Black '95 Writes Extensively about Technology and the Practice of Law

Nicole Black '95, who was previously profiled in 2010, continues to be passionate about the intersection of law and technology. This focus is well aligned with her position as the director of business development and community relations at MyCase, a web-based law practice management system for solo and small practice attorneys. In this role, she continues the discussion—both online and offline—about new technologies and their effects on the practice of law.

“Technology is evolving rapidly at a rate never before seen,” she said. “Lawyers need to sit up, take notice, and learn as much as they can about emerging technologies such as cloud and mobile computing so that they can position their law firms to thrive in an increasingly competitive global legal marketplace.”

As part of her mission to educate lawyers about the rapidly changing legal landscape, she writes and speaks often about legal technology issues.

Black co-authored Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier with Carolyn Elefant, which was published by the American Bar Association in May 2010, and her book Cloud Computing for Lawyers was published by the American Bar Association in 2012. And, although not related to technology, she also co-authored Criminal Law in New York with Judge Karen Morris.

She continues to write her longstanding weekly legal technology column for the Daily Record, distributed nationally on a newswire, recently writing about the American Bar Association’s decision on the use of social media by attorneys. She also frequently contributes to other publications.