded in 1889 producing playing cards.

Echo Dot — (Amazon.com, $49.99) — I was an early adopter of the original hands-free, voice-controlled assistant...