Ep 072: Managing Legal Matters with Microsoft Teams

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced legal professionals to work remotely, many are scrambling to find the best tools and technology to help them manage their legal matters and continue to closely collaborate with their colleagues. While many law firms already use</span> <a href= "https://products.office.com/en-us/home"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Microsoft Office 365</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, fewer are as familiar with its core collaboration tool,</span> <a href= "https://products.office.com/en-US/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Microsoft Teams</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guests for this episode of LawNext believe that Teams is a powerful tool for lawyers working from home and one that can effectively serve as a full matter-management platform for law firms and legal departments, entirely within Office 365. They are:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-ammerlaan-1180ba25/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mike Ammerlaan</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, director, M365 Ecosystem Marketing.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carollynngrow/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Carol Lynn Grow</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, vice president of marketing and sales,</span> <a href="https://www.lawtoolbox.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">LawToolBox</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ammerlaan and Grow will explain why they see Teams as a powerful tool and discuss how lawyers can use Teams for collaboration, conferencing and case management. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a supplement to this episode, Ammerlaan and Grow</span> <a href= "https://youtu.be/9yrEFWpawGc"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">recorded a video</span></a> <span style= "font-w