COVID-19 has caused many seismic changes to our legal system and
ways of lawyering. Limitation periods were suspended, courts are
conducting online hearings, and many lawyers continue to practice
from their homes instead of their offices. While these shifts have
been the topic of much conversation, I would like to discuss a less
talked about consequence of COVID-19: the reduced utility of sticky
notes.
Sticky notes are one of the few "must have" items in
court. Throughout a hearing, the pile of marked up and crumpled
sticky notes on the counsel table grows. At the end of the day, I
collect the stickies and manage them with the rest of my hearing
notes.
But in an era of virtual hearings, sticky notes are not much
help. What should litigators be using to replace the flow of
conversation in our new online world?
