Practice Management in a Box

The piéce de résistance of law firm software is a practice management system that manages your entire practice. With components of time and billing, accounting, and case/matter and document management, you only need to go to one place to find specific information -- and vendors will not be pointing the finger at each other if you report a problem. But do your homework before making a purchase, says Andrew Adkins III, director of the Legal Technology Institute at the Levin College of Law. Adkins lists the items to consider before acquiring an all-in-one system for your firm.