Presentation I did for Ernie Svenson and Dane S. Ciolino's Digital Work Flow CLE: http://www.digitalworkflowcle.com/. On explaining what Legal Software.
12. BILLING & ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE ● Most packages are becoming integrated. ● Timeslips requires you to also have an accounting package like Quickbooks or Peachtree. ● PCLaw, Tabs 3, Juris, and Billing Matters have billing and accounting functions. ● Legal specific accounting software makes it hard to commit malpractice
Clio: http://www.goclio.com TimeMatters: Website is too hard to use Amicus Attorney: http://www.amicusattorney.com PracticeMaster: http://www.practicemaster.com RocketMatter: http://rocketmatter.com/ PCLaw: Website is too hard to use
Clio* Attorney is $49 a month Non Attorney is $59 a month RocketMatter** 1 st User $59.00 2 nd – 6 th $49.00 7 th -20 th $39.00
Saas Stands for Software as a Service
Worldox: http://www.worldox.com NetDocs: Price depends on GB of Docs. Interwoven: (Autonomy): Expensive OpenText: Hummingbird
Worldox: http://www.worldox.com NetDocs: Price depends on GB of Docs. Interwoven: (Autonomy): Expensive OpenText: Hummingbird
When you click Save, the profiler automatically comes up. You have no choice. Audit Trail No Accidently Deleted
You need to choose to save to the DMS
Add about migration of data
Consultants have more real work experience and will not operate in theory mode are
LexisNexis owns TimeMatters and PCLaw. They still must be linked. Amicus owns Amicus Attorney and Amicus Accounting. They still must be linked. Practice Master and Tabs III are integrated and need no linking. Everything links with Quickbooks.
The best synchronization is with Microsoft Exchange, hands down. The worst is when you have 10 users using Outlook and each outlook needs to sync separately to each hand held device.
The best synchronization is with Microsoft Exchange, hands down. The worst is when you have 10 users using Outlook and each outlook needs to sync separately to each hand held device.
The Partners might be paying the bill, put the staff members will be using this more then them. If your staff is not on board, they can wreck the whole process. They probally also know more about how your firms operates anyway so they should have some say.