By all accounts ABA TECHSHOW 2007 was a smashing success. The numbers speak for themselves: Over 2000 registrants. 845 CLE program attendees, including almost 100 people for our new Solo and Small Firm Day at TECHSHOW. The TECHSHOW Vendor Expo Hall was sold out – 140 booths with 500 vendor reps, and over 700 people took advantage of the Free Expo Hall pass to visit with the exhibitors.

The reviews and comments I got from attendees were all very complimentary: "The best CLE program I have ever attended". "I am really not a technology person and I found the sessions were motivating and inspirational". "I just can't believe how much I am learning". "I will be changing the way I practice".

ABA TECHSHOW requires its speakers to do papers for each session they speak on, and CLE program attendees took home a CD packed with materials – something for every session.

Thanks to our amazing faculty for all their work. Some of these papers will be featured in the Best of TECHSHOW column in LawPracticeToday, the LPM Section's free e-zine www.lawpracticetoday.org.

The keynote presentation, a review of the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by Justice Shira Scheindlin (the judge that wrote the landmark decisions in Zubulake vs. UBS Warburg), followed by a discussion of e-discovery FAQs moderated by John Jessen of Electronic Evidence Discovery Inc., was one of the best attended sessions of the show. One attendee said "the keynote was worth the price of admission," A free podcast of the TECHSHOW keynote presentation will be available shortly on the TECHSHOW site.

A number of the sessions at TECHSHOW were recorded, and will be available on the ABA CLE site shortly.

Attendees raved about the new "Taste of TECHSHOW" dinners. These Dutch-treat dinners were hosted by program faculty and featured discussions on popular topics. Clearly attendees really appreciated the chance to meet like-minded people for discussions on topics of interest. "Taste of TECHSHOW" will be back next year with even more dinners and topic choices.

Attendees also snapped up a record number of the amazing books published by the Law Practice Management Section. Find LPM books atwww.abanet.org/lpm/publications.shtml

A personal thanks to all that contributed to the success of the show – my amazing board; the ABA LPM section staff, our top-notch faculty, and all our exhibitors.

Thanks to everyone that came to the show. If you missed it this year, mark your calendars now – ABA TECHSHOW 2008 is at the Hilton in Chicago on March 13-15, 2008. Watch www.techshow.com for more info.