For attorneys, it can be difficult to balance both client-based activities and a personal life. This is especially difficult in the summer months when schedules become non-stop and the long days become filled with court appearances, depositions, client meetings, golf outing, graduations and vacations. The ability to stay connected to your firm while on the go is sometimes […]

Most PCLaw users enter time in aggregate at the end of the day or week using the Time Sheet.  However, PCLaw created the Quick Timer for those who love using timers or prefer to enter a their time when a task is completed – without opening PCLaw or running multiple programs at the same time.   Using the Quick Timer […]

Back in 2009, LexisNexis announced that it would “sunset,” or discontinue support for, its Billing Matters software by the end of 2013. Effective immediately, that’s no longer the case. In response to repeated customer requests and after careful consideration, LexisNexis has decided to reverse their previously announced decision to sunset Billing Matters. So why the change […]

Think about the bookkeeper you want to hire and what tasks you imagine they’ll accomplish in a given month. To get these tasks done you’re forking over about $60k a year for an bookkeeper who can also turn on the coffee pot in the morning. Some firms are beginning to outsource their billing and accounting […]

The billable hour is often referred to as “the cockroach of the legal world.” Like it or not, it keeps coming back. Most attorney’s use this as the sole source for measuring productivity. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg. By ignoring all of the non-billable time and expenses that go into running a […]

Managing WIP, or “work in process”, is one of the most important tasks for any law firm. To many, WIP is just another number waiting to be billed.  We, however, see it as the difference between a successful firm and a very successful firm. What is WIP? Understanding WIP is the first element of using it […]

  So a few posts previous to this I promised we’d evaluate the last component of your law firm: your service model. You know – it’s that thing that facilitates the product you put out. A few weeks ago I asked you if you were Rolls Royce or if you were Toyota. Well, I think […]