Practicing law is hard work.
Using the right tools makes it easier.
Your law firm’s IT service provider might do a great job setting up your core IT services, but you may be missing out on the best and latest software made specifically for practicing law. Edmonds Legal Solutions can help your firm find the right set of IT tools to make your workflow more efficient, secure, free of errors, and fruitful.
Adopting new technology should make things easier, not harder. We think the best tool is not the one with the most features, but rather the simplest option that does everything you need it to. We’ll help you find the right tools for your workflow, set them up for you, and provide training to make sure you’re comfortable using them. We measure our success by how few service calls you’ll need to place to us in the future.
We’ll set up the IT tools you need to streamline your legal practice and follow up with thorough training and reference materials to ensure you can use those tools to the greatest effect.
- Practice management software
- Automated document assembly
- Document management systems
- Intranet and team collaboration tools
- Secure email systems
- Privacy and data security review
- Law firm websites
- Search Engine Optimization
- Social media and online marketing
- Mobile productivity apps
Edmonds Legal Solutions is a sole proprietorship of Matthew A. Edmonds, a practicing lawyer in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Matt consults independently and also leads projects bringing together subcontractors, subject matter specialists, software vendors, and other IT service providers.
Matt Edmonds attended St. Francis Xavier University and studied law at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law. His technical knowledge has been developed through a lifetime of self-directed study, a history of applying IT skills in community and extra-curricular involvement, and countless hours serving as his family’s unofficial IT support staff.
Matt’s expertise is in understanding what people need to get out of their use of technology, and teaching them how to use tech in the way that works for them. In a way, Matt is a translator and interpreter, speaking the languages of “lawyer” and “IT” with equal proficiency.
- Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
- Member of the Law Office Management (Professional Standards) Committee
- Canadian Bar Association
- Canadian IT Law Association (IT.Can)
- Presented Continuing Legal Education lectures:
- Lawyers’ Insurance Assoc. of Nova Scotia (LIANS) webinar
re: software for law practice efficiency & security (May 2015) - Nova Scotia Criminal Lawyers’ Assoc. (NSCLA) conference
re: evidence gathering on social media (May 2015) - Bedford Sackville St. Margaret’s Bay County Lawyers’ Assoc. CPD event
re: privacy and data security (April 2015) - CBA Nova Scotia Mid-Winter Conference
re: mobile apps for legal practice (Jan 2015) - Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers’ Assoc. (APTLA) conference
re: privacy and data security (Nov 2014) - Lawyers’ Insurance Assoc. of Nova Scotia (LIANS) webinar
re: privacy and data security (May 2014)
- Lawyers’ Insurance Assoc. of Nova Scotia (LIANS) webinar
- Conferences:
- Canadian IT Law Association (IT.Can) – Toronto – 2015
- American Bar Association TECHSHOW – Chicago – 2014 & 2015
- Canadian Media Lawyers’ Association annual conference – Toronto – 2012
- Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University – Juris Doctor
- Law Foundation of Nova Scotia 30th Anniversary Scholarship
- Selected to attend Canadian Media Lawyers’ Association 2012 annual conference
(based on achievement in Internet and Media Law course)
- St. Francis Xavier University – Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours
- Dr. John B. Stewart Scholarship for Political Science: top student in Political Science at StFX
- Dr. Marguerite Michaud Prize in Canadian Studies: top student in Canadian Studies at StFX
- StFX President’s Circle of Young Alumni inductee
- Meech Memorial Award for StFX Male Freshman of the Year
- Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation National Level Excellence Award
- J.P. McCarthy Scholarship: StFX entrance scholarship
- Current
- President and Provincial Co-ordinator of the Nova Scotia Debating Society (organizes competitive debate for junior and high school students)
- Previous
- Vice-President, Communications – Dalhousie Law Students’ Society
- Student Representative – Dal Law Student Finance Committee
- Executive Member – Domus Legis Society
- Vice-President, Atlantic Region – Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate
- President – St. Francis Xavier University Debating Society
Download materials from Matt Edmonds’ Continuing Professional Development presentations:
Apps & Software for Law Practice Efficiency & Security
Presented on behalf of the Lawyers’ Insurance Association of Nova Scotia on May 20, 2015.
Privacy and Data Security: What All Lawyers Need to Know
Most recently presented to the Bedford Sackville St. Margaret’s Bay Lawyers County Bar on April 9, 2015. Previous iterations presented on behalf of the Lawyers’ Insurance Association of Nova Scotia and the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association.
There’s An App for That: Mobile Apps for Legal Practice
Presented at the CBA Nova Scotia 2015 Mid-Winter Conference on January 29, 2015.