CARET Legal recently commissioned a survey of law firms’ activity and decisions about practice management software. The survey reveals that firms today certainly understand and appreciate the benefits of cloud technology.
You might hesitate to make major changes at your firm for any number of reasons. Not only do you have to choose new billing software, but your team also must learn it and fully transition into new processes. There’s nothing easy or simple about navigating change management. But you’re staring down a considerable payoff—you could turn your firm’s weaknesses into strengths.
It is important for employers to pay market rates for their employees, or they will end up spending more money in turnover and lost productivity—and, in some cases, lost clients.
Running a law firm is no small task. In law school, you may have thought you’d spend your hours writing pleadings and arguing in court. Now you know better. Building a successful firm means dealing with office space, technology, marketing, recruiting, finances, and more.
Digital transformation has dramatically altered the legal industry and how it relates to clients, the workforce, and society in general.
Even if firms charge a flat fee for certain services, should they still track the time spent performing the associated work?
Law firm operating expenses are a reality for every legal practitioner. But not all law firm overhead expenses are created equal. Some are critical pieces of your revenue-generating process. Others are extraneous and unnecessary. As a firm leader, it’s your job to sort out what’s crucial and what’s unneeded.
These concepts are universal and can be leveraged for personal and business needs, including at a law firm- whether you’re an attorney, paralegal or firm administrator.
Many people now expect to pay bills online and people have been sending and receiving funds in their personal lives for years using apps such as Venmo and Apple Pay and banking apps such as Zelle.
Each year, the CARET Legal development team releases hundreds of updates and dozens of new features to help law firms be more efficient and profitable. While this year was full of updates and changes, CARET Legal users have spoken, and we’re pleased to share our top 10 releases of 2021.