Guides for small law firms
Plain answers to the questions that come up when a firm moves client documents, signatures and conversations off email. Each guide starts with a short answer, then the detail.
- How to send sensitive documents securely
A practical guide for small law firms: the ways to send and receive sensitive documents, what each one actually protects, and the questions to ask before you pick one.
- How to get clients to sign online
How a small law firm gets a fee agreement signed online: preparing the PDF, placing fields, sending the link, reminders, countersigning and keeping the signed copy.
- Is DocuSign secure?
DocuSign is secure in the conventional sense. Here is what that covers, what it doesn't, and when a law firm should send sensitive documents another way.
- Privilege email disclaimers
What the confidentiality footer on a law firm's email actually accomplishes, what it can't do, and the practical steps that protect a sensitive client exchange.
Comparisons
- Brun vs DocuSign
Brun vs DocuSign for small law firms: e-signature plus file exchange, progress updates and client messaging, encrypted so the vendor can't read the agreement.
- Brun vs Adobe Acrobat Sign
Brun vs Adobe Acrobat Sign for small law firms: PDF signing plus encrypted file exchange, receipts and a client message thread, in one portal with no client account.
- Client portal vs email
Is email secure to send sensitive documents? What standard email encryption does and doesn't do, and how an encrypted client portal compares for a small law firm.
- Brun vs Clio's client portal
How Clio's client portal compares with Brun for small law firms: what each encrypts, who holds the keys, and why Brun is built to run beside Clio, not replace it.