--- title: 2020 September url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september --- # [2020 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september "2020 September") [![Advocate Sept20 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2020/09-september/Advocate-Sept20-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2020/September2020/html5/Advocate-Sept20-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Choose the right hardware and software for the remote workplace](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/choose-the-right-hardware-and-software-for-the-remote-workplace "Choose the right hardware and software for the remote workplace") Whether you choose to work from home or need to, these tools will make your law firm more productive [Torsten Bassell](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/torsten-bassell "Torsten Bassell") ## [California appellate practice in the evolving digital age](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/california-appellate-practice-in-the-evolving-digital-age "California appellate practice in the evolving digital age") The nuts and bolts of the new appellate Court Rules for electronic filing [Janet R. Gusdorff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/janet-r-gusdorff "Janet R. Gusdorff") ## [Building the law firm of the future](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/building-the-law-firm-of-the-future "Building the law firm of the future") How technology will help manage and reshape your law firm [Reza Torkzadeh](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/reza-torkzadeh "Reza Torkzadeh") ## [Efficiencies in the practice of law through technology](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/efficiencies-in-the-practice-of-law-through-technology "Efficiencies in the practice of law through technology") Key tools for working smartly and efficiently in this new world suddenly thrust upon us [Martin I. Aarons](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/martin-i-aarons "Martin I. Aarons") ## [Liens galore](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/liens-galore "Liens galore") An updated summary of lien claims for plaintiffs’ attorneys [Michael S. Fields](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-s-fields "Michael S. Fields") ## [Use Microsoft Word to automate your tables of contents and authorities](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/use-microsoft-word-to-automate-your-tables-of-contents-and-authorities "Use Microsoft Word to automate your tables of contents and authorities") A step-by-step guide to setting up Word to automate brief writing [Nicole Lari-Joni](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nicole-lari-joni "Nicole Lari-Joni") ## [The new reality of law-firm technology](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/the-new-reality-of-law-firm-technology "The new reality of law-firm technology") From remote depositions to virtual court proceedings, COVID-19 has thrust us all into the future now [Alfredo Torrijos](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alfredo-torrijos "Alfredo Torrijos") [Mike Arias](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mike-arias "Mike Arias") ## [Impactful use of trial and pre-trial technology](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/impactful-use-of-trial-and-pre-trial-technology "Impactful use of trial and pre-trial technology") From deposition to trial, what to know and when to say no [Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck") [Marina Pacheco](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/marina-pacheco "Marina Pacheco") ## [Telling your client’s story in a multimedia format](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/telling-your-client-s-story-in-a-multimedia-format "Telling your client’s story in a multimedia format") Video evidence can be persuasive and shorter is often better, but first you have to get it in [Matthew Stumpf](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-stumpf "Matthew Stumpf") ## [Who let the dogs out?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/who-let-the-dogs-out "Who let the dogs out?") Primer on the law and special interrogatories for use in a dog-bite case [Laurence Mandell](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/laurence-mandell "Laurence Mandell") ## [Like the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, CAALA’s elections will go from in-person to online](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/like-the-democratic-and-republican-national-conventions-caala-s-elections-will-go-from-in-person-to-online "Like the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, CAALA’s elections will go from in-person to online") The member elected as Secretary begins a six-year journey to Association president [Stuart Zanville](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stuart-zanville "Stuart Zanville") ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/appellate-reports-34 "Appellate Reports") Supreme Court resolves split of authority about the standard of review when standard of proof is clear-and-convincing evidence [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [AAJ fighting against COVID-19 immunity laws](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/aaj-fighting-against-covid-19-immunity-laws "AAJ fighting against COVID-19 immunity laws") Republicans seek broad immunity for corporations in the Safe to Work Act [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [An annus horribilis](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/an-annus-horribilis "An annus horribilis") From the statutes of limitation extensions to the civil rights crisis to immunity bills, we’re working in Sacramento to protect the legal rights of all citizens [Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini") ## [Golf tournament on Columbus Day is a GO!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/golf-tournament-on-columbus-day-is-a-go "Golf tournament on Columbus Day is a GO!") Top Gun award ceremony will be different than the annual gala, but still special [Jonathan Dwork](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jonathan-dwork "Jonathan Dwork") ## [Coping with ‘Corona’](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-september/coping-with-corona "Coping with ‘Corona’") Finding ways to channel negative energy into positive endeavors [Jeffrey A. Rudman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-a-rudman "Jeffrey A. Rudman")