I’ll ask a law firm what software they’re planning to use to manage their firm’s accounting.

I’ve had very similar discussions with law firms that go like this: Similarly, most (though not all) practice management applications don’t do accounting. Yes, some practice management software has some rudimentary functions of document management software–but only a true Document Management System brings all of the functions that this firm, like so many other firms, needs. (It’s a bit like saying that your car isn’t meeting your needs because of its serious lack of wings and a propeller.) I explained that document management software is a completely different category of law firm software, and that practice management software, for the most part, isn’t meant to accomplish the functions they’re looking for. I explained the difference (which, until that point, they didn’t know). It dawned on me, that what they really needed was document management software, to complement their practice management software. They found their practice management software “lacking” without these functions. After some explanation, the firm shared that they were unhappy with the software’s lack of of document version management, document tagging and check-out/in. I asked what they didn’t like about their current practice management software (expecting to hear about some deficiency in the systems billing, or calendaring). The law firm reached out to us because, as they described it: their practice management software “wasn’t meeting their needs.” They were using a popular practice/case management system that generally has a good reputation. The following anecdote is a real, recent conversation I had with one such law firm, though by no means is it the first time I’ve had this kind of conversation. Often the conversation starts with the firm sharing with me that they’re looking for new or different law firm software to manage some aspect of their practice. Here at Uptime Legal, I spend the better part of every week working with law firms that are looking to improve their technology in some way. The Three Legged Stool of Law Firm Software

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