We Help Lawyers Go Paperless
Guides, online courses and coaching to smooth your transition.
REASONS TO GO PAPERLESS
If you’re still dependent on paper in your office, here are a few good reasons to go paperless.
THE LAWYER’S GUIDE TO GOING PAPERLESS
How to plan your transition to paperless.
What the Guide covers:
- The Benefits of Paperless
- Challenges you will face
- File Management & Storage
- Working with Digital Documents
- How to make a smooth transition
- Organisational considerations
FLEXIBLE LEARNING
Learn when time allows, at your own pace. Earn CPD points.
Course Topics:
- The Basics
- File Management
- Manipulation
- Annotation
- Digital Notebooks
TAILORED TUITION
Switching a whole team or department to paperless can be complicated.
Simplify the transition with:
- Tailored Coaching Sessions
- Experienced Instructor
- Key software provided
- Key principles explained
- Software demonstrated
- Exercises – learn by doing
PRAISE FOR PAPERLESS ACADEMY
“Your online courses are brilliant and I have found them of immense benefit. My home and work offices are looking better by the day.”
Solicitor, Ireland
“Finished all courses and they are genuinely excellent. The substance, structure and communication of the information is first class.”
Barrister, Ireland
“I’ve been nodding my head at practically every single point you make. This is so well thought out and presented, it’s seriously impressive.”
Solicitor, Ireland
“Extremely well structured and presented. I learned a lot from it and am feeling, for the first time, that going paperless is actually an achievable goal.”
Senior Counsel, Ireland
“I’m finding it excellent as a barrister in my first year struggling to work out what paperless might ‘look like’. A fantastic course, which I have already recommended to colleagues.”
Barrister, Australia
“A very fine suite of education pieces around digital notepads, note-taking, and how to use and annotate PDFs. Gerard is very approachable, very open, and supportive.”
Solicitor, Ireland
ARTICLES
Further information about going paperless.
How to Build a Digital Brief
Build a bookmarked brief with automatically generated page numbers and an automatically generated Table of Contents (free, and in less than 30 seconds!).
How to Digitise a Paper Brief
Watch this 2 minute video to see how easily a paper legal brief can be converted quickly into a searchable digitised document.
The Perils of Paper
The benefits of paperless are starkly illustrated when you consider the impact that paper has on the operations of the average business. Here are some ‘fun’ (and ugly) facts.
Using a Legal Virtual Assistant
Lawyers spend 40% of their time doing tasks that do not require a lawyer. Hiring a legal virtual assistant can ease your admin workload and enable you to focus on fee earning work.
A Paperless Justice System
According to the Department of Justice Action Plan 2021, we are headed for a paperless justice system. Here are the details.
CPD Points at Paperless Academy
You can claim CPD Points for every hour you spend working on our online courses. Here’s what the professional rules say for lawyers.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH
Hi, I’m Gerard Groarke.
I founded Paperless Academy in March 2020.
I’ve been running a paperless law office for many years and I’d like to help you do the same.
About Paperless Academy
Since March 2020 Paperless Academy has been helping lawyers in Ireland, Australia, Northern Ireland, the UK, and the US to go paperless.
We offer guides, coaching and online courses to solo lawyers and small firms.