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Administrative Woes? How Legal Software Can
Save Your Law FirmPresented by:LexisNexis
http://www.lexisnexis.com
Administrative Tasks Often Take Away From Practicing Law
n Knowing the law and knowing how to run a legal business are two very different things.
n Up to 40% of new lawyers leave the profession after just three years, mostly to escape the tedium that comes with administration.
n However, with the right legal software, law firms can turn their efforts towards practicing law, not administration.
Let Law Practice Software Help Your Firm Get Organized
n Hours spent searching for one paper document amongst thousands means a lot of wasted time.
n Attorneys and legal assistants just don’t have that kind of time.
n With law practice software, attorneys can check a central directory instead of searching through stacks of papers, file folders and computer files.
How Legal Software Can Help
n Legal software keeps documents and information in one place, but also separated by categories.
n This means that evidence is kept in a different category than internal office memos.
n This helps make sure that internal documents stay out of the hands of the opposing counsel.
Legal Software Can Ensure Cases Are Kept On Schedule
n It’s not uncommon for filing deadlines to fall on a holiday.
n Although many courts may push the filing deadline back to the next business day, different jurisdictions may actually move the filing deadline up a day.
n If this deadline is missed, it could cause the case to be in jeopardy.
n Legal software keeps track of different filing rules for each court, ensuring that attorneys don’t miss an important deadline.
Law Practice Software Tracks Billing Hours
n Legal software allows everyone in the firm to see how each person’s time is accounted for, meaning that scheduling conflicts or wasted resources aren’t a concern.
n The software can also track hours and simplify the billing process.
n Because there’s less time wasted, the firm increases productivity.
Why Not Use Generic Business Software?
n Using generic business software, such as Microsoft Word, is possible, but it’s not the best idea.
n Microsoft Word is unable to offer guidance or perform a document check like legal software can.
n Using law practice software is faster and more efficient than trying to adapt common software to legal tasks.
Tailoring Legal Software To Individual Practices
n Law practice software is already tailored to the legal profession, but can be further customized for individual firms.
n These customizations are valuable for large firms, as well as small, specialized practices.
n Individual tools only need to be set up once and then routine tasks become easy.
Administration Doesn’t Have To Be Tedious
n Law firm administrative work is highly detailed, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
n The newest versions of law practice software can increase a firm’s capabilities, productivity levels and client satisfaction.
About LexisNexis
n LexisNexis is a leading provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets.
n The company can customize its products to the needs of the modern law firm and offers unique features that generic software solutions cannot.