About Digital Workflow CLE, Dane Ciolino and Ernie Svenson

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DigitalWorkflowCLE, LLC

Not too many years ago it was unheard of for a lawyer to own a computer, much less know how to use it. That situation has changed quite dramatically. Today, computers are commonplace in the legal profession. Still, there’s a rather significant information gap between lawyers and technology.

Our mission is to help bridge that gap. We want to provide practical information and know-how to help lawyers do more for their clients at lower cost and with less stress.

Becoming paperless is an important step in that direction. But diminishing our reliance on paper requires some thoughtfulness, and some serious planning. Dane Ciolino and Ernie Svenson have gone through this process, and have helped other lawyers make the switch. They know what works and what doesn’t. False promises abound, but so do simple solutions—and the trick is knowing which is which.

Principals

Dane S. Ciolino serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. His current scholarly and teaching interests at Loyola include Professional Responsibility, Trial Advocacy and Criminal Law. Professor Ciolino graduated cum laude from Rhodes College in 1985, and magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 1988, where he was inducted into Order of the Coif and selected as Editor in Chief of the Tulane Law Review.

After graduation, he clerked for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, and practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, and Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC, in New Orleans. Since joining the faculty at Loyola, Professor Ciolino has served as reporter to the Louisiana State Bar Association Ethics 2000 Committee, as chairperson of a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, and as a member of the following Louisiana State Bar Association committees: the Professionalism Committee, the Lawyer & Judicial Codes of Conduct Committee, and the Ethics Advisory Service Committee.

His weblog is entitled Louisiana Legal Ethics

Ernest Svenson graduated from Loyola Law School in 1985, where he served as Law Review editor and also a member of the National Moot Court team. After graduating cum laude from Loyola he clerked for the Judge Adrian Duplantier of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Since entering the practice of law in 1987, Ernest has handled a variety of business litigation matters, including franchise law, trademark and copyright disputes, and class action litigation involving products liability issues. He has been a member of the Thomas More Inn of Court since its creation in 1992, serving as the President from 1999 to 2000. He currently serves as a member of the Visiting Committee of Loyola Law School.

Mr. Svenson is a frequent lecturer on a variety of topics, mostly centered on the use of technology by lawyers and legal professionals. In 2002 he started one of the first law-related weblogs. His Ernie the Attorney blog was twice chosen by the ABA Journal as one of the top 100 law blogs. He also started a weblog called PDF for Lawyers which focuses on how lawyers can be more effective using a paperless practice based on PDF files.