_{by Mark Rosch}

The American Bar Association's (ABA's) Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) has released its 2017 Legal Technology Survey Report.  For the past 20 years, the LTRC has surveyed practicing attorneys about their technology choices.

In 2017, the findings of the survey are presented in six volumes:

• Vol. 1: Technology Basics & Security
• Vol. 2: Law Office Technology
• Vol. 3: Litigation Technology and E-Discovery
• Vol. 4: Marketing & Communication Technology
• Vol. 5: Online Research
• Vol. 6: Mobile Lawyers
   
• Combined Volumes 1-6

For the fifth year in a row, the LTRC has produced its ABA TECHREPORT.  Leaders in the legal technology field dive into data from the Survey Report to highlight key numbers and practical takeaways for today’s lawyers in the TECHREPORT.

This year, the ABA TECHREPORT's expert analysis, observations, and predictions are on the topics of:

• Planning and Budgeting - by Catherine Sanders Reach
• Technology Training - by Mark Rosch
• Security - by David Ries
• Cloud Computing - by Dennis Kennedy
• Mobile Technology - by Aaron Street 
• Practice Management - by Dan Pinnington, Ian Hu 
• Social Media and Blogging - by Allison C. Shields
• Virtual Law Practice - by Chad Burton
• Litigation and TAR - by Stephen Embry
• Solo and Small Firm Technology - by Natalie Kelly