Document Management & Retention: Can I Throw It Away Yet? 2025
Docs in a row
Before lawyers can even think about destroying old files, they have to be able to find them. A successful retention or destruction policy depends entirely on your ability to locate documents reliably when needed. In other words, managing your files is the real first step—because you can’t get rid of what you can’t find.
That’s where Document Management and Retention: Can I Throw It Away Yet? comes in. Whether you’re refining existing practices or establishing new ones, this seminar offers practical and ethical guidance to help you take control of your documents before, during, and after their useful life.
Docs in a row
Before lawyers can even think about destroying old files, they have to be able to find them. A successful retention or destruction policy depends entirely on your ability to locate documents reliably when needed. In other words, managing your files is the real first step—because you can’t get rid of what you can’t find.
That’s where Document Management and Retention: Can I Throw It Away Yet? comes in. Whether you’re refining existing practices or establishing new ones, this seminar offers practical and ethical guidance to help you take control of your documents before, during, and after their useful life.
- Understand ethical guidelines for retaining and disposing of client files
- Discover strategies to organize, store, and retrieve documents efficiently
- Explore the benefits of moving from paper-based systems to electronic document management (and how to make the switch successfully)
- Learn how to implement policies that improve accessibility and reduce ethical risks
Document Management and Retention: Can I Throw It Away Yet? gives you the tools to create or enhance your document management policies and practices confidently.
Product details
- Best practices for document retention and destruction
- How to implement a robust document management system
- How to transition from paper-based systems to digital file management
- Comply with ethical duties to protect confidentiality, security, and the duty to surrender client files upon request
- All lawyers
- Paralegals
- Law office administrators