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Matter Management

All Of Your Client Data Is In The Cloud … Is This Safe?

At long last, the legal sector is getting with the program. Adoption of legal technology is on the rise. Lawyers are starting to use legal practice management software to enhance the productivity of their practices. With cloud-based applications, lawyers can easily store and access all of their legal documents and

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Law Firm Operations

Show Your Clients Some Love: Invoice Level Discounts

As an attorney, you are trained to keep track of every minute and bill accordingly. But what if you decide that you don’t want to bill your client for the extra time it has taken your new associate to research a topic related to their case? Or perhaps you’re feeling

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Law Firm Operations

How to Avoid the Perils of Auto-Complete

Have you ever woken up from a late night panic wondering if you sent an email to the right Susan?
Scenario:

It’s a busy Friday afternoon. You have so many emails to get to before you go away for the weekend (which you’ve been looking forward to all week). There are

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Matter Management

How Relationships Can Propel Your Practice

Practicing law is more than advocating for clients by appearing in court, negotiating and preparing contracts or signing papers. The key to running a successful firm is managing and developing the business. Certainly, being a knowledgeable and highly-skilled attorney is essential to attracting and retaining clients, but it takes more

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Law Firm Operations

Who is Francine McGillicuddy and why is she writing to me?

Have you ever received an email from someone and couldn’t quite put your finger on who they were? Did you later find out that the email contact was a member of the case that you are working on? Your firm is consistently dealing with cases, clients, and other related individuals

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Billing, Payments & Accounting

Electronic / LEDES Invoices with UTBMS Codes

Every day there is more evidence that in order to stay competitive, lawyers need to harness technology to streamline their processes. The more sophisticated the client, the less tolerance they have for inefficiency. In our never ending quest to provide the right tools for law firms, CARET Legal is thrilled

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Law Firm Operations

5 Tips on Getting More Client Referrals for Your Law Firm

As much as marketing will improve your law firm’s ability to build clientele, nothing is as valuable to bringing in prequalified clients than a referral from an outside source. Whether this source is a former client, another attorney, or a close friend or family member, the benefits of sitting down

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Reporting & Analytics

Client Trust Funds & Three-Way Reconciliation Report

As an attorney, there are no shortage of minefields that can land you in hot water.   While many of the dangers that lurk can be subjective or unavoidable, failing an audit of client trust funds is one that consistently strikes fear into one’s heart.  Yet, keeping your trust funds in

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