Without it around, our children wouldn’t be able to express their artistic feelings anywhere except on our favorite walls, repainted with lots of care and effort.

Without it, our dear governments would not have where to print on all that gorgeous, gorgeous money. What? You think simply printing it on a cardboard or something like that will suffice? Not really, you see… the cardboards themselves are made of paper, too!

So we must admit that the paper has lots of useful purposes to be used for. Can’t argue with that.

Your company, workplace and documentation however, no longer need to be a victim of steady accumulation of all the paper and documents that happens over time. Forms, contracts, insurance claims, work schedules, case notes, the list keeps expanding on and on…

Lawyers often wonder about is there a software that could assist them in running their practices better – with more efficiency, effectiveness and less tedious, time consuming research and documenting that comes with a paper – based system.

Fortunately, the solution for their problems is finally showing on the horizon. It’s called Case Management Software.  A Legal Department’s new favorite assistant that doesn’t shy away from any tedious job – from drawing together your desktop calendar, matters, matter details, your lists of contacts and filling system to wrapping it all up in one package, assisting with your to – do list and deadline schedule as well as your time – keeping system. Hearing this is enough for most legal department employees to immediately fall in love, but there’s more. Each, individual case management software often comes with additional features and interconnected possibilities that add functionality to the system.

One functionality of a case management system is the ability to help you with communication handling by drawing together your telephone calls, Matters, Case Documentation, time billing and client emails through linking it to Outlook. For example Legal Track case management software is built inside Microsoft Outlook. Quite neat, ha?

Strange thing is, even though Case Management tools have been around for some time, many law firms are not yet using this tool. But even though the paper fans are holding tight, this increasing trend is becoming a part of increasing number of law firms, and it is important that you get familiar with it and its benefits.

What can it do for you? For starters, it can:

1.     Manage Deadlines

One of the most tedious and required tasks of legal professionals is handling all the deadlines that are a part of lawsuit. The Case Management Software will make sure you never miss an important date by providing you with a calendar with notifications with all deadlines related to each case.

2.     Organize Client Files

All information that relates to a particular client can be easily kept in one well organized area with CMS. Information on parties, participants, contact info, deadlines and case descriptions all in one place available with click of your hand? No problems.

3.     Automated Time and Billing Entries

Never again need to write your billable time on paper and then enter it into billing system. This software automates it all and saves you time by giving you a calendar with events and record of billable time.

4.     Better Coordinated Communication

Because all your contacts are well organized in one place and available with one click it’s much easier to find contact info when you needed. Never again have to spend several minutes looking for that old email address.

5.     Document Retrieval

When the time comes to organize case, instead of having to pull information from various sources, you’ll have it all available in a folder of your server. No more searching for briefs on your desk, transcript stacks on a shelf and email messages through the contact storage system.

Eliminating all time consuming, inefficient processes can save your time and money, which makes a CMS an invaluable investment that will pay off in just weeks. Try it today – you’ll be happy you did.