iOrion® Contest Reminder
iOrion Version 2.0 features many new updates and enhancements to iOrion, our complete financial and practice management mobile application that allows legal professionals to access data from Orion using any recent-model iOS device.
Did you miss our informative webinar on iOrion? Check out the links below to view a recording as well as the presentation slides.
iOrion Version 2.0 Webinar
Webinar Recording
Presentation Slides
If you haven’t made the addition of iOrion at your firm, it’s not too late! Contact our Support Desk to subscribe to iOrion by May 1st and be entered into Orion’s iPad mini giveaway.
On Monday, June 2nd we will be randomly selecting a new iOrion subscriber as the winner of a FREE iPad Mini!
Rules/Eligibility – Contest open to new iOrion subscribers as well as existing subscribers who purchase an additional 10-user pack during outlined time frame, Every 10-user pack subscription gets the firm one entry in the drawing, Additional 10-user pack subscriptions to iOrion are eligible for multiple entries, Firm must begin subscription by May 1, 2014 and must purchase annual license by May 31, 2014.
Update on iOrion’s Mobile Practice Management Solution for Midsized Firms
A leader in the Legal Technology field, Robert J. Amrbrogi, covers iOrion Version 2.0 on his LawSites Blog
“A year ago, I wrote here about Orion, the practice-management system designed for mid-sized law firms, and its app for iPad and iPhone, iOrion. At LegalTech New York in February, Orion is announcing the forthcoming release of version 2.0 of its app, with new features and functionality. I’ve been testing a pre-release version of the upgraded app on an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5s and here is what I’ve found.
For those of you who are not familiar with Orion, it is a full-featured financial management, firm management and practice management system designed for mid-sized law firms. Whereas many practice management systems for smaller firms operate via the cloud, Orion is a locally installed system that is able to integrate with a firm’s back-office infrastructure and front-office tools. (See this comparison chart by Sean Doherty at Law Technology News)…”
Click here to read the complete article.
Orion’s Latest Press Release
Orion Announces New Features with the Expense Reimbursement Manager, Orion Productivity Pack, and Expanded Mobile Capabilities through iOrion® Version 2.0
LegalTech NY – New York City – February 4, 2014
Orion Law Management Systems, Inc., a leading provider of financial and practice management software for law firms, announces iOrion Version 2.0, an enhanced and fully integrated iOS-ready mobile app, and also releases new features including the Expense Reimbursement Manager, and the Orion Productivity Pack for Microsoft Office at LegalTech New York…
To read the complete release, click here.
News from 4L Law Firm Services
Orion and 4L partner together to provide our small to midsize law firms with outsourced bookkeeping/billing and virtual desktop services. Mike Marget is the Senior Managing Director of 4L Law Firm Services, and has over 30 years experience in senior administrative and financial positions with several major law firms. For more information on 4L, feel free to email Mike Marget.
4L Law Firm Services recently represented Orion at the ABA TechShow, which took place March 27th and 28th in Chicago, Illinois. This was their first appearance at this event!
On April 16th, Mike Marget led a presentation to the Houston ALA Chapter focusing on the “Top 10 Management Mistakes Law Firms Continue to Make”. There were 110 ALA members and sponsors in attendance for this event which qualified for 1.5 hours of CLM credit.
On April 22nd, Mike was also a panel member in a discussion on “The Lawyer as Entrepreneur” at the meeting of the Hillsborough County (FL) Bar Association.
Mike will also be presenting a repeat webinar of the “Top 10 Management Mistakes Law Firms Continue to Make” sponsored by the Cyber ALA on Tuesday, June 17th. Click here for registration information.
Orion User Group Meeting News
Orion will be hosting our 2014 User Group Meeting this fall, October 20th – 22nd. Once again, this event will be held at the fabulous Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort located in Atlanta, Georgia.
We are compiling an exciting agenda of pertinent topics, breakout sessions and excellent speakers. Information on pricing and agenda will be coming soon so mark your calendars now, you won’t want to miss this event! Stay tuned for more information regarding registration, this will be available on our website soon.
ALA Annual Conference & Exposition
It’s almost May and the ALA Annual Conference will be here before we know it! As a proud supporter of the ALA, Orion will be attending the conference taking place May 19th – 22nd at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We look forward to spending time with our clients and fellow ALA Members at this event each year.
Make sure to stop by our booth, #628 and get registered to win a free iPad mini. Click here to print out the entrance form and drop it off at our booth!
Support Corner
Financial Management
How Can I Look Up Individual GL Transactions from the Prior Year?
Orion does allow you to view individual GL transactions from the previous year. Since the General Ledger allows transaction numbers to be reused, it is necessary to set a transaction filter in order to view prior years. To view transactions one (1) year ago set a filter as follow…
To read the complete tutorial, click here.
Practice Management
How Do We Maintain Drop-Down Values in Fields on Custom Tabs in Orion?
Many firms will find it useful to know how to edit the options in a field underneath one of their custom tabs. The screenshot below illustrates the fields we are referring to in Orion…
To read the complete tutorial, click here.
Tech Tip
Heartbleed – What is it?
And How Do I Protect Myself?
First, lets begin with some background information written by Aaron Street, featured on the Lawyerist site on April 11, 2014…
So What is Heartbleed?
Lots of websites that require password log-in use an encrypted connection to your browser, called SSL. You can see this when you go to sites that have an “https” website prefix, as opposed to the normal “http” prefix-the “s” means they’re using encryption to protect the data sent between you and that website.
One version of SSL is an open-source software called “OpenSSL”. For the past two years, the OpenSSL software has had an unknown bug in its code that could have allowed people to see what was supposed to be encrypted data passing between you and the websites using OpenSSL.
“Heartbleed” is just the creative name-given by internet security researchers-to identify the software bug in OpenSSL that allowed for this potential encryption leak….
To read the rest of the article which includes our suggestions for password security, click here.
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