Legal Software

The Legal Software section of FindLaw’s Legal Technology Center provides free resources related to software programs and solutions used in the practice of law. General law practice programs include Accounting, Cases Management, Client Management, Conflicts Management, Contract Management, Docket and Calendar, Document Conversion, Document Management, Email and Groupware, E-Filing, Litigation Support, Matter Management, Patent and Trademark, Practice Control and Management, Records Management, Time and Billing, and Trial Presentation software. Use of legal software can greatly increase your law firm’s efficiency and productivity. Also visit FindLaw’s Market Center for a free nationwide directory of providers of General and Specific Practice legal software.

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Effective Case Management: How to Control Litigation Outcomes and Costs

Litigation is traumatic, chaotic and confusing for most clients, even for clients who are no strangers to litigation. One of the primary reasons clients react to litigation in this way is the failure of attorneys to properly manage the case and involve the client in the litigation process. Another reason is the high cost of litigation.
Leveraging Technology Through Document Assembly to Serve Clients More Efficiently and Profitably

It's a sure bet that corporate clients will continue to ask their outside counsel for increased efficiencies and greater value in the services they receive-and cost-cutting methods that are more creative than simply sliding more work to less-experienced associates who bill less than partners.
Improving Revenues and Lawyer Morale with Effective Time Capture Tools

Lawyers have always hoped that if technology would help them in a truly useful way, it would help them most in the area of time-keeping and billing. Until recently, that area has largely disappointed them.
30 Years of Public Key Cryptography

Public-key cryptography has changed our society by allowing for the spread of secure digital communications. The technology turns 30 this year, and we look back at where it all began, as well as peer into the future of this ubiquitous security system.
Time Tracking and Billing Apps for the Lawyer’s Mobile Phone

A look at the features of time tracking and billing apps for mobile phones.

Legal Software Articles

Licensing Interactive Music Rights

You've designed a spiffy multimedia title with haunting graphics and a plot worthy of Dashiell Hammett. All that remains, besides beta-testing and printing the t-shirts, is a Grammy award-winning soundtrack.
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Privacy Apps Have Potential to Help, Hinder Attorneys

A number of scandals in recent years have revealed the power of the electronic record. From Enron to the Foley page scandal, email and instant messaging technologies have provided evidence of wrongdoing long after their users had assumed that the information had disappeared into the ether.

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Potential Violations of Presidential Records Act Uncovered

Did White House officials violate the Presidential Records Act by using email accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 Campaign for official White House communications?

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The Legal Technology Highs and Lows of ’07

Well, another year is in the books, and what a year it's been! The world of Legal Technology had its share of ups and downs in 2007, and we've assembled some of the top issues that have appeared in the Legal Technology Center over the course of 2007. We offer them up so you can relive the best 2007 had to offer.

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Collaboration in the Cloud Gets Richer with Presentations Added to Google Docs

As part of its ongoing efforts to enable users to take advantage of the web for sharing and collaborating, Google today added features for presentations to the Google Docs application. At http://documents.google.com, users can create simple web-based presentations that others can update and view from their own computers, even at the same time.
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