{"id":8638,"date":"2022-02-08T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=8638"},"modified":"2022-02-08T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:19:13","slug":"top-9-it-questions-every-law-firm-should-be-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=8638","title":{"rendered":"10 IT Questions every Law Firm should be asking about their IT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;5px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#3a3a00&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; header_5_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;18px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 32px;\">Is IT Critical To Your Law Firm?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">From\u00a0 managing matters to productivity, from Deeds and archines to Precedents and Documents, \u00a0Collaboration and Filing&#8230;<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Law Firms RELY on IT.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are the key questions every FIRM should be able to answer about their IT &#8211;\u00a0Whether you are the Managing Partner or the Practice Manager<\/h5>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LawFirmIT.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;LawFirmIT&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; header_4_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;18px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/obligations-to-the-firms-partners-and-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.\u00a0 Are you meeting your obligations to your firm&#8217;s stakeholders?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/are-the-appropriate-it-governance-controls-in-place-to-protect-your-law-firms-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2.\u00a0 Are the appropriate IT Governance controls in place to protect your business value?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/it-is-more-than-silicon-have-you-ever-stress-tested-the-human-side-of-your-firms-i-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.\u00a0 IT is more than silicon &#8211; have you ever stress tested the human side of your I.T?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/are-you-maximising-your-firms-technology-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.\u00a0 Are you maximising your firm&#8217;s technology investment?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/who-really-controls-your-firms-it-systems-and-your-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.\u00a0 Who really controls your firm&#8217;s IT systems and your data?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/does-your-firm-have-an-appropriate-data-privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6.\u00a0 Do you have an appropriate Data Privacy Policy?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/does-your-firm-have-the-right-relationship-with-your-it-provider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7.\u00a0\u00a0Does your firm have the right relationship with your IT provider?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/is-your-it-strategy-meeting-the-business-needs-of-your-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8.\u00a0 Is your IT strategy meeting the business needs of your partnership?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/is-the-partnership-doing-enough-to-get-the-cyber-security-cost-risk-balance-right\/\">9. 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