Over five years ago, consultancy group McKinsey & Company estimated that 23 percent of a lawyer’s job could be automated. Yet, many firms are still lagging in legal technology adoption. Not even the global pandemic that sent countless attorneys home to work remotely could trigger a mass exodus from paper to digital practice management.
Communication with clients and prospective clients has always been very important. Due to the current climate, it is even now more important to ensure that clients and potential new clients are receiving the communications that they want, in the format that they want, and when they want them. Proper communication from everyone in a firm will have a positive impact on clients and will increase the firm’s overall success. These communications include, but are not limited to, texts, emails, voicemails, websites and social media posts.
In this post, we look at how technology explicitly helps firms outpace their competition by outlining best practices for billable hours.
Every year, we look forward to heading to Chicago for ABA TECHSHOW to join fellow tech-enthusiasts for new product announcements, informative sessions and panel discussions, and networking with partners, colleagues and clients. Despite this year’s conference being held virtually, we are still excited to share a few of the over 1,200 updates that we’ve made to CARET Legal since last year’s event.
2020 was a year of trials and tribulations, which cultivated a desire for greater understanding from other people. Now in 2021, “human compassion towards co-workers and clients will be an expected and welcomed change” according to Nancy Griffing and Robert Rice, both partners with 3545 Consulting. The two spoke on the topic and highlighted the ways in which compassion will marry with technology and what this means for the future of the legal industry on February 25th, during a CARET Legal-sponsored ALA Webcast.
Practice management software helps you to relate all the pieces of data to the matter and it recognizes that law firms are matter-centric.
Law firms work with dozens, or even hundreds, of different vendors each month. Without the right tools, tracking all of the contracts, invoices and tax information for these companies can be a full time job.
With the increase in employees working remotely, law firm leaders have become even more concerned about keeping employees engaged in their work.
An aging population, new concerns about financial stability, and changes in tax laws have all contributed to a growing demand for estate planning services. How can your estate planning practice stand out and attract new clients?
There are many inherent inefficiencies with using email for project or task management.