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Is It Legal? Lots of Legal Software Isn’t Original, But That’s Okay

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I’ve got some surprising news: some lawyer didn’t invent the idea of CRM software .  Neither were the relational databases that serve as the backbone for law practice management softwares built for law firms .  But, that’s okay .  Because lots of software is derivative – including within the legal vertical, where there are uncountable numbers of copycats of Clio and RocketMatter , which introduced the first cloud-based case management softwares to lawyers.   Is any legal version of a CRM going to be as impactful , widely-used or feature-rich as Salesforce is ?   Decidedly not .  So, you may be asking yourself the question – Why would I ever use any legal software, if it’s not as good as the alternatives ?  Don’t I want to be using the best software?     Well, yes; but, let me add an important caveat to that formulation: You want to be using the best software for your law firm , which means that you may not end up choosing the wo...
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Site Map: 4 Options for Designing a Law Firm Website

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Law firms have quite a few options for getting their first, or a revised, website built (rebuilt) .  So, if it’s time to formalize ( reformalize ) your web presence, your website still needs to be the anchor – let’s talk over some courses of action.     The most obvious option for design ing a website is doing it yourself (DIY); but, let’s be real – even if you’re the best website designer in the world, you still don’t want to do it .  Sounds weird, I know – but, this relates back to a big problem that attorneys have: that they can’t seem to let go of doing everything, because lawyers feel like they’re the best at everything .  They can make the best coffee; they can print the best copies .  They can design the best websites .  But, of course: that’s largely a waste of time for lawyer s , who ma ke far more money billing out legal work, instead of doing things like designing websites .  No website designer is going to bill out ove...
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