In today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, lawyer and legal technology legend Dennis Kennedy covers a new lawyer-centric practice management program and an electronic billing system that enables corporate counsel to keep a lid on legal fees. Don't miss the next issue.
Below you'll find one of the three articles from today's edition:
A Dashboard for Pro Lawyers
By Dennis Kennedy
Too often, the information we want exists in several different "silos." Our documents are in one place, contacts in another, and financial information in yet another. We could manage our information and our law firms better if we could see, access, and use our information from one central location.
ProLaw 11.6 combines document, case, and client relationship management with time, billing, and accounting functions. The new version of this venerable practice management program offers you a flexible and lawyer-oriented Dashboard to connect your silos of information and let you get the information you need in a familiar Windows- and Outlook-style interface. And it's all done with an lawyer-centric focus.
From a single screen, you can see your personal calendar and view your current matters. You can also customize your dashboard to display your contacts and saved searches, and use pop-up menus, smart data entry functions, a navigation bar, and a Quick Find feature. You also get a wide variety of custom display features, including grids and lists, with groups and sub-groups, the ability to show or hide records, and even customize your screen.
ProLaw 11.6 also features improved integration with Microsoft Outlook and Word, and provides the much-desired ability to capture and save email messages along with documents in the corresponding matter. Plus your Outlook calendar can sync with your ProLaw case docket calendar. Best of all, you do not need to leave Outlook or Word for the synchronization to occur in ProLaw.
You will also find a wide variety of reporting tools, and many ways to print and save information in the file type of your choice. You can analyze matters, dockets, financials, profitability, and more. ProLaw's deep integration with Westlaw enables you to do research of all kinds directly from ProLaw.
You'll also find a variety of other enhancements from earlier versions, including the ability to split billable hours and expenses across several related matters, saving hours of manual re-entry of data. ProLaw 11.6 makes it even easier to enter and track time, generate financial summaries by matter, and create enhanced profiles for documents and matters. Learn more about ProLaw 11.6.
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