Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers a Web-based practice management system (see article below), an ergonomic mouse designed in conjunction with New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery, an iPhone app for tracking your mandatory CLE credits, a Web application for managing conflicts of interest within your law firm, and an app that enables you to create and edit Microsoft Office documents on an iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Don't miss the next issue.
Reclaim Your Time and Better Manage Your Practice
When it comes to practice management software, small firms might envy their larger counterparts. Maintaining a state-of-the-art practice management system requires space, money, and constant attention from trained technicians — resources in short supply or nonexistent at small firms. However, inefficient practice management results in time-consuming administrative work. If you regularly find yourself working overtime juggling various billing, accounting, docketing, and other tasks, you need to streamline your operations with a practice management system. But can you afford one?
ADERANT Practice Manager … in One Sentence
ADERANT Practice Manager is a Web-based (SaaS) practice management system designed for small law firms.
The Killer Feature
For over 30 years, ADERANT has served the practice management needs of many of the country's largest law firms, helping them to improve productivity, get paid faster, and increase profits. With ADERANT Practice Manager, the company brings these same large firm technologies to the small firm setting — without the need to install and maintain software onsite.
Deployed as a cloud-based Web service, ADERANT Practice Manager enables you to access functions such as time capture, bill creation, expense and disbursement tracking, calendar, and contact and task management in a single integrated online solution.
ADERANT takes care of adding new features, backing up and securing your data, and scaling as usage within your firm increases. You don't need an IT department to use ADERANT Practice Manager.
Other Notable Features
ADERANT Practice Manager enables you to capture your time using a variety of methods such as direct entry and use of timers. You can edit, split, and allocate time entries. You can also capture expenses, batch send single- and multi-matter invoices, manage trust accounts and retainers, and keep track of accounts receivable.
Additional features include a general ledger for accounting, contact management by client and matter, conflicts searching, a calendar that supports docketing rules, task management, and many customizable reports.
What Else Should You Know?
You can import data into ADERANT Practice Manager as well as export your data. ADERANT Practice Manager uses 64-bit SSL data encryption. You can restrict access by user and/or group. ADERANT houses your data in an "SAS 70 type II" secure facility. Learn more about ADERANT Practice Manager.
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