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There’s Gold in your Current Software
Is your inbox full of marketing pitches urging you to switch to new software? Sometimes it pays to switch, and sometimes not. Since moving to new...
Report from LegalTech New York 2017: Law Office Technology Innovations Revealed
LegalTech New York 2017, renamed “Legalweek: The Experience” as a result of ALM’s acquisition of Legal Week from U.K.-based Incisive Media, wrapped...
New Wine in Old Wineskins
We’ve received numerous calls from clients lately who are the recipients of new hardware at their office. Whether it is Windows Server 2016 or...
How to Void a Transaction in PCLaw
At this time of year, our clients are busy working with their accountants. As part of their year-end process, we are often asked how to void outstanding checks or deposits in PCLaw.
PCLaw: Setting Up a New Matter- Part II
Last week we looked at the beginning of a process by which a prospective client can be tracked in PCLaw by using the Contact Manager. This week,...
PCLaw: Setting Up A New Matter–Part I
PCLaw is *the* go-to software program by LexisNexis for the time tracking, cost tracking, billing and general ledger accounting needs of law firms....
How To: Customize The PCLaw Toolbar
One of the things we hear from our PCLaw clients is that for one reason or another, the program doesn’t “do” what the user thinks it ought to do....
Using the Phone Call Manager in PCLaw
"I really wish we could do more with our PCLaw program. It does our billing, keeps track of our trust account beautifully, and the partners and our...
PCLaw 14 – How to E-mail Bills
We are 15 years into the 21st Century, yet there are firms who still use “snail mail” as the means for sending bills to clients. Here are some of...
Planning for your Year End
Season’s Greetings! Following the Thanksgiving holiday we at Eastern Legal Systems find not bells, but our phones ringing with questions from...
“We’ve Done the Work – Why Can’t We Get Paid?” – Part I
As I write this, we’re wrapping up another “Billing Week” – that time of the month when many of our clients call in for assistance and advice to get...
Lexis Feature Friday Webinar Recordings from Eastern Legal Systems Staff
As Certified Consultants for LexisNexis Time Matters and PCLaw for a number of years, Eastern Legal Systems has amassed a good bit of expertise in...
Coming up at LegalTech NYC 2013
With LegalTech New York 2013 fast approaching, from Wednesday, January 29 to Friday, January 31 at the New York Hilton, we can report on what key...
Lexis Releases Law Firm Billing Survey
LexisNexis, the developer of the award-winning software applications Time Matters, Billing Matters, PCLaw and Juris, released the results of their...
Review: PCLaw Version 12 – The Time Entry Advisor
LexisNexis is proud to announce the release of PCLaw Version 12. So why upgrade, or consider this version? Because after participating in beta...
Tracking Statuses of Accounts Receivable in Timeslips
A client sent this request in to us this week: “We read your article on keeping up with Accounts Receivableand we do that here at our firm. But it’s...
Getting Ready for the New Season
Spring is upon us, and the news is full of spring training and “season-opening” news for major league baseball teams. Professional baseball players...
How to Keep Up With Accounts Receivable – in Order to Keep It Down
During a break in one of our training classes, an attorney proudly showed me his firm’s Aged Accounts Receivable report. “Look at this!” he...
How To: Refund an Overpayment from a Client in PCLaw
There are times when a client accidentally overpays a bill. Or, the client makes a large retainer payment and there is money left over at the end of...
You Bought the Software, Now What?
Okay, you have selected your case management or billing/accounting software, it has been purchased, delivered, installed and it is up and running....
Changing Rates in Your Billing System
It is the time of year when your firm may need to change the hourly rates for your partners, associates, and paralegals. What is the most efficient...
And Now the News…
The annual LexisNexis Practice Management Conference may be over, but the news keeps coming! So this week we thought we’d bring you up to date: Time...
Solutions, Solutions… Which One is Best for My Firm?
As software consultants, we frequently talk to groups or individuals about the programs we support. Inevitably we are asked – “But which software...
Customize the PCLaw Toolbar
One of the things we hear from our PCLaw clients is that for one reason or another, the program doesn’t “do” what the user thinks it ought to do. ...
Looking Down the Road with PCLaw
Last week my colleague, Jack Schaller, wrote about news that came out of the annual LexisNexis Practice Management Conference. He focused on Time...
We Need Your Input
LexisNexis, the creators of Time Matters and PC Law, are holding their annual Certified Independent Consultant (CIC) conference in Orlando, FL from...
PCLaw 11 and QuickBooks: To Link or Not to Link?
This article won the SmallLaw Pick of the Week from Technolawyer. SmallLaw is a free weekly email newsletter from Technolawyer that provides helpful...
Electronic Billing – Part 2
In Part Iof this post published recently we looked at Electronic Billing – what it involves, why your clients use it, and what not to do when asked...
News from the Amicus Attorney Consultants’ Conference
Toronto was chilly but the news was hot from the Amicus Attorney Consultants’ Conference, where the plans for several ambitious new products were...