Maine Law Practice Management

What’s been great lately, is that lawyers are increasing their reliance on technology .  That means that law firms are adding efficiency, and revenue.     This is fantastic , absolutely .  But, there’s still more work to do.     That’s because lawyers may be overpaying for technolog y; and, it’s largely because they’re buying new stuff without looking harder at what they already have.   In fact , there are lots of instances where attorneys will purchase a new product without assessing whether they have that tool already included as a feature in another technology platform .  This often happens with productivity software and law practice management software .  The former can include tools like video conferencing and internal chat as product features (meaning you don’t have to pay any more money to use them); and, the latter can include tools like e signature and epayment as product features .  In some cases, and depending on a user’s subscription level, there may limitatio

Data backup has always been a difficult puzzle for law firms, who traditionally traffic in document s heavily – whether they’re electronic or paper .  So, managing files is always a concern for lawyers, and that concern is often exacerbated by disorganization – lots of law firms are scattered in terms of document storage .   The good news is that there’s an easy solution for that: centralize your documents in one place, preferably in the cloud .  And, lots of law firms accomplish that by moving everything over to a cloud drive, and integrating that tool with a case management software.     The mistake that law firms make is assuming, at that point, that they have created a data backup .  In most cases, they have not.   First off, check to see whether your case management software is also saving your files .  It may just be creating a pathway to access the document, via your cloud drive .  So, that’s not a backup, because if you lose access to that cloud drive, you can ’t get y