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Law Firm Operations

Simplifying Your Law Firm’s Rule of Thirds Calculation

The rule of thirds provides a guideline for law firms to maintain a balanced approach to financial management. It ensures that the firm covers its operating expenses, adequately compensates partners for their work and investment, and retains a portion of profit for future stability and growth.

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Law Firm Operations

Attorney Time Tracking Software Makes Law Firm Accounting Easier

Poor time tracking negatively impacts law firm financials by causing lost billable hours, inaccurate billing, reduced efficiency, incomplete client records, and hindering profitability analysis. Implementing effective time tracking systems and ensuring compliance with accurate recording practices is crucial for maintaining financial health and maximizing revenue for a law firm.

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Billing, Payments & Accounting

Top Reasons to Move Your Law Firm Expense Tracking Out of Excel

While Excel is great at data organization and basic calculations, software reporting and analytics tools designed specifically for law firms make it far easier to analyze each case’s profitability while tracking expenses and identifying areas where you can cut costs or improve efficiency. 

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Law Firm Operations

How To Implement Legal Workflow Automation At Your Firm

Implementing legal workflow automation eliminates the time burden of manual task completion and promotes consistency. Task management and tracking become more effective, compliance and risk mitigation are improved, client satisfaction is enhanced through streamlined processes and transparency, and data analysis and reporting provide valuable insights. It brings efficiency, standardization, and

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Billing, Payments & Accounting

Legal Invoice Management for Mid-Sized Law Firms

Legal invoice management is vital for mid-sized law firms to ensure efficient billing, cost control and compliance. By utilizing legal billing software to manage legal invoices, mid-sized law firms can increase client satisfaction, save time and resources, improve data analysis, and simplify dispute resolution. 

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legal process outsourcing
Law Firm Operations

The Best Alternative to Legal Process Outsourcing

Law offices often face the challenge of balancing their workload with optimizing their resources, especially since the volume of cases is always subject to normal ebbs and flows. To address this, many law firms consider legal process outsourcing as a potential solution.

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Law Firm Operations

Law Firm Marketing Strategy Guide (2024)

Having an effective law firm marketing strategy is crucial for law firms to attract and retain clients. This comprehensive guide will provide you with a step-by-step approach to developing a successful marketing strategy for your law firm.

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Legal Trial Management Software
Law Firm Operations

Why Criminal Attorneys Use Legal Trial Management Software

Legal trial management software improves organization, collaboration, communication, and efficiency in a law firm’s trial preparation and presentation. By helping attorneys and their teams stay organized, meet deadlines, and present their cases more effectively, using the correct software for your firm will ultimately enhance the chances of a successful outcome.

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Law Firm Operations

How to Make Taking Retainer Payments Easy

CARET Legal now makes taking retainer payments easier than ever with retainer payment links. This feature increases your firm’s cashflow by simplifying client payment interactions and getting you paid faster, and it saves the firm time with a more simple and more secure billing process. 

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