TSS: Repurpose Your Old Work Tech Into Family Learning Tools This Back-to-School Season 💻📚

repurposing your tech for your children can be a platform for a talk with your school kids on the Safe use of Tech.

The new school year approaches, and your children need reliable technology. Before you head to the electronics store, consider the laptops and tablets gathering dust in your office closet or your current devices that you are about to upgrade. With proper preparation, these work devices can become powerful educational tools while teaching your family essential cybersecurity skills.

Why Lawyer Parents Need This Workshop 🎯

As attorneys, we face unique challenges when transitioning work devices to family use. Attorney-client privilege concerns, firm policy compliance, and data breach liability create legal risks most parents never consider. Our August Tech-Savvy Saturday seminar addresses these challenges head-on with practical solutions.

What You'll Master in This Essential Session 🛡️

Device Sanitization for Legal Professionals: Step-by-step Windows, Mac OS, iOS, and Android procedures that protect privileged information while preparing devices for family use. We cover complete data wiping, software licensing removal, and documentation requirements.

Family Technology Management Systems: Implementation strategies for password managers, shared calendars, and network security configurations that work for legal families. Special focus on co-parenting considerations and court-approved platforms.

Family Cyber Talks should be routine!

Age-Appropriate Cybersecurity Education: From elementary through college-age guidance on digital citizenship, password security, and online safety. Critical discussions about digital permanence and the serious legal consequences of non-consensual intimate image sharing.

Emergency Response Planning: Practical protocols for handling cyberbullying, predator contact, and other digital crises. Know when to involve law enforcement versus school administration.

Register Now for August Tech-Savvy Saturday 🚀

This workshop combines legal ethics with practical family technology management. You'll leave with actionable checklists, template agreements, and the confidence to transform old work devices into safe learning tools.

MTC: Is Puerto Rico’s Professional Responsibility Rule 1.19 Really Necessary? A Technology Competence Perspective.

Is PR’s Rule 1.19 necessary?

The legal profession stands at a crossroads regarding technological competence requirements. With forty states already adopting Comment 8 to Model Rule 1.1, which mandates lawyers "keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology," the question emerges: do we need additional rules like PR Rule 1.19?

Comment 8 to Rule 1.1 establishes clear parameters for technological competence. This amendment, adopted by the ABA in 2012, expanded the traditional duty of competence beyond legal knowledge to encompass technological proficiency. The Rule requires lawyers to understand the "benefits and risks associated with relevant technology" in their practice areas.

The existing framework appears comprehensive. Comment 8 already addresses core technological competencies, including e-discovery, cybersecurity, and client communication systems. Under Rule 1.1 (Comment 5), legal professionals must evaluate whether their technological skills meet "the standards of competent practitioners" without requiring additional regulatory layers.

However, implementation challenges persist. Many attorneys struggle with the vague standard of "relevant technology". The rule's elasticity means that competence requirements continuously evolve in response to technological advancements. Some jurisdictions, like Puerto Rico (see PR’s Supreme Court’s Order ER-2025-02 approving adoption of its full set of Rules of Professional Conduct, have created dedicated technology competence rules (Rule 1.19) to provide clearer guidance.

The verdict: redundancy without added value. Rather than creating overlapping rules, the legal profession should focus on robust implementation of existing Comment 8 requirements. Enhanced continuing legal education mandates, clearer interpretive guidance, and practical competency frameworks would better serve practitioners than additional regulatory complexity.

Technology competence is essential, but regulatory efficiency should guide our approach. 🚀