Everything is encrypted, protected by a password and placed behind a firewall. Progress is a matter of taking many little steps, both in technology and in law practice. The big leaps forward tend to come by accumulation. For example, it is logical to marry the scanner with the copier. The same is true for law practice.
Firms have to take many little steps to handle the information generated.
When we change our way of practicing, that s a big leap, too. However, the best part is that we are freed up to focus on ideas, not pa- per. This must be what the practice of law was like hundreds of years ago before paper was produced in volume. We can practice that way again.